History and government of New Mexico . aimed the alle-giance of the Pawnees for their government. Pike had started out from St. Louis in July, 1806, toexplore the southwestern portion of Louisiana and establish friendly relations withIndians on the went on across theplains to the Arkansas inwestern Kansas and upto the Mexican Moun-tains in the regionof Pueblo, Pike discoveredPikes Peak, he declaredthat no human beingcould have ascended toits pinnacle. From the region of Pue-blo, Colorado, he crossedthe Sangre de CristoMountains to the San Luis Valley and built a cot
History and government of New Mexico . aimed the alle-giance of the Pawnees for their government. Pike had started out from St. Louis in July, 1806, toexplore the southwestern portion of Louisiana and establish friendly relations withIndians on the went on across theplains to the Arkansas inwestern Kansas and upto the Mexican Moun-tains in the regionof Pueblo, Pike discoveredPikes Peak, he declaredthat no human beingcould have ascended toits pinnacle. From the region of Pue-blo, Colorado, he crossedthe Sangre de CristoMountains to the San Luis Valley and built a cottonwoodstockade about five miles up the Rio Conejos (ko-nahos)on the west side of the Rio Grande in February, 1807. Fromthis point he sent a few of his men back to bring in twowho had been left in the mountains because their feet wereso frostbitten that they could not travel. At the sametime a Dr. John H. Robinson, of St. Louis, who had accom-panied the party, went to Santa Fe to collect a debt andsecure information about the Lieutenant Zebulon M. Pike THE CLOSE OF THE SPANISH ERA 91 112. The Americans in Santa Fe. — Pike had built hisfort and raised the United States flag on Spanish territory;and as soon as the news reached Governor Joaquin Alen-castre (hwa-ken a-lan-kastra) he sent out a party of horse-men to bring the Americans to Santa Fe. Leaving a few-horses at the fort to bring in those who were still in themountains, the party went over the hills by Ojo Caliente(oho ka-lyanta) and San Juan to the capital, March 2,1807. I was dressed, says Pike, aina pair of blue trousers,mockinsons, blanket coat, and a cap made of scarlet clothlined with fox-skin; my poor fellows were in leggins,breechcloths, and leather coats, and there was not a hat inthe whole party. The people of the town asked whetherthey lived in houses, or in camps like the Indians, andwhether people wore hats in their country ! Then Pike and Alencastre matched wits over the situa-tion, Pike protestin
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