The explorer who made Lewis and Clark look like tourists.

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[Rebelbase]

I've been reading the Lewis and Clark Journals and got sidetracked into David Thompson whom I'd never heard of before.

His accomplishments are mind blowing for the time.

[Rebelbase]

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[GlockThe Vote]

Great post! Really puts things in perspective.

[BipolarBob]

Thanks for posting. I’ve never heard of him.

[SunkenCiv]

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Thanks Rebelbase. This looks pingworthy, despite being a modern history topic. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.

[Rebelbase]

His journals are available online at this link. Well written and absolutely fascinating.

http://link.library.utoronto.ca/champlain/item_record.cfm?Idno=9_96855&lang=eng&query=thompson%20AND%20david&searchtype=Author&startrow=1&Limit=All

[Squantos]

Ray Mears did a show about him ..... Interesting pioneer indeed.

Stay safe !

[rawcatslyentist]

Thanks for posting.

[Rebelbase]

Thompson's travels:

[afraidfortherepublic]

Dittoes to what BiPolar Bob said!

[Kirkwood]

Not really fair to compare a 2 year expedition to 28 years.

[maine-iac7]

thank you for the thread and the link - I am anxious to read them!

I like reading from the source when it comes to recounting the days/lives of our first North Americans.

[I_Publius]

Great read. I needed something like that this evening.

Thanks for the post.

[Carthego delenda est]

“I placed the two Kegs of Alcohol on a vicious horse; and by noon the Kegs were empty, and in pieces, the Horse rubbing his load against the Rocks to get rid of it; I wrote to my partners what I had done; and that I would do the same to every Keg of Alcohol, and for the next six years I had charge of the furr trade on the west side of the Mountains, no further attempt was made to introduce spirituous Liquors.”

Lemme guess, he’s a mormon explorer. And then... why pack your animals unballanced? Never had a horse ‘freek’ out on me for pulling a bottle of tequila out of the saddle bag...

[Squantos]

Some Toob about the man........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id0OZN8nL2E

[AGreatPer]

Would make a great movie. No sex, forget it.

[dog breath]

Great post, I love all the history of North America. There were quite a few frontiersmen who are not well known. The voyageurs tread many a remote path, to of seen the things they saw would be a treasure beyond measure.

[Noob1999]

From today’s perspective, I gotta say ?why?

I find it incredible learning about the pursuits of a few generations ago, or the travails of our unemployed grandfathers during the depression;

As I put my feet on the Ottoman, click the remote, and laugh at old Seinfelds, until bedtime in a sleep number bed, whilst writing a deposit ticket for my SS check and pension!

[Theoria]

Well, if your reading Lewis and Clark stuff, might as well bring up John Colter. He was another cool dude, to say the least, and inspiration for the classic The Naked Prey movie and a great explorer and pathfinder in his own right.

[Carthego delenda est]

“Some Toob about the man........”

So....