ENGL 228 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Charlotte Small, Outlandish, Lake Superior
2 Nov 2016
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Tho(cid:373)pso(cid:374)"s (cid:374)arrative of his jour(cid:374)ey to the missouri river. Narrative mixes genres (a feature of the unpublished manuscript: some sections are highly descriptive (an ethnography on the cree, some sections are narrative (anecdotes, the journey to the missouri river) Do(cid:374)"t (cid:373)i(cid:454) this (cid:373)i(cid:454)i(cid:374)g of ge(cid:374)re in a form of a journal to describe the great plains: he is actually thinking about the genre: in the form of a journal. Thompson is interested in mapping the lands and relatively important that certain key things happen in certain places. Departure from assiniboine house, 28 nov, 1797: john m ____ house. First attempt to shortcut across the plains (failure): retreat to oak woods on the river. Arrival at ash house (abandoned fur trade post) Crossing of plains to turtle hill: near ambush by the sioux. Arrival at the missouri river, first at the hidatsa (fall indian) villages, and then at the.
