Letters from the Rocky Mountain Indian Missions / edited by Robert Bigart by Rappagliosi, Philip - 2003

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2003. xlii, 148 p. : 8 photographs, 1 map, index ; 24 cm. Bibliography. Letters from the Rocky Mountain Indian Missions depicts the life of an Italian Jesuit as he worked at three missions in the northern Rocky Mountains from 1874 to 1878. The letters of Father Philip Rappagliosi (1841-78) provide insight into the daily lives, customs, and beliefs of the many Native peoples that he came into contact with: Nez Perces, Kootenais, Salish Flatheads, Coeur d’Alenes, Pend d’Oreilles, Blackfeet, and Canadian Métis. These never-before-translated letters reveal the shifting, sometimes volatile relationship between the missionaries and the Native Americans and also provide a window into the complex lives of the Jesuits. Half blue cloth over cream colored boards. Fine condition in Near fine dustjacket. First Edition. Hard Cover.