Sketches of Indian Life in the Pacific Northwest provides a firsthand account of a Jesuit missionary working among the Coeur d'Alene people deep within the heavily forested, mountainous panhandle of northern Idaho. The narrative chronicles the profound physical and cultural transitions of the tribe as their mission was relocated from the banks of the Coeur d'Alene River to the high agricultural plateau near DeSmet. By detailing the harsh winter conditions and formidable isolation of the surrounding Bitterroot Range, Diomedi illustrates how the severe inland topography directly shaped both indigenous subsistence strategies and the immense logistical challenges faced by early Catholic pioneers. Ultimately, the book serves as a localized geographic record of a remote inland frontier undergoing rapid cultural and environmental transformation.

Biographies, Diomedi, Alexander, 1843-1932, Indians of North America Missions, Indians of North America Missions Northwest, Pacific, Indians of North America Northwest, Pacific Social life and customs, Indians of North America Social life and customs, Jesuits, Jesuits Northwest, Pacific Biography, Pacific Northwest

Reprint of the 1894 ed. published in Woodstock, Md., under title: Sketches of modern Indian life

Reprint of the 1894 ed. published in Woodstock, Md., under title: Sketches of modern Indian life