E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Pathfinder.
Major-General John Charles Fremont, who conducted four expeditions across the Rocky Mountains. (1842.)
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Pathfinder, in Fenimore Cooper’s five novels, is Natty Bumppo, called the Pathfinder, the Deerslayer, the Hawkeye, and the Trapper. (See NATTY BUMPPO.)
