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    Pierre-Jean De Smet

    Jesuit priest (1801–1873)

    Pierre-Jean De Smet, SJ (Dutch and FrenchIPA:[dəsmɛt]; 30 January 1801 – 23 May 1873), also known as Pieter-Jan De Smet, was a FlemishCatholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).

    He is known primarily for his widespread missionary work in the mid-19th century among the Native American peoples, in the midwestern and northwesternUnited States and westernCanada.

    His extensive travels as a missionary were said to total 180,000 miles (290,000 km).

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    • He was affectionately known as "Friend of Sitting Bull", as he persuaded the Siouxwar chief to participate in negotiations with the American government for the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie. The Native Americans gave him the affectionate nickname De Grote Zwartrok (The Great Black Skirt).

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    Early life

    De Smet was born in Dendermonde, in what is now Belgium in 1801, and entered the Petit Séminaire at Mechelen at the age of nineteen. De Smet fi