...flag she bore was the British, and her orew was composed of eight boatmen or voyaseurs. A well dressed man, who appeared to be the commander, was the first to leap ashore, and address ue without ceremony, and said that his name was David Thompson, and that he was one of the...

...large canoe with a flag displayed from her stern, rounding the point which is called Tongue Point. The flag she bore was the British and her crew was composed of eight Canadian boatmen, or voyagers ; a well dressed man, who appeared to be the commander, was the first to leap ashore." It...

...bore was the British and her crew was composed of eight Canadian boatmen, or voyagers ; a well dressed man, who appeared to be the commander, was the first to leap ashore." It is claimed by some Canadians that the purpose Thompson had in posting his notice at the mouth of...

...Astor's post at the mouth of the Columbia. In his journal5 he recounts the arrival of Thompson's canoes: "A well-dressed man, who appeared to be the commander,...ashore, and addressing us without ceremony, said that he was David Thompson, and that he was one of the partners of the North-West Company. We invited him...

...who it could be ... The flag she bore was British, and her crew was composed of nine boatmen in all. A well-dressed man, who appeared to be the commander,...to leap ashore; and addressing us without ceremony, he said that his name was David Thompson, and that he was one of the partners of the North West Company....

...at a little wharf that we had built to facilitate the landing of goods. . . . The flag she bore was British, and her crew was composed of eight Canadian...David Thompson and that he was one of the partners in the North West Company." Duncan McDougall, a Scot from Montreal and the Pacific Fur Co. partner...