An interesting incident happened in 1806 to David Thompson that maybe changed the way everything unfolded in the development of our history. While at Rocky Mountain House David Thompson was planning a trip across the mountains via the Kootenay Plains to the west with the intention of starting trade with the Kootenay FN on the Columbia river system in eastern BC. The Peigan FN people did not like that Thompson would be arming their enemies,the Kootenay, with guns. The Peigans were of the Blackfoot Nation in what is now part of Alberta. At the time of Thompson planning the trip Lewis and Clark were making their famous journey west, south of the US border. It turns out Captain Lewis killed two Peigan men and the Peigans from the our area went south to avenge the death of their men. This gave David Thompson the opportunity to get across the mountains unmolested and led to Kootenay House on the Columbia river system being established in 1807. Had Captain Lewis not killed two people south of the border David Thompson may have met a different fate on his 1806 journey.
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This country was started by voyagers whose young lives were swept away by the currents of the rivers for ten cents a day... just for the vanity of the European's beaver hats. ~ Red Bullets
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It is when you walk alone in nature that you discover your strengths and weaknesses. ~ Red Bullets
Last edited by Red Bullets; 12-24-2018 at 11:20 PM.
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