Zebulon Pike’s Wandering Explorations

  I guess you could say Zebulon Pike made a grand circle tour in 1806-07, although that wasn’t his intention when he set out on a reconnaissance of the Louisiana Purchase in July 1806. The explorer organized his crew of 19 enlisted men, including interpreter Antoine Baronet Vasquez, physician John H. Robinson, Lt. James B. Wilkinson (son of Louisiana governor James Wilkinson) and 51 Indians, including eight who had just returned from Washington, D.C., where they had been guests of Presiden