From the Videos
What did David Thompson become known as?
The Man Who Looks At Stars
Who were the NWC buffalo hunters?
Metis
What was Mistress Madeleine's brother doing illegally to make more money?
Why were the First Nations furious with David Thompson?
NWC supplied their enemies with guns
What was David Thompson's "Master Project"
A map of the great northwest
What did George Simpson do after the Battle of Seven Oaks?
Why did Alexander Mackenzie want to find a trade route to the Pacific Ocean?
To improve trade with Russia
How long did it take Thompson to reach the crest of the Rocky Mountains?
3 months
What was the amalgamated company between the HBC and the NWC called?
HBC (1821)
Where did Alexander Mackenzie accidentally sail to?
The Arctic Ocean
Why did David Thompson need to reach the Pacific Ocean?
Americans were heading there as well (around the tip of South America)
What did Duncan Cameron urge the Metis to do after the pemmican proclamation?
Put on war paint and destroy the Selkirk settlement
What was David Thompson offered by the NWC to switch over to them?
Money and an opportunity to keep making maps
What current US state, previously Fort Astoria, was the place that Thompson reached the ocean via the Columbia river? Only to find out the Americans beat him there
Oregon
In Mistress Madeleine, what did Charles McKie do in order to be promoted to Chief Factor within the HBC
Took a new wife