the icebergs - A favorable wind then brought the ship back to the coast of Chile in sight of the Cape of Tres Montes April 8th - Entered Valparaiso harbor April 11th - Made a journey to Santiago, arriving there April 25th - Returned and left Valparaiso May 3d -Arrived in Callao May 10th-Visited Lima, the capital of Peru-Sailed from Callao May 27th - Recrossed the Equator in June and sighted the coast of Oregon July 28th - Crossed the bar July 31st and anchored in front of Astoria.
August 2d set out by skiff for Vancouver arriving there on the 4th - Started for the Willamette August 14th; reached St. Paul's on the 17th and commenced the erection of St. Francis Xavier's residence - Was taken quite ill, and before he was entirely recovered, set out on horseback for the upper country - Traveled along the base of Mt. Hood, past the Dalles, and across Des Chutes and John Day rivers to Walla Walla - Crossed the Spokan Desert and went to the Sacred Heart residence among the Ceeur d'Alènes west of Coeur d'Alène lake - Thence went to the Kalispel Bay and commenced the Mission of St. Ignatius - Thence to Fort Colville in quest of p risions whence he returned to the Bay and passed the winter among the Pend d'Oreilles.
Distance traveled, 18,828 miles.
1845.
In the beginning of February, five feet of snow on the ground, Father De Smet set out by canoe up Clark's Fork and visited St. Mary's Mission among the Flatheads - Returned to the Bay, fixed on site for the new establishment, felled the first tree for the buildings and then set out for Walla Walla and Vancouver - Thence up the Willamette to St. Francis Xavier - Set out for the upper country with eleven horses laden with implements of various kinds - Traveled via Mt. Hood and Fort Walla Walla - Thence across the desert to the Bay July 15th - Established two