height of the statue is thirteen feet six inches, and the weight of the bronze casting is 3,482 pounds. The base is carved from a single piece of blue limestone, with panels and suitable inscriptions on its four faces. The statue is considered a very satisfactory work, the artist having succeeded well in his attempt to portray the spirit of a great career. The missionary is represented in his priestly robes in the attitude of moving forward, with an eager expression on the face, as if intent upon the great work before him. In the right hand is a crucifix indicative of his calling as a priest of God, and in the other an olive branch, symbolic of his work as a peacemaker among the Indian tribes. Termonde was proud of her distinguished offspring, and Belgium, too, was proud of him; and he was fond of both.
In bidding farewell to this august character in our national history, it is well to review some of the traits of his personality that marked it off from the average run of then. So far as it is in the power of man, in this network of temptation which we call life, by the constant exercise of religious faith and duty, to free his heart and conduct of all sin, Father De Smet succeeded. No one can read his life, even the inner secrets of it as recorded in his personal correspondence, without feeling that he is in the presence of a good man. There were narrow prejudices - prejudices that arose from his training and environment; but he had practically mastered his personal cravings, and
looked with charity upon those who did him wrong. He has left us the remarkable statement that " no bitterness toward any one whomsoever ever entered my heart;" a statement, however, from which he would probably exclude certain political organizations which aroused all the hatred that a heart like his was capable of.
He was of a genial and buoyant temperament, fond of jest and merriment, and humorously disposed. " I am naturally inclined to laughter," he once said, and even the staid formalities of the Indian councils so provoked his mirth at times that he had hard work to keep a sober