The great plains; the romance of western American exploration, warfare, and settlement, 1527-1870 . just visited the Pawnees, held council withthem, and left behind a present of flags. Just whatalliance had been entered into it was impossible tolearn, yet the Pawnee chief made every effort in hispower, short of actual force, to keep the Americansfrom proceeding, claiming that he had promisedthe Spaniards to intercept them. Pike, however,promptly lowered the flag of Spain, hoisted his ownin its place, and marched resolutely forward. Discovery of Pikes Peak The advance of the little body of intr
The great plains; the romance of western American exploration, warfare, and settlement, 1527-1870 . just visited the Pawnees, held council withthem, and left behind a present of flags. Just whatalliance had been entered into it was impossible tolearn, yet the Pawnee chief made every effort in hispower, short of actual force, to keep the Americansfrom proceeding, claiming that he had promisedthe Spaniards to intercept them. Pike, however,promptly lowered the flag of Spain, hoisted his ownin its place, and marched resolutely forward. Discovery of Pikes Peak The advance of the little body of intrepid ex-plorers was directly across the open prairie, andthey occasionally passed the deserted camping-spotsof the Spanish troops. The notable sights men-tioned day by day were bufifalo, wild horses, andprairie dogs. Changing their direction more to-ward the south, yet finding little to guide them inthe unvaried landscape, they finally attained thenorthern bank of the Arkansas River, not far fromthe present town of Great Bend. Here the partywas divided, a number of the men being despatched [72]. LIEUTENANT ZEBULON PIKE THE FAMOUS EXPLORER OF THE SOUTHWEST EXPLORATIONS OF PIKE AND LONG down the river for exploration. Pike, with fifteenfollowers pushed up the stream to the plains of Col-orado, and finally made camp near the site ofPueblo. A little before this, November 15, whilenear the mouth of the Purgatory River, the leaderdiscovered the peak to which has been given hisname and which has become his monument. Ofthis first view he wrote: I thought I could distinguish a mountain to our rightwhich appeared like a small blue cloud; viewed it with the spy-glass and was still more confirmed in my conjecture; . .in half an hour they [the mountains] appeared in full view be-fore us. When our small party arrived on the hill they withone accord gave three cheers to the Mexican Mountains. His blue cloud has ever since been known asPikes Peak. Pike Mistakes the Arkansas for the Red River O
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