The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike (Volume 1 of 3)

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Author

Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813

Title

The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume 1 (of 3) To Headwaters of the Mississippi River Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7.

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Produced by Melissa McDaniel, Charlie Howard, Rachael Schultz and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

F590.3: United States local history: The West. Trans-Mississippi Region. Great Plains

Subject

West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration

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eBook-No.

43774

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43774

Release Date

September 21, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE EXPEDITIONS OF Zebulon Montgomery Pike ,
2. 2.Dedication.
3. 3.CONTENTS OF VOL I.
4. 4.PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION.
5. 5.PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION.
6. 6.MEMOIR OF ZEBULON MONTGOMERY PIKE. BY ELLIOTT COUES.
7. 7.CHAPTER I. ITINERARY: ST. LOUIS TO ST. PAUL, AUGUST 9TH-SEPTEMBER 21ST, 1805.
8. 8.CHAPTER II. ITINERARY, CONTINUED: ST. PAUL TO LEECH LAKE, SEPTEMBER 22D, 1805-JANUARY 31ST, 1806.
9. 9.CHAPTER III. ITINERARY, CONCLUDED: LEECH LAKE TO ST. LOUIS, FEBRUARY 1ST-APRIL 30TH, 1806.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. WEATHER DIARY OF THE MISSISSIPPI. [IV-1]
11. 11.CHAPTER V. CORRESPONDENCE AND CONFERENCES. [V-1] — Art. 1. Letter, Pike to Wilkinson. (Orig. No. 1, pp. 1, 2.) — Art. 2. Letter, Pike to Wilkinson. (Orig. No. 2, pp. 2-4.) — Art. 3. The Dubuque Interrogation. [V-3] Queries proposed to Mr. Dubuque, with his answers. — Art. 4. Speech, Pike to the Sioux [V-4] (Part of Orig. No. 3, pp. 6-8), delivered at the entrance of the river St. Peter's, Sept. 23d, 1803. — Art 5. The Sioux Treaty [V-6] of Sept. 23d, 1805. (Part of Orig. No. 3, pp. 8, 9.) — Art. 6. Letter, Pike to Wilkinson. (Orig. No. 4, pp. 9-13.) — Art. 7. [V-10] Instructions, Pike to Sergeant Henry Kennerman. (Orig. No. 16, pp. 33, 34.) — Art. 8. Letter, Pike to Hugh M'Gillis. (Orig. No. 5, pp. 14-16.) — Art. 9. Letter, Hugh M'Gillis to Pike. (Orig. No. 6, pp. 17-19.) — Art. 10. Speech, Pike to the Sauteaux, in a Council at Leech Lake, Feb. 16th, 1806. (Orig. No. 7, pp. 19-22.) — Art. 11. Speeches, Chippewa Chiefs [V-13] to Pike, at Leech Lake, Feb. 16th, 1806. (Orig. No. 8, pp. 22, 23.) — Art. 12 . Extract of a letter, Pike to Robert Dickson, Lower Red Cedar Lake, Feb. 26th, 1806. (Orig. No. 9, pp. 23, 24.) — Art. 13. Letter, Pike to La Jeunesse. (Orig. No. 10, p. 24.) — Art. 14. Letter, Pike to Wilkinson. (Orig. No. 11, pp. 25, 26.) — Art. 15. [V-15] Speech, Pike to the Puants at Prairie Du Chien, Apr. 20th, 1806. (Part of Orig. No. 12, pp. 26, 27.) — Art. 16. Further Conferences with Indians at Prairie du Chien, Apr. 21st, 1806. (Part of Orig. No. 12, pp. 27-29.) — Art. 17. Letter, Pike to Campbell and Fisher. (Orig. No. 13, pp. 29, 30.) — Art. 18. Letter, Pike to Wilkinson. (Orig. No. 14, pp. 30, 31.) — Art. 19. Letter, [V-17] Pike to Wilkinson. (Orig. No. 15, pp. 31-33.)
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. COMMERCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI. [VI-1] — A. Description of the N. W. Company's Fort at Sandy Lake. — B. Description of the N. W. Company's Fort at Leech Lake. — D. The price of goods in exchange with the Indians. — C.— Recapitulation of Furs and Peltries, North West Company, 1804-5, Fond du Lac Department; Marks and Numbers as per margin. — E. Return of men employed in the N. W. Company's Department of Fond du Lac, for 1805, with the amount of their wages per annum, etc.
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. GEOGRAPHY OF THE MISSISSIPPI. [VII-1]
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE MISSISSIPPI. [VIII-1]
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. VOCABULARY OF MISSISSIPPIAN PLACE-NAMES. [IX-1]
16. 16.FOOTNOTES

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