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Weekly Ponderings: People brought character and culture to Peace River Part 35
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In the most recent Ponderings, we accompanied David Thompson, wife Charlotte, their three small children, along with their crew on their 1807 Howse Pass trade excursion. This was Charlotte’s first experience exploring the Rockies. Although the mountains and scenery were glorious, the reality of the terrain and waterways put them all in precarious situations. “As harrowing and frightening as it was for even the strongest of men, what is not written [in David’s Journals] is that Charlotte made the same crossing with three small children in tow.”
After overwintering at Kootenae House, first trading post in the Columbia Basin, starvation and attack by the Peigans [Pikani] loomed over the Thompson party as they made their way eastward over the Rockies. It was June 1808. At one point in their journey, while crossing a stream, one of the pack horses “began to behave wildly, nearly crushing my children to death with his load being badly put on, which I mistook for
Protest organiser Leon Lee, who is from China, said he was there to encourage his own people to speak out if they experienced racism or violence. “Honestly, I haven’t experienced racism. New Zealand is one of the most friendly places I’ve been to.” But he said the country has a long, dark history of anti-Asian sentiment, going back to 1881 when Cantonese settlers who wanted to mine gold were taxed, in an effort to stop too many Chinese people migrating to New Zealand.
Joseph Johnson/Stuff “Last year with Covid-19, that racism has really amplified.” In Christchurch alone, Lee heard of incidents where Asian parents at Rolleston School were emailed during the pandemic, and told them to keep their children at home.