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Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh

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Description:"...It was too late to change circumstances, so Pike went with the escort down the river. On the road at one of the villages Baptiste LaLande tried to play the spy upon them, but did not succeed. Arriving at Santa Fe, Governor Allencaster treated Pike politely, but he never swerved from his purpose of securing all of Pike's papers to send to headquarters. The conversation with the Governor was carried on in French, a language which neither appears to have wielded fluently. "You came to reconnoitre ourcountry?" said the Governor. "I marched to reconnoitre my own," said Pike. "In what character are you?" asked the Governor. "In my proper character, an officer of the United States Army," replied Pike. Here he met Pursley, who had been nearly two years in Santa F£, and who told him he had found gold on the head of the Platte, and had carried some of it about with him in his shot pouch for months, till he believed he would never again reach civilisation and threw it away. This is the first American mention of gold existing in that region. He told the Spaniards about it, and they wanted him to show the way, but he concluded it was on American territory, and also that such a discovery might interfere with his leaving the country. Copper mining was going on in New Mexico at a place down the river below Socorro. All the Americans were treated well at Santa Fe, and presently were sent under escort to headquarters of General Salcedo, at Chihuahua. The commander of the troop was Malgares, the same who had made the fruitless tour to the Pawnee country to intercept Pike..."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Breaking the Wilderness: The Story of the Conquest of the Far West. To get started finding Breaking the Wilderness: The Story of the Conquest of the Far West, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: "...It was too late to change circumstances, so Pike went with the escort down the river. On the road at one of the villages Baptiste LaLande tried to play the spy upon them, but did not succeed. Arriving at Santa Fe, Governor Allencaster treated Pike politely, but he never swerved from his purpose of securing all of Pike's papers to send to headquarters. The conversation with the Governor was carried on in French, a language which neither appears to have wielded fluently. "You came to reconnoitre ourcountry?" said the Governor. "I marched to reconnoitre my own," said Pike. "In what character are you?" asked the Governor. "In my proper character, an officer of the United States Army," replied Pike. Here he met Pursley, who had been nearly two years in Santa F£, and who told him he had found gold on the head of the Platte, and had carried some of it about with him in his shot pouch for months, till he believed he would never again reach civilisation and threw it away. This is the first American mention of gold existing in that region. He told the Spaniards about it, and they wanted him to show the way, but he concluded it was on American territory, and also that such a discovery might interfere with his leaving the country. Copper mining was going on in New Mexico at a place down the river below Socorro. All the Americans were treated well at Santa Fe, and presently were sent under escort to headquarters of General Salcedo, at Chihuahua. The commander of the troop was Malgares, the same who had made the fruitless tour to the Pawnee country to intercept Pike..."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Breaking the Wilderness: The Story of the Conquest of the Far West. To get started finding Breaking the Wilderness: The Story of the Conquest of the Far West, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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