[Upper Althabasca River, the Columbia River basin, the Upper Missouri, and the Great Divide]
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/n83045600" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Smet, Pierre-Jean de, 1801-1873</a>
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<a href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85028740.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Columbia River</a>
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This map includes on the North the sources of the Upper Athabasca River, including the upper reaches of the North and South Branches of that River; on the West, the Colombia River basin as far West as the 121st Meridian; i.e., to a point West of the John Day River and East of Des Chutes River; on the South, the Snake River, tributary of the Colombia, to a line almost as far South as the Northern boundary of Nevada and Utah; on the East, the territory almost as far East as the 111th Meridian, hence, the Upper Missouri West and South of Fort Benton. The Great Divide runs, roughly, from the Southeast to the Northwest corners of the Map. It is drawn in several colored inks on an ivory background, and is filled to the edges. It is dated between 1842 and 1848, and, although some aspects of the map are geographically inaccurate, it does include accurate plots of Indian villages and campsites, missions, forts, trails, hot springs, mountain ranges, watersheds, and tribal boundaries.
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MJA IX C8 – 13
Carte des rivières et Fourches du Haut l’Attabasca et de la Branche du nord du Haut Sascatshawin
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<a href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85095431.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Oregon Territory--History</a>
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This map is labeled “Carte des rivières et Fourches du Haut l’Attabasca et de la Branche du nord du Haut Sascatshawin.” Drawn circa 1846, with colored ink on an ivory background, it charts part of a journey by De Smet across the Canadian Rockies, where he hoped, in vain, to find the Blackfoot Nation.
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MJA IX C8 – 15
Carte des sources de la Colombie, 1847
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This map is drawn, neatly, in blue, black, and colored inks on an ivory background. It is labeled as “Carte des sources de la Colombie, 1847” [Map of the sources of the Colombia River, 1847]. It also includes what is called on the map “Aspect des Montagnes Roucheses, sources de la Colombie,” which is a depiction of the distant mountain range and closer foothills.
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MJA IX C8 – 14B
Carte des sources de la riv. A Clark où Tetes Plates
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<a href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89000890.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pend Oreille, Lake (Idaho)</a>
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This map depicts the Clark’s Fork and the Flathead Lake country, and is labeled “Carte des sources de la riv. A Clark où Tetes Plates.” Drawn with colored inks on an ivory background, the map is dated 1847. On the map, locations of horse-grazing plains, the camas prairie, the hot springs, and the Jesuit mission are all indicated. At the time that De Smet drew the map, the region was occupied by the Pend Oreille. It would, in 1855, be set aside as a reservation for the Salish and Pend Oreille.
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MJA IX C8 – 14A
Chart of the Head of Yellow Stone
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<a href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96001609.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Yellowstone River Valley</a>
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This map was drawn by Major James Bridger (1804-1881), who was acquainted with De Smet and who had traveled extensively throughout the Yellowstone region as a guide, trapper, and railroad surveyor. It bears the legend “Chart of the Head of Yellow Stone” and indicates the locations of volcanic activity, hot springs. Drawn in ink on a pale blue-gray background, it is filled to two edges of the paper.
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MJA IX C8 – 10
Indian Map of the two Coeur d’Alene upper forks
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<a href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85146140.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">West (U.S.)</a>
<a href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85095431.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Oregon Territory--History</a>
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This map includes the label “Indian Map of the two Coeur d’Alene upper forks.” It is drawn in pencil on a gray background, and is filled to the edges.
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MJA IX C8 – 37
La carte du Territoire de l’Oregon, 1846
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Drawn in colored and black inks and filled to the edges of the paper, this map is labeled “La carte du Territoire de l’Oregon, 1846” [Map of the Oregon Territory, 1846], and indicates the locations of various forts, churches, and missions in the area.
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MJA IX C8 – 16
Riv. des Koetenais où La Grande Branche du N
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<a href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85095431.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Oregon Territory--History</a>
<a href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85004251.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">America--Discovery and exploration--Pictorial works</a>
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This map depicts the “Riv. des Koetenais où La Grande Branche du N,” as well as the headwaters of the Clark’s Fork River as far down as and including the Clark’s Fork Riverand Lake with tributaries. The names of rivers, lakes, and valleys are those of Saints, Jesuits, American prelates, relatives of Jesuits. It is drawn in ink on an ivory background. A notation on the back side of the map reads “Chart sent to Rev. Fr. Elet in April 1849.”
<a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/n83045600" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Smet, Pierre-Jean de, 1801-1873</a>
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MJA IX C8 – 39