David Thompson
Across
- 1. means "the man who looks at stars"
- 4. name of his wife
- 10. in his later life he was frequently __________
- 11. tool used in surveying
- 14. leg he broke that took two years to recover
- 15. highly sought after pelt for hats
- 16. the term for mixed-race children of European fur traders and Indigenous women
- 17. how much of the continent he mapped
Down
- 2. company he left HBC to work for
- 3. was born here in 1770
- 5. loaded rum barrels on this cantankerous animal
- 6. he was enrolled in this school at age 7
- 7. company he began to work for at age 14
- 8. first European to travel this whole river
- 9. he has been called the greatest __________ of all time?
- 12. number of children he had with his wife
- 13. number of days it took to reach the mouth of the Columbia