At this time, James Knight, a director of the Hudson's Bay Company, was seeking a native interpreter to help convince the Cree to allow other northern Indians to reach bay side trading posts in order to trade furs with his company.
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Five days later Thanadelthur was discovered by goose hunters from the Hudson's Bay Company.
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Thanadelthur (c. 1697—February 5, 1717) was a woman of the Chipewyan nation who served as a guide and interpreter for the Hudson's Bay Company.
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The lasting peace agreement honed by Thanadelthur paved the way for expansion of the Hudson's Bay Company farther north and led to further integration of the arriving Europeans into the tribes of the native Indians.