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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. — Zebulon Montgomery Pike

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.

Zebulon Montgomery Pike

  • Travel
  • Book language: English
  • 528 pages

The first volume of Zebulon Montgomery Pike's travel journals follows his early nineteenth-century expeditions from the Mississippi River toward its headwaters, through the Louisiana Territory and toward New Spain. It combines daily notes, route observations and encounters with Indigenous peoples and settlers. Listen for a firsthand record of exploration and the landscapes of the early American West.

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Contents

  1. THE EXPEDITIONS OF Zebulon Montgomery Pike,
  2. Dedication.
  3. CONTENTS OF VOL I.
  4. PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION.
  5. PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION.
  6. MEMOIR OF ZEBULON MONTGOMERY PIKE. BY ELLIOTT COUES.
  7. CHAPTER I. ITINERARY: ST. LOUIS TO ST. PAUL, AUGUST 9TH-SEPTEMBER 21ST, 1805.
  8. CHAPTER II. ITINERARY, CONTINUED: ST. PAUL TO LEECH LAKE, SEPTEMBER 22D, 1805-JANUARY 31ST, 1806.
  9. CHAPTER III. ITINERARY, CONCLUDED: LEECH LAKE TO ST. LOUIS, FEBRUARY 1ST-APRIL 30TH, 1806.
  10. CHAPTER IV. WEATHER DIARY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.[IV-1]
  11. CHAPTER V. CORRESPONDENCE AND CONFERENCES.[V-1]
  12. CHAPTER VI. COMMERCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI.[VI-1]
  13. CHAPTER VII. GEOGRAPHY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.[VII-1]
  14. CHAPTER VIII. ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.[VIII-1]
  15. CHAPTER IX. VOCABULARY OF MISSISSIPPIAN PLACE-NAMES.[IX-1]
  16. FOOTNOTES
  17. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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