. St. Nicholas [serial] . y across the range -was used centuriesago by the Ute Indians in their pilgrimages over the mountains to thefamous mineral springs at Manitou. The white man follozced the Indianwhen he built his first roads across the mountain passes. To-day this road,rebuilt and improved, is the premier highway into this great mountaincountry. Rugged Ute Pass gives the motorist a conception of the wonderfulscenery that awaits him in the regions beyond. It is through Ute Pass thatPikes Peak Ocean-to-Occan Highway enters the mountains just west ofColorado Springs and Manitou. The new Pi
. St. Nicholas [serial] . y across the range -was used centuriesago by the Ute Indians in their pilgrimages over the mountains to thefamous mineral springs at Manitou. The white man follozced the Indianwhen he built his first roads across the mountain passes. To-day this road,rebuilt and improved, is the premier highway into this great mountaincountry. Rugged Ute Pass gives the motorist a conception of the wonderfulscenery that awaits him in the regions beyond. It is through Ute Pass thatPikes Peak Ocean-to-Occan Highway enters the mountains just west ofColorado Springs and Manitou. The new Pikes Peak Auto Highway alsoenters the mountains through this pass. the stages by which the old peak has beengradually conquered. This expedition set out from Pittsburg Mayfifth, 1819, with Major Stephen H. Long in 782 THE CONQUERING OF PIKES PEAK [July, command. The party was much better equippedthan Pikes had been. It was organized by thesecretary of war, John C. Calhoun, for thepurpose of exploring the Missouri and other. CAMERONS CONE, FROM A TUNNEL ON THE COLORADO lUDLAND RAILWAYThe face of the Manitou is seen chiseled by nature in the rocks amid thesurrounding pines. According to Indian legend, this mountain formerly wasthe summit of Pikes Peak, but was hurled at some audacious Indianmedicine-men who attempted to climb to the heights where the features ofthe Manitou had been carved by the Great Spirit himself. This so-calledimage can be seen in the upper center of the picture. It varies greatly,according to sunlight and shadow, winter snows and summer vegetation. rivers that had come into the possession of theUnited States through the purchase of Louis-iana. Also the party was to make scientific re-searches and to classify the tribes of included Major Long, Major Biddle, Lieu-tenant Graham, Cadet Swift, four naturalists,and one painter. They sailed down the Ohioand up the Mississippi to St. Louis, where theygot their supplies. Again they set sail, thistime up the
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