DAVID THOMPSON
Reading edition
THE EXPLORER
BY
CHARLES NORRIS COCHRANE
Associate Professor of Ancient History, University College, Toronto
TORONTO THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED 1924
Copyright, Canada, 1924 BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED
Printed in Canada
PREFATORY NOTE
I wish to acknowledge the great debt which I owe to Mr. J. B. Tyrrell for the use of material contained in his edition of Thompson's Narrative.
It was Mr. Tyrrell who first rescued the name of Thompson from the undeserved oblivion into which it had sunk. Those who are familiar with his introduction and notes, will recognize how largely I have borrowed from them in preparing this short life.
C. N. C.
June 1924.
CONTENTS
I APPRENTICED TO THE COMPANY 1770-1786
II HE FINDS HIS MÉTIER 1786-1791
III TRADER, SURVEYOR, EXPLORER 1791-1797
IV WITH THE NORTH-WESTERS 1797-1798
V EIGHT YEARS OF TRADING 1798-1806
VI ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE 1806-1810
VII THE RACE TO THE SEA 1810-1812
VIII LAST YEARS 1812-1857
DAVID THOMPSON