Table of Contents

Preface, Bicentennial EditionAcknowledgmentsIntroductionSigns and Abbreviations COLUMBIA JOURNALSJourney to the KootanaesJourney to the Bow RiverJourney to the Rocky MountainAcross the MountainsBuilding Kootanae HouseJourney to the Lake Indian CountryFrom Boggy Hall to Kootanae HouseAlong the Saleesh RiverAthabaska PassThe Lower ColumbiaReturn Upstream NOTES TO THE TEXTJourney to the KootanaesJourney to the Bow RiverJourney to the Rocky MountainAcross the MountainsBuilding Kootanae HouseJourney to the Lake Indian CountryFrom Boggy Hall to Kootanae HouseAlong the Saleesh RiverAthabaska PassThe Lower ColumbiaReturn Upstream Maps 291List of Sources 321Index 331

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Columbia Journals allows us to evaluate David Thompson more fully as an actor in the history of the west, and to understand more critically the assessment and misinterpretations made by a number of earlier researchers. -- Richard Ruggles, emeritus professor, Queen's University

About the Author

Barbara Belyea is professor emerita of English, University of Calgary.