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Flagg's The Far West, 1836-1837, part 2; and De Smet's Letters and Sketches, 1841-1842

Note 151 — LETTER III

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William Claessens lived at the Flathead mission until near the close of his life. Ordered to Santa Clara, California, to rest, he died there (October 11, 1891), just after celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of his entrance upon missionary work. For his portrait see ibid., p. 62.

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