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Inducing them to return with him to the fort, he again reached 

 Rocky Mountain House on October 19th. 



There he remained till November 1 7th, when accompanied by Dun- 

 can McGillivray, and attended by four men, he set out from the above 

 fort, and travelling on horseback southward along the trail vip Cleai'- 

 water River, he crossed Red Deer River and reached Bow River at a 

 point opposite to where the town of Calgany now stands in Lat. 51° 

 2' 56", Long. 113° 59'. From here he followed the north-east side of 

 the river to a short distance below the bend, where he crossed it and 

 went on to the Spitchee or Highwood River, which he reached two 

 miles above its mouth. From here he turned a little west of south, 

 and reached a camp of the Pikenows or Peikans in Lat. 50° 35' 30"; pro- 

 bably on Tongue Flag Creek. After stopping here for a short time in 

 order to establish friendly relations with the Indians, he turned north- 

 westward and a^ain reached Bow River at a point which he places in 

 Lat. 51° 13' 57", Long. 114° 48' 22", apparently a short distance 

 above the mouth of Ghost River. Fi*om here he ascended the south 

 side of the Bow River to the Gap, which he places in Lat. 51° 3' 4", 

 Long. 115° 21'. From here he returned to his old camp on the 

 Bow River, and crossing the stream, struck northward to Rocky 

 Mountain House, which he reached on December 3rd. 



During the same year Duncan McGillivray is stated to have made 

 a tx'a verse westward from Rocky Mountain House, up the north side 

 of the North Saskatchewan to the small lake at its head thre^ miles 

 beyond which he crossed the centre range of the Rocky Mountains, 

 bevond which he travelled four miles down a stream flowing towards 

 the south-west, from which point he returned to Rocky Mountain 

 House. His traverse is cai'efully laid down in Thompson's note book. 



During the winter of 1800-1801 Thompson remained at Rocky 

 Mountain House trading with the Indians, working out old observa- 

 tions and taking new ones, though the last record that I can find for 

 the winter is dated March 18th. 



In June he made a "journey into the Rocky Mountains by land," 

 which is found in his note books worked out by latitude and depart- 

 ure. Starting from a point on the Saskatchewan River in Lat. 52° 

 27' 39", Long. 1 1 5° 30' 50", he travelled at first a little south of west. 



