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. This book is the third of three volumes. Page numbering continues from Volume 2. The other volumes are available at: Volume 1: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/43774 Volume 2: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/43775 Pike's Expeditions. VOLUME III. 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. III. Index--Maps. NEW YORK: FRANCIS P. HARPER. 1895. COPYRIGHT, 1895, BY FRANCIS P. HARPER, New York. All rights reserved. LIST OF MAPS AND OTHER PLATES. VOLUME I. PORTRAIT OF ZEBULON M. PIKE, Frontispiece FACSIMILE LETTER OF ZEBULON M. PIKE, Facing Page lx VOLUME III. FALLS OF ST. ANTHONY. MAP OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM ITS SOURCE TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSOURI. FIRST PART OF CAPTAIN PIKE'S CHART OF THE INTERNAL PART OF LOUISIANA. CHART OF THE INTERNAL PART OF LOUISIANA. MAP OF THE INTERNAL PROVINCES OF NEW SPAIN. SKETCH OF THE VICE ROYALTY OF NEW SPAIN. (The above six maps are reproduced in facsimile from the Philadelphia edition of 1810.) HISTORICO-GEOGRAPHICAL CHART OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER, COMPILED AND DRAWN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DR. ELLIOTT COUES, BY DANIEL W. CRONIN, 1895. [Illustration: FALLS of S^T ANTHONY] INDEX.