A Brief Narrative Of The Journeys Of David Thompson In North Western America

This book is a historical account of the travels of David Thompson, a fur trader and explorer in northwestern America in the late 18th century. It provides a detailed description of the people, animals, and landscapes that Thompson encountered on his journeys, and sheds light on the early history of the northwestern United States and Canada. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Excerpt from A Brief Narrative of the Journeys of David Thompson, in North-Western America An excellent account of the early expeditions to the head waters of the Mississippi is given by Mr. N. H. Winchell, in his Historical Introduction in the Final Report on the Geology of Minnesota, 1884. In giving an account of Lieut. Pike's journey to Red Cedar (cass) Lake in 1806, he there states that Mr. Thompson's maps and papers never having been pub lished, Lieut. Pike is to be accredited with the first authenticated examination of the Mississippi valley from the St. Francis River to Red Cedar Lake. The first who is stated to have travelled through the country north of Red Cedar Lake was J. C. Beltrami, an Italian gentleman, who accompanied Major Long's expedition as far as Pembina. He ascended Bloody (red Lake) River to Red Lake and from thence followed Thompson's route to Turtle Lake, whence he descended the Mississippi to its mouth. This was in the summer of 1823, nine years after Thompson had recorded his discoveries on the above mentioned map, and twenty-five years after he had made the survey of his course. In a note at the end of this Historical Introduction however, it is stated that Neil in the 4th edition of his History of Minnesota gives a short account of Thompson's journey across the State in A. D. 1798, which appears to be approximately correct. I have not been able to see a copy of this edition of Neil's History and cannot speak further of it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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A vivid account of life in the fur trade and a cornerstone of Canadian literature.

Surveyor, cartographer, fur trader, adventurer, naturalist and entrepreneur, David Thompson is now recognized as one of the greatest explorers and geographers of all time. By 1812, he had surveyed almost four million square kilometres of the North American wilderness and become the first European to navigate the entire length of the Columbia River. This compelling biography draws from Thompson’s detailed accounts of his gruelling voyages and follows him from his apprenticeship with the Hudson’s Bay Company through his extraordinary accomplishments in the service of the North West Company to his later years struggling to claim his legacy.