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Show 6S APPENDIX TO PART Ill. "Villiam Gorden, Solomon II uddleston, John ~ountjoy, Theodore Miller, Peter Braude11, David <)wings, David \Vhclply. This party left St. Louis the 9th of August, 1805, but had been detached for that duty from the 1st of July. They returned the 30th of April, 1806; from which time until the J 5th July, I was preparing· for the second expedition to the westwal'd, which consisted of the following persons: to wit, Captain Lieut. Doctor Scrj'ts Corporal Z. M. PIKE, JAMES B. \VILKINSON,w JOHN II. ROlliNSON, 5 JOSEPH BALLENGER,• ( \VILLIAM E. MEEK,t JEREMIAH JACKSON,t PRIVATES. John llolcy,~ Theodore Millcr,t Henry Kennerman, "' Hugh Menaugh, Samuel llradley,* John Mountjoy,t John Brown, Alexander Roy, Jacob Carter,t John Spa1·ks,t Thomas Doug herty,t Patricl Smith,t William Gorden, Freegift Stoute, Solomon IIuddleston,11' John Wilson,* Interpreter, DARONEY VASQUEZ. t • Those thus marked descenued the Arkansaw river, and at·- rivcd at New Orleans some time about the of February, 1807. t Those thus marked are still detained in New Spain. The balance arrived at the Nachitoches, on or about the 1st of July, 1807. ll ltt it may probably be better to leave the whole time undefined, to be reg ulated by the honorable sccretat·y of war. Z. M. PIKE, major. APPENDIX TO PART III. ~No. 7. J THE father being informed that I had some astronomical instruments with me, expressed a desi1·c to sec them : all that I had here was my sextant and a la1·ge glass which rnagnil1 cd considerably, calculated for the day Ol' night, the rcmainde1· of my instJ'll ments being with my serjeant and party. On examiniug the sextant and shewing him the effect of it in the reflection oJ the sunhe appeared more surprised, as well as hundreds who surrounded us, at the effect of the instrument, than any nation of savages I was ever among, and here an idea struck me as extraordinary, how a man who appeared to be perfect master of the antient languages, a botanist, mineralogist, and chemist, should be so ignoraut of the pmvers of reflection and the first principles of mathematics; but my friend explained that enigma, by informing me or the care the Spanish government took to prevent any branch of science from being made a pursuit, which 'vould have a tendency to extend the views of the subjects of the provinces to the geography of thei1· country or any other subject which would bring to view a comparison of thei r lGcal advantages and situations with other countries. -·- [ No. 8. J LETTER TO GOVERNOR ALLENCASTEU Sa11ta Pe, 'Jd .ftfarch, 1 SOT. Stu, ON the arrh·al of your troops at my encampment, last montl1, under the command of lieutenant Don Ignacio Saltclo and Mr. Bartholemew ; they informed me, that your excellency had dircc•cd them to assure me, that I should be escorted through yout· dominions to the source of Red river, as our being on the l'rontie rs of" your province gave cause to suspicion. I conceived it more propel' to comply with the request, and repair to Santa Fe, in ordet· to explain to you1· excellency any circumstance which migh t appear extrao1·dinary, but on my arrival here, I am informed by your excellency, that it is necessary, that myself and tr00!}S pP.ss h)' Chihuahua it\ the province of Biscay, more than tw11 l.'loldl .. ed: Jcn~u..e• ., cut of my • • •• •• .. I . |
