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Lost with Lieutenant Pike: How from the Pawnee Village the boy named Scar Head marched with the young American Chief clear into the Snowy Mountains; how in the dead of winter they searched for the Lost River and thought that they had found it; and how the Spanish Soldiery came upon them and took them down to Santa Fé of New Mexico, where another surprise awaited themSabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)

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Lost with Lieutenant Pike: How from the Pawnee Village the boy named Scar Head marched with the young American Chief clear into the Snowy Mountains; how in the dead of winter they searched for the Lost River and thought that they had found it; and how the Spanish Soldiery came upon them and took them down to Santa Fé of New Mexico, where another surprise awaited them

Name: Lost with Lieutenant Pike: How from the Pawnee Village the boy named Scar Head marched with the young American Chief clear into the Snowy Mountains; how in the dead of winter they searched for the Lost River and thought that they had found it; and how the Spanish Soldiery came upon them and took them down to Santa Fé of New Mexico, where another surprise awaited them
Author: Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)

Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)

Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813 -- Juvenile fiction

_Privates_
      Jeremiah Jackson
      John Boley
      Thomas Dougherty
      Solomon Huddleston
      Theodore Miller
      Alexander Roy
      Patrick Smith
      John Brown
      Jacob Carter
      David Whelply
      William Gordon
      John Mountjoy
      Hugh Menaugh
      John Sparks
      Freegift Stout
      David Owings
      Peter Branden


INTO THE SOUTHWEST (1806–1807)

  First Lieutenant (and Captain) Zebulon M. Pike, Commanding

  First Lieutenant James B. Wilkinson (descended the Arkansas
  River)

  Civilian Volunteer, Doctor John H. Robinson (went through)

  Baroney Vasquez, Interpreter (went through)

  Sergeants
      Joseph Ballenger (accompanied Lieutenant Wilkinson)
      William E. Meek (went through)

  Corporal Jeremiah Jackson (went through)
  Private John Brown (went through)
  Private Jacob Carter (went through)
  Private Thomas Dougherty (went through)
  Private William Gordon (went through)
  Private Theodore Miller (went through)
  Private Hugh Menaugh (went through)
  Private John Mountjoy (went through)
  Private Alexander Roy (went through)
  Private John Sparks (went through)
  Private Patrick Smith (went through)
  Private Freegift Stout (went through)
  Private John Boley (accompanied Lieutenant Wilkinson)
  Private Samuel Bradley (accompanied Lieutenant Wilkinson)
  Private Solomon Huddleston (accompanied Lieutenant Wilkinson)
  Private John Wilson (accompanied Lieutenant Wilkinson)
  Private Henry Kennerman (deserted)




[Illustration: THE TRAIL OF LIEUTENANT PIKE]




LOST WITH LIEUTENANT PIKE




I

THE COMING OF THE SPANIARDS


“Ai-ee! I see them!” panted Iskatappe, over his shoulder, and pointing
to the west. “The Spanish!”

“It may be running buffalo, or a big wind,” answered Skidi.

“Shall we halt and wait?” proposed Letalesha.

“No. It is they. It does not move fast enough for buffalo or wind. It
is on this side of the river. We will cross the river and hide on the
other side. Then we will be safe,” ordered Iskatappe.

Boy Scar Head, at the rear, peered hard and he, too, sighted a dust
cloud far westward, tinging the horizon above the rolling, sandy
landscape.

This was the Corn month, July, 1806. The four were travelling in single
file at fast dog-trot down through the northern end of Texas where the
Canadian River crosses. Iskatappe, or Rich Man, led. He was second
chief of the nation. Skidi, or Wolf, came next. He was a warrior.
Letalesha, or Old Knife, trotted third. He was a sub-chief. And at the
rear there trotted Scar Head, who was not yet even a warrior, because
he was just a boy; but some day he should be a warrior, and a chief, if
he proved brave and smart.

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