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Good catch on the section 14 problem. I fixed it and it is ready for a spot check.

Sections 12, 13, and 14 are ready.

Sections 10 and 11 are ready.

Sections 8 and 9 are ready. Fr. De Smet was interested in so many things: geology, plants, and animals, everything about the Indians, and above all, religion. Such an amazing person!

Sections 6 and 7 are ready.

sections 3, 4 and 5 are ready. Fr. De Smet really liked the Indians, but he also writes about some horrifying things they did.

Section 2 is ready. Letter 2 is pretty long, so it will be in 2 or 3 sections.
Lots of interesting info about the tribes who had not been in contact with the non-Indians very long.

Letter 1 is ready. My thought on the preface and footnotes is that they will not be of much interest to the ordinary listener. If a scholar is studying Fr. DeSmet, and is interested in that extra material, he or she would most likely want to read the book, not listen to it. So I am leaving out the p...

Here are my recordings:

https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/understoodbetsy_MariaWendell_10.mp3 1:07


https://librivox.org/uploads/maryannspiegel/understoodbetsy_Mrs.Lathrop_01_.mp3 1:39

Carol Pelster

Hello, Maria. I would be very happy to have you take on the listening for this project.
Thank you.
Carol

Thank you, Tricia.
Yes, De Smet South Dakota is named for Fr. DeSmet, and the Ingalls family lived there.

De Smet's Letters and sketches, 1841-1842, by Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet (1801 - 1873) In 1841 and 1842, Fr. Pierre-Jean DeSmet traversed the wide and wild American West to bring the gospel to the Flatheads, who had sent multiple delegations from Montana to St. Louis, repeatedly requesting a Blackgown...

May I read the two parts of [16] Mrs. Lathrop in chapter 1, and [22] Maria Wendell in Chapter 10? Please let me know if that is all right.
Carol Pelster

Thanks a lot.
Merry Christmas.

Kathrine, thank you for taking care of cataloging. I just noticed something, and in case it is not too late, was wondering if there could be a change made in the intro. I wrote one version before I started recording, and made some changes later. The catalog has the original version; but the revised ...