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Show JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE their provi.s i.O n and g ivin g it to my men, covering them with their blan~.ets, &cd. to n1y sergeant, and leaving After wntmg or crs . them with my corpora1 and one pnvate' w~ ho wd aws etnot ruc . . Ir d forth Inounted our horses, an . p mam, we sa Ie .1' t a place where the Spamsh h . bout 12 mi es, o to fic'i cnevrse hr aad made a camp de p osit, frOin whence we sent down nlules for our baggage, &c. M p Captain Z. . IKE, ~ ' 1st United States Battalion Infantry. Wasbington City, January, 1808. PII{E'S EXPEDITION~ PAR~f III. DIARY OF A TOUR, MADE THROUGH THE 1NTERIOR PROVINCES OF NEW SPAIN, IN THE YEAR 1807, BY CAPTAIN Z. M. PIKE, OF THE ARMY OF T H E UNirED STATES, WH~N UNDER AN ESCORT OF SPANISH DRAGOONS. 27th February, Friday. - In the morning I discovered the Spanish lieutenant, was writing letters addn'ssed to the governor and others; on which I demanded if he was not going on with mc to Santa Fe. l-Ie appeared confused and said no : that his orders were so positive as to the safe conduct and protection of my men, that he dare not go and leave any behind ; that his companion would accompany me to Santa Fe with 50 111en, whilst he with the others would wait for the sergeant and his party. I replied that he had deceived Inc and had not acted with candor; but that it was now too late for n1c to remedy the evil. We marched about I 1 o'clock, ascending the Rio del Norte, five miles more S. 60° W. when we went round It hrough a chain of hills and bore off to the south. W c proceeded on nine miles further, when we crossed the |