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Show 80 APPENDIX TO PART til. therein expressed ; the jucl ~mcnt on whict remains fot· the decision of the king, my lord, and shall ue reported in the secret ar· chives or this captain gencralcy; and meditating- that you have indi cated in your summons ofl1cial to this governnH'nt, the g-reatest desire to arrive at the tenitories of the United States, have t·esolrcd that you prepare to continue yom voyage in two ot· three dnys; in consequence of which, the anang-ements necessary shall be made, such as you, with the people of yout· expedition have experienced until your anival at this place. God preserve you many years, (Signed) Nua:sw SA t c EI>o. C'!Ji!wahua, 2 3d Ajwil, Hl07. 1st Lieutenant of Infantry, Montgomery Pike. Translated from the ot·iginal, by z. l\1. Pike, captain. -·-- [ No. 1 G. J TRANSLATION. INVENTORY of papet·s which the lieutenant of infantry of the United States of America, Montgomery Pil,e, in the supl:rior government, and commandant gcnerul or the internal provinces of New Spain, as belonging to a voyage which he executed fro11l St. Louis up the Illinois to the population of New Mexico, to visit tile Indian nations, and reconnoitre the country and interlllecliate ri\'crs, , s it appears his expedition was undertaken by pt·ovision of the go· vernmcnt of the said United States and the orders of general vVilkinson. No. 1. Letter ft·om general \Vilkinson to Pike, dated 24th J unc, 1806. 2. Anothel' from the ~me to Pike, 18th July, 1806. J. Another from the same to the same officer, 19th July, 1806. 4. Anothet· ft·om the same to Pike, dat.::d 6th August, 1806. 5. Lettet· from lieutenant 'Vilkinson to his father, 27th October, 1806. 6. Another from the same to the same, 28th October, l 806. 7. Letter from Pike to general vVilkinson, 22d July, 1806. 8, Letter from lieutenant \Vilkinson to lieutenant Pike, ~6th._ October, 180 6. APPENDIX TO PART III. 81 9. Proclamation of general Wilkinson, prohibiting any cHI zen of the United States tt·ading with the Indian nations wit rout his permission, or that of the government, dated 1 Otlt July, 1805. 10. A Jetter from Charles Junot, agent for the Indians, to g-ene-ral Wilkinson, dated lOth July, 1806. 11. Notes of lieutenant Pike on the voyage from New Mexico, to Chihuahua, of fout pag-es. 1~. A l'ough manuscl'ipt ofthe Missomi and Osage rivers. 13. Letter from sergeant Ballenger to general \Vilkinson, with out elate. 14. Letter from lieutenant :Vilkinson to Pike, without date. 15. A certificate in the Fr·ench language of a certain Baptist Lamie, found among those nations, and specifying his motive for being there. 16. A bundle of paper·s in the French language, which contained notes on the harangues and manifestoes which lieutenant Pike had delivered to the Indian nations. 17. A passport of lieutenant Pike to the Indian vVinapicane, a captain of the little Osage. 18. A small dmught or map of the country which is situated between the Mississippi and Santa Fe, with a description of that town, and of having met \fith three thousand Camanches. l9; A book Bvo, manuscript, which contains the diary of lieutenant Pike, fr·om January, 1807, to the 2d March of the same year, when he arrived at Santa Fe, in 7 5 pag·es. 20. A book 4to. manuscript, in paste-board, with copies of letters I to the secretary of war and general Wilkinson, and various observations relative to the commission of the lieutcn:mt, in 67 pages. 2 1. A manuscript book in folio, containing different plans of countries, &c. with a diary with Rhumbs distances, and worked observations and meteorological tables, which arose from a revisal of the voyage, by the said lieutenant Pike, in 40 pages. Don Franciso Valasco, first oflkcr of the secretaries of the c!ommandant generalship of the in temal provinces of N cw Spain, and Juan Pedro \Valkcr Alfercz, of the company of horse of the royal presidio of Janos. W c certify that the lieutenant of American infantry, Monts-o· lllery Pike, when presented to the commandant general of the hc- 26 |