Title: Journals relating to Montana and adjacent regions, 1808-1812. Transcribed from a photostatic copy of the original mss.,
Authors: Thompson, David, 1770-1857; White, M. Catherine 1891-1986,
Publisher: Montana State University Press,
Year: 1950
Subjects: North West Company; Salish Indians First contact with Europeans.; Kootenai Indians First contact with Europeans.; Montana Description and travel.; Northwest, Pacific Description and travel.
Abstract: This is an edited version of Thompson's original journals kept at the time of his travels. Thompson's Narrative was an expanded and rewritten version of these Journals leaving out some details. Presents brief observations on Salish and Kootenai Indians including their camp sites, character, enemies, dwellings, knowledge of Catholicism, etc.