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The expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike

Author: Zebulon Montgomery Pike; Elliott Coues
Publisher: New York : Dover, 1987.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Pike commanded two expeditions in the Louisiana Purchase. In 1805, he was sent to find the headwaters of the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota. In 1806, he was sent to the Southwest, and, after exploring Kansas and Colorado, was captured by the Spanish in New Mexico and sent to Mexico. He met in his travels the Sioux, the Ojibway, the Osage, and the Pawnee Indians. His assistant, Lieutenant James Wilkinson,  Read more...
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Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813.
Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike.
New York : Dover, 1987
(OCoLC)568753334
Online version:
Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813.
Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike.
New York : Dover, 1987
(OCoLC)606041997
Named Person: Zebulon Montgomery Pike
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Zebulon Montgomery Pike; Elliott Coues
ISBN: 048625254X 9780486252544 0486252558 9780486252551
OCLC Number: 14099066
Notes: Reprint. Originally published in three vols.: New ed. New York : F.P. Harper, 1895. With new pref.
Includes index.
Three folded maps in pocket.
Description: 2 v. (cxiii, 955 p.) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Responsibility: edited by Elliott Coues.
Local System Bib Number:
3160

Abstract:

Pike commanded two expeditions in the Louisiana Purchase. In 1805, he was sent to find the headwaters of the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota. In 1806, he was sent to the Southwest, and, after exploring Kansas and Colorado, was captured by the Spanish in New Mexico and sent to Mexico. He met in his travels the Sioux, the Ojibway, the Osage, and the Pawnee Indians. His assistant, Lieutenant James Wilkinson, explored the Arkansas River in northwestern Oklahoma.
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