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Growing up at a fur trade post, the daughter of a fur trader, Charlotte Small would have been familiar with the life of a fur trade family. As David Thompson’s wife, she accompanied him to various fur trading houses and on several mapmaking expeditions. Often, however, she remained behind with their children, especially on his big expeditions between 1807 and 1812.
Charlotte Small at Kootenay House
Charlotte and her three children accompanied David in his 1807 expedition across the Rockies. After starting out from Rocky Mountain House in May, they established a fort on the Kootenay Plains. That would be David’s “base camp” for his next expeditions.
Jack Nisbet, author Sources of the River: Tracking David Thompson Across Western North America, says that David and his “voyageurs continued on upriver, leaving the women, children, and livestock with Finan McDonald at Kootenay Plains.” Perhaps there was no room for the women and children in the canoes, or perhaps the next stage of the voyage was more dangerous.
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