An account of expeditions to the sources of the Mississippi : and through the western parts of Louisiana, to the sources of the Arkansas, Kans, La Platte, and Pierre Jaun Rivers : performed by order of the government of the United States during the years 1805, 1806, and 1807 : and a tour through the interior parts of New Spain, when conducted through these provinces, by order of the captain-general in the year 1807 / by Major Z.M. Pike ; illustrated by maps and charts.

Even before Lewis and Clark had returned in 1806, Lieutenant Zebulon Pike was sent to explore the southern reaches of the Louisiana Territory. Pike traveled to Colorado and down the Front Range looking for the Red River. His party failed to find it and instead wandered into New Mexico where the Span...

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Main Author:	Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813
Corporate Author:	Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : C. & A. Conrad & Co. : John Binns, printer, 1810.
Subjects:	West (U.S.) > Discovery and exploration. Mississippi River > Discovery and exploration. New Mexico > Discovery and exploration. Expeditions > history. Discoveries in geography. Mississippi River. New Mexico. United States, West.