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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), De Smet , Peter John ,1801 -1872 (search)
De Smet, Peter John, 1801-1872
Missionary; born in Termonde, Belgium, Dec. 31, 1801 studied in the Episcopal seminary of Mechlin.
With five other students he sailed from Amsterdam in 1821 for the United States, and entered the Jesuit school at Whitemarsh, Md. In 1828 he went to St. Louis and aided in founding the University of St. Louis, where he later became a professor.
In 1838 lie founded a mission among the Pottawattomie Indians on Sugar Creek.
In July, 1840, he went to the Peter Valley in the Rocky Mountains, where he met about 1,600 Flathead Indians, whom he found easy to convert, as they had retained much of the influence of the teaching given them two centuries before by the French missionaries.
By the help of an interpreter he translated the Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, and the Creed into their language, and these within two weeks time the Flatheads learned.
During his journey back to St. Louis he was several times surrounded by the Blackfeet Indians, who, when t
Lacey, John 1755-1814
Military officer; born in Bucks county, Pa., Feb. 4, 1755; was of Quaker descent, but patriotically took command of a volunteer company, and became a captain in Wayne's regiment, with which he served in Canada.
Becoming a lieutenant-colonel of militia, he joined Potter's brigade at Whitemarsh, with about 400 men. Before he was twenty-three years old he was made a brigadiergeneral, and was engaged in harassing duty while the British had command of Philadelphia.
After the evacuation of that city by the British, he left military life and became active in the civil service of his State, being a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1778, and of the council in 1779.
He again entered the military service, and from August, 1780, to October, 1781, was active at the head of a brigade of militia.
Removing to New Jersey, he was for many years a county judge, and a member of the legislature.
He died in New Mills, N. J., Feb. 17, 1814.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Revolutionary War, (search)
Valley Forge
Washington's army encamped at Whitemarsh, in a beautiful valley about 14 miles from Philadelphia, where he remained until Dec. 11, 1777, and proceeded with his half-clad, half-bare- footed soldiers to Valley Forge, about 20 miles northward from Philadelphia.
These numbered about 11,000 men, of whom not more than 7,000 were fit for field duty.
Washington's headquarters at Valley Forge. The place was chosen because it was farther from the danger of sudden attacks from the foe, and where he might more easily afford protection for the Congress sitting at York.
Blood-stains, made by the lacerated feet of his barefooted soldiers, marked the line of their march to Valley Forge.
There, upon the slopes of a narrow valley on the borders of the winding Schuylkill, they were encamped, with no shelter but rude log huts which they built themselves.
The winter that ensued was severe.
The soldiers shivered with cold and starved with hunger, and there their genuine patriotis