David Thompson, the explorer

by Charles Norris Cochrane

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.