the United States in Mar., 1809. Belle Fontaine was really the parent of Jefferson Barracks; for, after the establishment of Forts Atkinson, Snelling, and others on the Missouri and Mississippi frontiers, it lost its importance from a military point of view, and was abandoned for the site of the present Jefferson Barracks. This in 1825; on July 4th of which year Colonel Talbot Chambers, with four companies of the 1st United States Infantry, evacuated Belle Fontaine and proceeded to the new site which had been selected, though the place remained for some ten years in charge of a military storekeeper, Major John Whistler. General Lewis Cass, Secretary of War under Van Buren, ordered it to be sold at public auction in 1836. It was bought by Jamison Samuel, Dunham Spalding, H. N. Davis, and E. L. Langham, who laid out a paper town that never came to anything. Agriculture finally reclaimed Belle Fontaine after the military occupancy; it was bought for a farm by the late Dr. David C. Tandy of St. Louis, whose son, Robert E. Tandy, now or lately did live there. The old road can still be traced in part over ground where it ran more than a century ago. [I-2] The roster of the party, with some of the most notable particulars, is as follows: COMMISSIONED OFFICERS (2). 1. Captain Zebulon M. Pike. Escorted to Mexico from his post on the Rio Conejos, with six privates, by Spanish dragoons, Feb. 26th, 1807. His men, excepting one left with Jackson, were Brown, Carter, Gorden, Menaugh, Mountjoy, Roy, and Stoute. 2. Lieutenant James B. Wilkinson. Detached to descend the Arkansaw with five men, from camp near Great Bend, Aug. 28th, 1806. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS (3). 1. Sergeant Joseph Ballenger. Went with Wilkinson. 2. Sergeant William E. Meek. Sent from Rio Conejos to relief of abandoned men, Feb. 19th, 1807. 3. Corporal Jeremiah R. Jackson. Left in charge of post on Rio Conejos, with Carter, Feb. 26th, 1807, to await return of Meek and Miller with Vasquez, Smith, Sparks, and Dougherty. PRIVATES (16). 1. John Boley. Went with Wilkinson, Aug. 28th, 1806. 2. Samuel Bradley. Went with Wilkinson, Aug. 28th, 1806. 3. John Brown. Left with Jackson on Rio Conejos, Feb. 26th, 1807. 4. Jacob Carter. Went with Pike, Feb. 26th, 1807. 5. Thomas Dougherty. Abandoned in Sangre de Cristo mountains with frozen feet, Jan. 22d, 1807. 6. William Gorden. Went with Pike, Feb. 26th, 1807. 7. Solomon Huddleston. Went with Wilkinson, Aug. 28th, 1806. 8. Henry Kennerman. Deserted July 19th, 1806. 9. Hugh Menaugh. Abandoned in Sangre de Cristo mountains, Jan. 27th, 1807; recovered on Rio Conejos, Feb. 18th, 1807; went with Pike, Feb. 26th, 1807. 10. Theodore Miller. Went with Meek to relief of abandoned men, Feb. 19th, 1807. 11. John Mountjoy. Went with Pike, Feb. 26th, 1807. 12. Alexander Roy. Went with Pike, Feb. 26th, 1807. 13. Patrick Smith. Left with Vasquez on the Arkansaw at site of present Cañon City, Jan. 14th, 1807.