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| the red line marks the route of Zebulon Pike's |
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Little is recorded about Pike's first expedition, but what I could find stated that he started off from St.Louis on August 9th, 1805 with twenty men. The point of the mission was to find the headwaters (source) of the Mississippi River. By September 23, he bought nine miles of land at the mouth of the St. Croix river to make a fort. traveling from that point, he made it to Leech Lake (located in present-day Minnesota), which he thought was the main source of the Mississippi. On the February 1st, 1806, Pike went 30 miles farther to Cass Lake. However, because of British influences, the Native Americans where hostile, which forced pike to turn back. He went down the Mississippi from Dean Creek to St. Louis, arriving on April 30, 1806
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ReplyDeleteZebulon M. Pike purchased 9 square miles of land, from the falls of St. Anthony (located in present day in Minneapolis) to present day Minneapolis Int'l airport. He was not authorized to purchase this land nor make a treaty with the Dakota tribe in that area. He undertook this illegal treaty on his own. U.S. Congress knew this was illegal but, nevertheless, ratified the treaty several years later.
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