Transcriber's Note: Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Superscripts are prefixed with a ^caret. Symbols in the text are noted by [Symbol: ]. Blanks in the text are represented by ----. Footnote numbering, which in the original restarted at "1" with every chapter, has been prepended with the Roman chapter number (e. g. VI-7 for the 7th note of chapter 6). Footnotes to Part III are indicated with a prime (e. g. I'-7). Footnote III-37 was missing its anchor. Its location in the text was approximated. This book is the second of three volumes. Page numbering continues from Volume 1, available at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/43774. Volume 3, at http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/43776, contains an Index and Maps. Pike's Expeditions VOLUME II. THE EXPEDITIONS OF ZEBULON MONTGOMERY PIKE, To Headwaters of the Mississippi River, Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7. A NEW EDITION, NOW FIRST REPRINTED IN FULL FROM THE ORIGINAL OF 1810, WITH COPIOUS CRITICAL COMMENTARY, MEMOIR OF PIKE, NEW MAP AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS, AND COMPLETE INDEX, BY ELLIOTT COUES, Late Captain and Assistant Surgeon, United States Army, Late Secretary and Naturalist, United States Geological Survey, Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Editor of Lewis and Clark, etc., etc., etc. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. Arkansaw Journey--Mexican Tour. NEW YORK: FRANCIS P. HARPER. 1895. COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRANCIS P. HARPER, New York. All rights reserved. CONTENTS OF VOL. II. PART II. THE ARKANSAW JOURNEY. CHAPTER I. PAGES ITINERARY: UP THE MISSOURI AND OSAGE RIVERS, AND THROUGH KANSAS TO THE PAWNEE VILLAGE ON THE REPUBLICAN RIVER, JULY 15TH-SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1806, 357-416 CHAPTER II. ITINERARY, CONTINUED: FROM THE PAWNEE VILLAGE THROUGH KANSAS AND COLORADO TO PIKE'S PEAK, OCTOBER 1ST-NOVEMBER 30TH, 1806, 417-459 CHAPTER III. ITINERARY, CONCLUDED: IN THE MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO ON HEADWATERS OF THE ARKANSAW AND RIO GRANDE, DECEMBER 1ST, 1806-FEBRUARY 26TH, 1807, 460-510 CHAPTER IV. PIKE'S DISSERTATION ON LOUISIANA, 511-538 CHAPTER V. WILKINSON'S REPORT ON THE ARKANSAW, 539-561 CHAPTER VI. CORRESPONDENCE, 562-594 PART III. THE MEXICAN TOUR. CHAPTER I. PAGES