His journals are available online at this link. Well written and absolutely fascinating.
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.
Bump for Monday.
The Birth of Lesbians...
“The Women were pleased, and said all the Men were fools that drank fire water . . . the Women in general kept themselves sober, and when the men were about to drink hid all the Arms, and Knives and left them nothing but their teeth and fists to fight with.”
Really fun reading. He writes very intelligently and clearly. Makes you feel like you are right there with him. Thank you!
Quite a story about a tamed polar bear on page 14 and 15. Amazing!
“His journals are available online at this link”
Have you downloaded it all? I’d like to read it, but I hate to click a zillion links.
Thanks for your post. it led me to the following link where his 746 pages of writings allows one to read online or download via several venues. I am currently reading it on Kindle and finding it fascinating.
Self taught in the usage of a sextant, his celestial navigation and maps of places are either proven spot on, or very close by satellite GPS today. His contemporaneous very detailed narratives of native peoples, their life styles, dress, modes of living, villages, abodes, weapons and accouterments reveals his interest, understanding and admiration of them.
In the eyes of American historians Thompson had two irredeemable faults, he was British first and Canadian second.
http://archive.org/details/davidthompsonsna00thom