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Pierre-Jean De Smet meeting with Sitting Bull

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De Smet met Sitting Bull here and gave him a cross which Sitting Bull wore around his neck.  It can be seen in a picture of Sitting Bull nine years later.

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Pierre-Jean De Smet

Pierre-Jean De Smet (30 January 1801 – 23 May 1873), also known as Pieter-Jan De Smet, was a Belgian Roman Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), active in missionary work among the Native Americans of the Midwestern United States in the mid-19th century.

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