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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
An Unmarked Grave
A Remarkable Explorer
Why Were His Achievements Ignored?
Arriving In The New World
An Orphan
An Encounter With Smugglers
The Nonsuch and the Prince Rupert
A Well Travelled Route
Life At Churchill Factory
Attacked By The French
A Clerk’s Life
Learning To Hunt
Canada’s National Animal
His First Boss
David’s Second Boss
His First Brigade
Tough Portages
Following The River
The Cree
Thompson the Fur Trader
Travels With A Mountain Man
Into Peigan Country
Saukamappee
David’s Protector
A Turning Point
Near Death
Thompson Meets An Astronomer
Finding His Way By The Stars
Thankful For His Life
Starting his Map-making Career
His First Expedition
Failure
Risking It All
The Wrong Company?
The Fur Trade’s Most Famous Explorer
Refusing To Trade Alcohol
New Assignment
Blinding Blizzards
Unmatched Achievement
A Route To The Pacific
Meddling Bosses Cause Delay
Charlotte Small
A Tactical Error
A Second Attempt
Under Attack
His Protector Saves Him
Three New Trading Posts
The Salish-Peigan War
No Rest
No Help
Hiding Out
Crossing the Rockies in Winter
More Delays
His Mission Accomplished
His Final Years
The World’s Greatest Land Geographer
David Thompson’s life and times
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Some Terms Explained
Resources that were used in writing this book
Index
Photo and Art Credits
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