The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume 3 (of 3) To Headwaters of the Mississippi River Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years — Themes and Context

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Elliott Coues's 1895 edition of Pike's 1810 narrative, this volume contains the index and maps. The index reveals a dense web of place names, tribal bands, and Spanish colonial terms, while the front matter documents Coues's editorial apparatus and the original cartography.
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Brackenridge's Travels, 361

Brackettville, Tex., 690

Braddock's defeat, 438, 531

Bradford, Col., 490, 491, 492

Bradley, Corp. or Sergt. Samuel, 1, 20, 54, 56, 108, 114, 115, 117, 124, 127, 128, 131, 136, 137, 138, 139, 172, 173, 177, 193, 359, 360, 372, 373, 401, 428, 432, 547, 845, 854, 855

Brainerd, Minn., 129, 130, 131, 135, 177, 179, 318

Branches of the Vine, 777

Branden, Pvt. Peter, 1, 854

Brannan, lxxix, lxxxiii, ci

Bras Cassé, Bras Casse, Brasse Casse, a chf., 88, 338, 347

Brasses, Brassos r., Mex., 673, 678

Brasses, Brassos, Brassus r., Tex., lii, 678, 706, 707

Bravo r., 641, 642, 643, 644, see Rio Grande and Rio del Norte

Brazito, battle and tract, 640

Brazos r., Brazos de Dios r., lii, 560, 705, 706, 707, 779, 780, 781

Breche, Brèche-dent, a chf., 176, 189, 190

brelau, brelaw, 96, 432

Brevoort, Capt. H. B., xxvi, xxviii, see also Michigan Pioneer Collections, I. p. 373, VIII. p. 449

Bridgeport, Kas., 403, 404

Brigade order, Pike's, lxxx

British generalities not indexed

British sergeant killed, xc

Broken Arm, a chf., 88, 338, 347

Broken Gun channel, 52

Broken Teeth or Tooth, a chf., 134, 176, 347

Brooks, officer of artillery, lxxx

Brother Jonathan, 711

Brouisseau, J. Le F. d'I. de, 214

Broulé r., in Schoolcraft, 1855, see Bois Brûlé r.

Brower, Hon. J. V., preface, 101, 105, 158, 159, 160, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 288, 326, 328, 331, 332, 336

Brower isl., in Hernando de Soto l., named by a committee consisting of Capt. R. Blakely, Mr. Chas. D. Elfelt, and Hon. I. V. D. Heard, for Hon. J. V. Brower

Brower ridge, 165, 166

Brower r. is the name I have given to that stream which flows into Lake Winnibigoshish and is commonly reckoned as III. or Third r., which see: see also Annals of Iowa for Apr., 1895, p. 22

Brown Cañon sta., Col., 472

Brown, Clara or Clarissa, xxx, xxxiii

Brown co., Wis., 298, 299

Brown, Browne, Dr. Jos., 388, 579

Brown, Gen. John, xxx, xxxiii, lix

Browning, Hon. D. M., preface

Brown, Pvt. John, 1, 115, 359, 360, 373, 432, 454, 457, 476, 482, 488, 489, 490, 510, 845, 854, 855

Brown's cr., br. of Ark. r., 472

Brown's cr., br. of Miss. r., 90

Brownsville, Minn., 49, 206

Brownsville, N. Y., lxxxii

Brusha for Brèche-dent, 176

Brush Hollow cr., 462

Brushy Mound, see Timbered Hill

Bruske, Bruské, Brusky, Chas., 139

Bryant, Hon. C. S., 88

Buade, L. de Frontenac de, 294

Buade l., 91, 95, 313

Bucanieus, La Touche de la Cote, 423

Bucareli, see Bacorelli. Gen. Antonio Maria Bucareli y Urzua, b. Seville, Jan. 24th, 1717, d. at Mexico Apr. 9th, 1779, was 1760-71 Governor of Cuba, and 1771 to death Viceroy of New Spain

Buck, a chf., 156, 157, 172, 173, 175, 189; Schoolcraft, 1855, p. 444, calls him Iaba Waddik

Buck cr., or Suicide cr., 556

Buck cr., Wis., another, 42

Buckman, Geo. R., preface

Buckman Hotel, Little Falls, Minn., 123

Bucks, a chf., see Buck

Bucks co., Pa., xx, 602, 656

Budd and Bartram, 656

Buenaventura, Mex., 653

Buena Vista, battle of, xix, 760

Buena Vista, Col., 469, 470, 471

Buenavista, Sonora, 773

buffalo, passim, for example, 58, 426, 427, 428, 429, 433, 434, 438, 439, 440, 441, 472, 473, etc.

Buffalo buttes, N. M., 597

Buffalo City, Wis., 57

Buffalo co., Wis., 55

Buffalo cr., br. of Little Platte r., 468

Buffalo cr., br. of Miss. r., in Minn., of Pike, 103, 110

Buffalo cr., br. of Miss. r., in Minn., being first one below Brainerd, on the E., mouth in Sect. 3, tp. 44, range 31, 4th M.

Buffalo cr., br. of Miss. r., in Mo., or Pike's Bar r., 7, 290

Buffalo cr., br. of Republican r., 404, 405, 408, 420

Buffalo crs., see Big and Little

Buffalo isl. in Miss. r., 7

Buffalo isl. in Mo. r., 365

Buffalo, Buffaloe r., br. of Miss. r., in Mo., 4, 355

Buffalo, Buffaloe r., br. of Miss. r., in Wis., 55, 56, 58, 59, 65, 290, 305

Buffalo r., br. of Mo. r., 365

Builder of Towns, a chf., 557

Bukesagidowag r., 152

Bullard's cr., 64, 69. Bullard was the trader who settled at Red Wing in 1850 and laid out the town

Bunting, Rev. O. S., preface, civ, cv

Burch, Capt. D. E., cix

Bureau of Ethnology, 238

Bureau of Indian Affairs, 238

Burger's cr. and bottom, 365

Burgwin, Capt. J. H. K., 606

burial, burying-ground, 73

Burlingame, Kas., 520

Burlington bluffs, 18, 19

Burlington, Ia., 18, 19

Burlington, Kas., 399

Burlington, Vt., cviii

Burnet's Notes N. W. Terr., 438

Burnett co., Wis., 72

Burnt, a chf., 156, 347

Burnt, Burntwood r., 308, 309, 310

Burr, Aaron, lv, lvi, 500, 501, 504, 652, 692, 826, 836

Burris cr. and valley, 55

Bustamente, Mex., 670

Butler, Capt. E., xxviii

Butler co., Kas., 549

Butte de Mort, des Morts, 300, 301, 341, 356

Butte des Morts l., 300, 301, 340

Butte d'Hyvernement, 51, 52, 53, 54

Cabaso, Father J. A., 703, 708

Caberairi, Caberarie, Cabrera, Don A., 660, 661, 662

Caberairi, Señora M. C., 659

Cabezua, see Jabezua r.

cabrie, 399, 653, 738, 772

Cache cr., in Ark., 559

Cache cr., in Col., 471

caches, 437, 439, 535

Caddo, see Caddoan Inds.

Caddoan Inds., Caddoes, 412, 526, 557, 591, 706, 708, 711, 713

Cadena pass, 674, 675

Cadillac, A. de la M., 714

Cahagatonga, 527, 591, council name of Osage chf., Cheveux Blancs or White Hair, said to mean Big Ice

Cahokia, Ill., 206, 602

Caigua is same word as Kiowa

Cajuenche was a tribe of Yuman Inds., called Cojuenchis on Pike's map

Calhoun co., Ill., 3, 4, 5

Caliente cr., 597, 598, 600

California, cxi, cxii, 446, 641, 645, 719, 725, 727, 728, 729, 733, 734, 735, 736, 742, 746, 770, 773

Callaway, Capt. Jas., 367

Callaway co., Mo., 368, 369

Calumet co., Wis., 300, 301

Calvinistic Creator, 332

Camanche Inds., 536, 563, 565, 566, 590, 706, and see Comanches

Camden co., Mo., 371, 374, 375, 376

Cameron, Mr. M., 66, 67, 70, 82, 86, 202, 208, 238

Camino a Senora, 651, 653

Camino de Monasterio, Camion de Monaseo, 670

Campagnoni, Comtesse de, 328, 330

Camp Allegheny, xxiv, xxvi

Campbell, Archibald, 25

Camp Belle Fontaine, lxii

Campbell, Mr., of Nicollet, 200

Campbell, Mr., of Pike, was John Campbell, 206, 207, 211, 269

Campbell's isl. and chain, 25

Camp Coldwater, 83. An undated military map in MS., in the Minn. Hist. Soc., marks it in a sort of cove opp. the head of the first island above Fort St. Anthony. Lieut. Douglas' Historical Rep., dated Dec. 4th, 1879, says this camp was at a spring near the old trading house

Camp cr., br. of Miss. r., 18

Camp cr., br. of Vermilion r., 400

Camp Independence, 386, 388, 390, 392, 393, 396, 577

Camp Terre au B[oe]uf, lxiv

Canada, xxvi, lxxvi, 229, 558, and passim

Cañada cr., N. M., 605

Canadian Institute, 168, 278

Canadian oats or rice, 38

Canadian or Cañadiano r., xlvii, 437, 552, 558, 559, 606, 705

Canal, Eureka Irrigating, 434

Canary isls., 461, 701

Cances, 706, see Kanzes

Candelaria, Mex., 650

Candelaria, N. M., 619

Cane or Caney cr., 556

Cannon r., 50, 62, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 205, 308, 309, 348, 349, 356

Cano, Canoe, Canot r., near Lake Itasca, 163, see Chemaun r.

Cano, Canoe, Canon, Canot r., see Cannon r.

canoe voyage to Lake Itasca, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167

Cañon City, Col., 359, 360, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 469, 472, 475, 476, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 642, 847

Cañon de Chaca, Chasco, 632

Cañon of Colorado r., 730, 731, see Grand Cañon

Cañon or Canadian r., 558

Canon or Canot r., see Cannon r.

Canton, Kas., 403, 521

Cantonment Washington, lxv

Cantonment Belle Fontaine, 213, 357, 358, 360, and see Belle Fontaine

Cantonment Missouri, 573, see Belle Fontaine

Cantonment St. Peter's, see New Hope

Cap à l'Ail, à l'Ail Sauvage, 42, 43

Cap au Grais, Gre, Grès, Gris, 4, 5

Cape Winnebago, 42, 43

Cape Winnebago cr. or r., 42, 43

capitulation of York, ciii

Capoli bluff and cr., 43

Caquina, 742, name appears as Caquima in 1680, Vetancurt, Teatro Mexicano; see Cequimas

caravan road, route, or trail, 401, 424, 425, 429, 433, 517, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522

Cardenas, Garcia Lopez de, was sent by Coronado from Cibola to the Colorado r., summer of 1540

Cardinal r., 377, 378

Carey, H. C., and Hart, 553

Carlisle spr., Col., 460

Carlton, Col., 442, 443

Carlton, Kas., 403, 404

Carmen sta., Mex., 652

Car of Commerce bend, 360

Carondelet, Baron de, 657

Carracal, Carrizal, Mex., 650, 651, 652, 767, 770

Carrizal, Mex., 767, 770

Carroll co., Ill., 27, 28

Carroll or Corral cr., 475

Carron, Thomas, 180, 184, 347

Carson, Christopher, 446

Carter, Pvt. Jacob, 1, 359, 360, 432, 482, 490, 509, 510, 845, 850, 854, 855

Carver, Capt. Jonathan, 35, 59, 60, 61, 65, 77, 80, 81, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 198, 199, 200, 201, 205, 236, 295, 306, 309, 313, 314, 315, 338

Carver's cave, 75, 198, 199, 200, 201

Carver's Terrace, 60, 61

Casa Calva, Marques de, 661

Casa Colorada, N. M., 629

Casa Grande, Ariz., 734, 741, 742

Cascade cañon and road, 456

Casey, Gen. T. L., preface

Cashesagra, 556, 557, 558

Cash's isl., reference lost

Caso, Cassa Calva, Casso Calvo, Marquis of, 612, 661, 816

Cassa Yrujo, Marquis de, 815

Cass co., Minn., 128, 130

Casse-Fusils channel, 52

Cass, Gov. Lewis, 36, 83, 134, 137, 157, 158, 159, 199, 327, 330, 333, 358

Cassina l., 157, 158, 327

Cass l., xlviii, cx, 135, 152, 153, 157, 158, 159, 160, 167, 168, 173, 263, 322, 323, 324, 327, 328, 329, 330, 335

Cassville, Wis., 32, 34

Castañeda, Piedro, chronicler of Coronado's expedition, 1540-42, his work first pub. in French in 1838

Castañuela, Mex., 683

Casti's courtiers, 330

Castle of San Juan, 722

Castroville, Tex., 690, 697

casualties at York, xci

Cataract cañon, 731, 736

Catarractes, see Saltus Astiaius

Catawabata, Catawabeta, 176, 347, 351

Catfish cr., 32, 209, 294

Catholic Block, St. Paul, 75

Catholic religion, 663

cattle barons or kings, 704

cavalry, Spanish, 795

Cavelier, R., 779, 780, see La Salle

caves, 198, 199, 200, 201, 363

Cazaguaguagine-sibi, 151

Cebolleta, N. M., 619, 630

Cebolletita, N. M., 630

Cedar co., Mo., 384, 385

Cedar cr., see Lower Red Cedar r.

Cedar Grove, Kas., 401

Cedar l., see Upper and Lower Red

Cedar Lake sta., Minn., 135

Cedar Point, Kas., 401

Cedar rap., Fox r., 300

Cedar rap., Miss. r., 98

Cedar Rapids, Ia., 22

Cedar r., 175, see Lower Red

Century Cyclopedia, 737, 745, 756

Century Dictionary, 39, 101, 204

Cequimas, 630. Mr. F. W. Hodge of U. S. Bureau of Ethnology identifies the place so marked on Pike's map as the Cibolan pueblo of Kiakima or Kyakima, not Acoma, as my text says. What text gives of Acoma is not thereby affected in other respects. See also Caquina

Cerro Blanco, 492, 493

Cerro Cuchillo Negro, 639

Cerro Gordo, battle of, 673

Cerro Gordo cr. or r., 672, 673

Cerro Gordo, Mex., 673

Cerro Magdalen, 638, 639

Cerro Montoso, another, 629, 631

Cerro Robledo, 638, 639

Cerro San Antonio, 597

Cerro San Pascual, 639

certificate, Allencaster to Pike, 809

certificate, Bloomfield's, lix

certificate of papers seized, 817, 818, 819, 820

Chabadeba, Chabaoudeba, Chabedeba r., 51

Chaco cañon, people, and r., 630, 731

Chactaws, 557, 560, 591

Chaffee co., Col., 469, 471

Chagouamikon bay, 296

Chalcedony buttes, 462

Chama r., 597, 600, 601, 604, 629

Chamberino, N. M., 640

Chambers' bay, named by Brower for Julius Chambers

Chambers, Col. T., 358

Chambers' cr., 166, 167

Chambers, Julius, 166, 167, 336, see New York Herald, June and July, 1872, especially July 6

Chamita, N. M., at confluence of Rio Chama with Rio Grande, on site of old pueblo Yunque or Yuque Yunque

Chamois, Mo., 368, 369

Champlain frontier, district, xxiii, lxxii, lxxxv, and see Lake

Champlain's Hundred Associates, 31

Chaquamegon bay, 80, 296

Characterish, 409, 414, 542, 543, 544, 551, 591

Charbonnier isl. and pt., 361

Charette, La Charette, Mo., 361, 363, 364, 512, 568, 572

Charette's cr. and village, 361

Charles IV., 214, 711, 804

Charles Scribner's Sons, xlviii

Charlevoix, P. F. X. de, 77, 79

Chartres, Duc de, 531

Chasco cañon and r., 630, 731

Chase co., Kas., 395, 400, 401

Chasseb[oe]uf, C. F., 154

chasseurs du bois, 513

Chatanwakoowamani, Chatewaconamani, 85, 342, 347, and see Chet-

Chauncey, Comm. I., lxxiii, lxxix, ixxx, lxxxiii, xcviii, ci, ciii

Chavez, A. J., 424, 621

Chef de la Terre, 172, 260, 346

Chemaun r., 163. This Chippewa name was used by Schoolcraft in 1855, and is adopted by Brower and myself for this river

Chemehuevis, 735, 744

Chenal Écarté, 6, and see snicarty

chenegay is said to be a corruption of Sp. cienega. The word exists, but the alleged derivation is dubious

Cheniers, M. and A., 139

Chenowagesic l., 162, named for a Leech Lake Chippewa in 1881

Cherokee country, 397, 555, 558, 559

Cherokee co., Kas., 397

Cherokee fort, old, 657

Cherokee Inds., 526, 557, 591, 594

Cherokee trail, old, 448, 451

Cherry l. is among the names of Lake Erie

Chesapeake, frigate, cv, cvii

Chesnaye, A. de la, 313

Chesterfield, Lord, xxxi

Chetanwakoamene, 74, 85, 348, and see Chat-

Cheveu Blanc, Cheveux Blanc, Cheveux Blanche, Cheveux Blancs, 375, 382, 387, 389, 390, 391, 392, 527, 558, 577, 578, 581, 582, 591

Chevréuil r. in Schoolcraft, 1820, is a name of Deer r., Itasco co., Minn.

Chewawa, 683, see Chihuahua

Chewitt, Lt. Col. W., ciii

Chewokmen, Chewokomen, 148

Cheyenne bottoms, Kas., 424, 425, 517

Cheyenne co., Col., 443

Cheyenne co., Kas., 410

Cheyenne cr., Col., 442, and see North and South

Cheyenne mt. or pk., 454, 455, 456

Chiapa, Chiapas, 718, 721, 722, 726

Chicago and Alton R. R., 7

Chicago and Northwestern R. R., 27

Chicago, Burlington, and Northern R. R., 54

Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy R. R., 7, 9, 19, 36

Chicago, Dubuque, and Minneapolis R. R., 41

Chicago, Kansas, and Nebraska R. R., 402, 437, 521

Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul R. R., 27, 37, 74, 302

Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific R. R., 24, 44

Chickasaw bluffs, 657

Chickasaw Inds., 526, 591

Chico sta., Col., 451

Chief Himself, a chf., 591

Chief of the Land, a chf., 172, 347

Chien Blanc, Chien Blanche, Chienne Blanche, 121, 187, 189

Chihuahua City, xlvii, lii, liii, liv, 411, 414, 536, 610, 611, 625, 626, 628, 634, 648, 649, 650, 653, 654, 655 and to 667, 669, 671, 690, 695, 713, 759, 760, 761, 764, 765, 766, 767, 769, 770, 771, 787, 808, 809, 810, 812, 813, 820, 822, 823, 828, 829, 831, 837, 838, 851

Chihuahua State, 640, 641, 648, 669, 673, 674, 675, 677, 678, 681, 719, 726, 742, 759, 762, 770, 774, 775

Chilocco, Chilocky cr., 550

Chimayo settlements, 605

Chipeway Inds., xcv, 346, 347, and see Chipp-

Chipeway r., 60, 350, 355, and see Chipp-

Chipeway, Travers, or Pemidji l. appears on Nicollet's orig. map

Chippewa, battle of, lxxxi

Chippewa, City of, in Harper's Mag., XIX., 1859, pp. 50, 51, is Ojibway, Minn., which see

Chippewa Inds., throughout Pt. 1, esp. 30, 31, 83, 310, 350, 352, 353, 354, and see Chipe- and Ojib-

Chippewa, Chippewa r., br. of Miss. r., 35, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 78, 296, 305, 306, 348

Chippewa r., br. of Minn. r., 316

Chippewa-Sioux boundary, 310

Chiricahua Apaches, 748

Chisago co., Minn., 309

Chocktaw country, 559

Choteau, see Chouteau

Chouteau, A., senior, 213, 215

Chouteau, Mrs. A., 213

Chouteau, P., 222, 241, 242, 333, 381, 384, 514, 529, 530, 550, 551, 557, 558, 568, 559, 576, 579

Chouteau's fort on Osage r., 384, 385

Chouteau's isl., Ark. r., 440

Chouteau's isl., Miss. r., 1

Christ, 764, 801, and see Body and Blood of

Christianity, Christian religion, Christians, 182, 599, 663, 753, 768

Chtoka, 531, qu. Chetopa?

Chuchacas, Chuchachas, 745

Chumpa on some maps is Cumpa

churches of Chihuahua, 764, 765, 766

Chusco is Chasco and Chaco

Chute de la Roche Peinte, 123, 316

Cia, 604, 605, 745, was a large pueblo till after the revolt of 1680

Cibola, Seven Cities of, 630, 742

Cibolleta, N. M., 628

Cicuique, Cicuye, 737

Cienega Grande, Hacienda de, 682

Cienega, N. M., see Vitior

Cieneguilla, N. M., 614, see Tziguma and Vitior

Cimarone r., 552, 554

Cimarron, Kas., 437, 438, 439

Cimarron r., 438, 552, 553, 554, 555, 556, 705

Cimarron r., or Salt fk. of Ark. r., 552, 553, 554

Cimarron route, 426, 439

Cimmaron r., see Cimarron r.

Cincinnati ldg., 7, 8

Cincinnati, O., xxvi, xxxi, 446, 836

Cioux, 313, see Sioux

Cities of Cibola, 630, 742

City of the Pines, 130

City of Vera Cruz, 722

Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, 691

civilized Indians, 752, 753

Claiborne, Gen. F. L., xxvi, xxvii

Claiborne, Gen. W. C. C., 660

Clark co., Mo., 12, 13, 14

Clarke co., Kas., 556

Clarke cr., at Lake Itasca, named by Brower for Hopewell Clarke

Clarke, Hopewell, 167, 336

Clarke l., at Lake Itasca, named by A. J. Hill for Hopewell Clarke

Clarke pool, at Lake Itasca, named by Brower for Hopewell Clarke

Clark, Geo. R., xcviii

Clark, W., xxviii, cxiii, 10, 30, 36, 57, 60, 87, 134, 291, 292, 330, 357, 361, 734, and see Lewis and

Clavigero, F. X., xli

Clayton co., Ia., 34, 38, 304

Clear cr., br. of Cottonwood r., 401, 402, 521

Clear cr., br. of Miss. r., 43

Clear cr., br. of Osage r., 385

Clear or Clear Water r., 56, 57

Clear or Platte r., 101, 102, 103, 111, 112, 116, 192, 193, 315, 316

Clear Water cr. in Wis., 63

Clear Water, Minn., 98, 99

Clear Water or Minneiska r., 57, 355

Clear-water r. appears in Schoolcraft, 1820, for Minn. r.

Clear Water r., bet. Wright and Stearns cos., Minn., 99, 193

Clemson, Capt., lxii, 367

Clermont, a chf., 557, 558

Clinch, Gen., lxxxvii

Clinton co., Ia., 26, 37, 224

Clinton, Dewitt C., 27

Clinton's r. is Chemaun cr.

Coahuila, xli, liii, 648, 673, 675, 678, 679, 682, 689, 690, 692, 696, 697, 719, 723, 724, 725, 726, 759, 762, 775, 776, 777, 778

Coahuila de Zaragoza, 775

Coal Camp cr., 377, 378

Cocculus indicus, 283

Cochiti, N. M., 606, 745

Cockalin portage, 347

C[oe]ur du Killeur Rouge, 347

Coffey co., Kas., 395, 399

Cogquilla, Cogquillo, 668, 678, 686, 697, 701, 724, 725, 727, 729, 747, 752, 759, 762, 775, 777, 778, 779, 780, 781, and see Coahuila

Cohahuila, 673, 775, see Coahuila

Cohonino, see Cosnino

Cojnino cañon, 731, 736, and see Cosnino

Cojuenchis, 735, and see Cajuenche

Colbertia, Colbertie, is a former name of the whole Miss. r. region

Colcaspi isl., 157, 158

Cold r. of Carver, 102

Cold Water cr., 357, 358

Cole Camp cr., 377, 378

Cole co., Mo., 371, 372

Cole's or Coles' cr., 367

Colerado r., 706, see Colorado r.

Colima, Mex., 718, 719

Collen or Colly ford, 385

colluvies gentium, 705

Colly, S., liii, 609, 613

Colorado Chiquito r., 630, 731, named Rio Colorado by Oñate in 1604

Colorado City, Col., 452

Colorado College, xlix

Colorado Grande r., 630, 744

Colorado Midland R. R., 467, 468, 469, 470, 471

Colorado River Agency, 736

Colorado r., of Cal., 522, 523, 524, 622, 623, 630, 644, 645, 646, 647, 730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 735, 736, 770, discovered by Alarcon Aug. 26th, 1540, visited in 1540 by Cardenas from Cibola, visited 1541 by Melchior Diaz, who called it Rio del Tizon, visited 1604 by Juan de Oñate, who called it Rio Grande de Buena Esperanza

Colorado r., of Tex., 696, 698, 704, 705, 780, 781

Colorado r., of the East, 558, 705, 815, 816

Colorado r., of the West, xlv, xlviii, 645, 705, see Col. r. of Cal.

Colorado river-system, 730, 731, 732

Colorado Springs, Col., xlix, cxii, 452, 453, 454, 456, 467

Colorado State, xlviii, cxiii, 441, and continuously to 510, also 595, 596, 597, 732, 746, 822

Columbia co., Wis., 302

Columbia r., 168, 642, 727

Comanche co., Kas., 556

Comanche Inds., xlvii, 407, 412, 435, 459, 468, 571, 706, 737, 743, 744, 746, see Camanche Inds. and Tetans

Comandes, 412, see Comanches

commerce of New Spain, 739, 766, 791

commerce of the Miss. r., 274

Company of the West, 531

Compostela, Mex., 720

Conchos basin and r., 642, 668, 669, 670, 673, 762, 765

Conde, Mexican Commissioner, 644

Conejos co., Col., 596

Conejos, Col., 596, 597

Conejos, Durango, 674

Conejos r., xlvi, 495, 496, 497, 499, 502, 596, 622, 641, 816, 848, 855

Conejos r., error for Chama r., 600

conferences, 221, 266, 267

Congress, xxix, xxxiv, lvi, lvii, lxii, lxiv, lxxxi, cvii, 81, 237, 647, 704, 705, 827, 840, 841, 851

Connecticut, xxvii, liii, 570, 711, 715

Connecticut Herald, lxix

Conner, Maj. S. S., ciii

Conquest, a ship, lxxxiii

Conradi, read Conrad's shoals, 125, mistake of the engineer's chart

Conrad, Lucas and Co., lxi

conspiracy of Indians, 768

Constancia, N. M., 629

Constantine, Emperor, 71

Contadero, N. M., 634, 635, 636

Continental Divide, xlv, 466, 467, 468, 469, 471, 479, 483, 637

Conurus carolinensis, 474

Cooke, P. St. G., 637, 639

Coon cr., Kas., 434, 435, see Big and Little

Coon cr., Minn., 94, 101

Cooper, historian, lxxix

Copes, Dr. J. S., President New Orleans Academy of Science, was among those whom a recent dishonest adventurer deceived, and for whom Lake Copes was named near Lake Itasca

Copper cr., Col., 462

copper mines, various, 78, 79, 80, 637, 673, 674, 734, 761

Copper r., 4, 211, 290

Coqquella, see Coahuila

Coquimas on Humboldt's map is source of Pike's Cequimas, which see

Coquimo is Caquina, see Kyakima

Coquite is a form of Cicuique or Cicuye, see Pecos

Corbeau François, 347

Corbeau isl., 128, 279, 316, 356

Corbeau r., 128, 294, 316, 317, 319, 320

Cordero, Gov., 411, 694, 698, 699, 700, 702, 703, 704, 710, 770, 778, 785, 813, 832, 836, 839

Coregonus clupeiformis, 297

Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de, 742, b. Salamanca about 1500; governor of New Galicia, 1539; then married to dau. of Alonzo d'Estrada; left Compostela Feb. 1st, 1540; at Culiacan Easter Monday; ascended Rio Sonora; crossed Rio San Juan June 24th; reached Cibola middle of July, no doubt at pueblo of Hawikuh, not Kyakima, as usually said; captured it; heard of Moki country by name of Tusayan; sent Pedro de Tobar there, that summer; sent Hernando de Alvarado to Cicuye or Pecos in August; sent Garcia Lopez de Cardenas to the Colorado r. and on his return thence to the Rio Grande, to prepare winter quarters at Tiguex, at or near present Bernalillo, N. M. Coronado left Cibola, reached Rio Grande near present Isleta, N. M.; ascended to Tiguex; fought and captured pueblos, massacred some Tiguas, and made himself master of the Rio Grande valley, where he wintered 1540-41; started from Pecos May 3d, 1541, to discover the fabulous Quivira, guided by a foreign Indian called El Turco, "the Turk," and another Indian named Xabe; went in general N. E., and crossed Ark. r. somewhere in present Kansas; found Quivira to be no place, but wherever Quivira Inds. followed the buffalo; hanged the Turk; stayed with the Quiviras about a month, and returned to Pecos and Rio Grande in Oct.; a part of his force had returned to Tiguex in July; he was there re-enforced by Pedro de Tobar; wintered 1541-42; was seriously injured by fall from his horse; evacuated Tiguex Apr., 1542; left three priests and some others there and fell back on Cibola; returned to Culiacan; left there July 4th, 1542, for City of Mexico; was received there with disfavor; withdrew to Cuernavaca, and there died after 1548: see Bandelier, Gilded Man, pp. 162-257

corporal punishment, 796

Corpus Christi cr., 707

Corpus Christi, Tex., 690, 696

Corral Bluffs, Col., 453

Corral or Carroll cr., 475

correspondence, see letter

correspondence and conferences, 221

Cortés, H. or F., 288, 501, 719, 722, 755

Cosninas Inds., 730, 731

Cosnino cañon, 731. This and Cojnino, Cohonino, etc., are Moki words, otherwise Kohnina

Costello co., Col., 492

Costilla, see Hidalgo y

costumes, Spanish, 788

Coteau de Prairie, 343, 348

Côte sans Dessein, 369, 370

Cotopaxi, Col., 475, 476

Cottlebaum's ldg., 363

Cottleville ldg., 362

Cottonwood cr., br. of Ark. r. from Sawatch mts., 469, 470

Cottonwood cr., br. of Currant cr., 477

Cottonwood cr., br. of Grape cr., 487

Cottonwood cr., fk. of Neosho r., see Cottonwood r.

Cottonwood Falls, Kas., 400, 401

Cottonwood r., fk. of Neosho r., 395, 397, 400, 401, 402, 403, 518, 521, 523

Coues, E., letter to, xx

Coues, E., memoir of Pike, xix to cxiii

Couhatchattes is a name of the Mandans

Council Grove cr., 401, 518, 521

Council Grove, Kas., 401, 518, 521

Council Grove, Smoky Valley, and Western R. R., 404

Council Hill, Ia., 305

council with Pawnees, 414, 415, 416

council with Sioux, 46, 83, 84

Courcelle, de, 294, 312

coureurs des bois, 276

Coursier's hacienda, 667

Courtchouattes is a name of the Mandans

Court Oreilles l., 306

courts-martial, Spanish, 799

Couture, a person, 560, 714

Couverte Blanche, 347

Covero, N. M., 616, 630

Cow cr., 424, 425, 426, 545, 548

Cowley co., Kas., 549, 550

Cowperthwait map, 122

Cow-wing r., 128, see Crow Wing r.

Coyotero Apaches, 748

Crab Island chain and sl., 25

Cradled Hercules, 165, 328

Crawford co., Ark., 559

Crawford co., Wis., 37, 41, 42

Creek Inds., 397, 400, 513, 557, 591

creek, see names of creeks

Creoles, Creolians, 510, 617, 670, 738, 764, 771, 774, 784, 790, 802

Crescent spr., near Lake Itasca, named by Brower

Crêvec[oe]ur cr., 362

Cricetus talpoides, 97

Cristivomer namaycush, 297

Cristobal mt. or pk., 598, 635, see Fra Cristobal

Crooked cr., br. of Ark. r., 447

Crooked cr., br. of Cimarron r., 439

Crooked sl., Ia., 41, 42

Crooked sl., Minn., 56

Crook, Gen. Geo., 747, 748, d. Mar. 21st, 1890

crossings of Ark. r., 439

Cross l., on Pine River route, 174

Cross or Traverse l., 161

Crosswater is Schoolcraft's name, 1855, of Bemidji l.

Crotalus confluentus, 429

Crowing r., 128, see Crow Wing r.

Crow r., 96, 97, 128, 315

Crow r., 128, see Crow Wing r.

Crow Wing co., Minn., 127, 128, 130, 132, 135, 175

Crow Wing isl., 128, 129

Crow Wing, Minn., 125, 129, 130, 326. It was a place of importance to the fur trade in the territorial days--a sort of Ultima Thule. But when the N. P. R. R. founded Brainerd, the people moved themselves and even some of their houses to the new town; those that were left were burned

Crow Wing r., 104, 128, 129, 130, 153, 170, 177, 178, 179, 316, 317, 319, 320, 331, 334, 350, 351. John McDonnell, in Masson's Bourgeois, 1st ser., 1886, p. 269, writing about 1797, speaks of _l'aile du corbeau_, "after a portage of that name" on the road between Prairie du Chien and Red r. of the N.

Crying Mound is a name of Blue Mound, Mo.

Ctenosaura teres, 771

Cua-Kaa, old Tañoan pueblo on Arroyo Hondo, N. M., abandoned before 1550

Cuaphooge, Cuapooge, names of the ancient pueblo on the site of which was built Santa Fé, N. M.

Cuchillo Negro r., 637

Cueres is a form of Keres Cueva Springs, N. M., 598

Culebra r. or cr., 445, 494, 507

Culiacan or Culican r., 774

Cumanche found for Comanche

Cumberland Heights, xxix

Cummings sta., N. M., 638

Cumpa, N. M., 630, 743; Pike took it from Humboldt's map

Curling Hair, Curly Head, Curleyhead, a chf., 133, 134

Currant cr., 464, 465, 477

Currant Creek pass, 465

Cushing, Col. T. H., 575, 826, 827, 836

Cushing, F. H., 741, 742

Custer co., Col., 483, 484, 488, 489, 491

Cut Foot Sioux r., 324, 325

Cutler sta., N. M., 636

Cuyamanque, Cuyamunge, N. M., 605

Cynomys ludovicianus, 429

Cypewais or Cypoway r., 60

Cythara or Cytherea isls. of Beltrami A. J. Hill thinks are those at mouth of Rabbit r., though Beltrami says only 6 m. below Pine r.

Daily Democrat, St. Paul, 85

Daily Transcript, Little Falls, 107, 123

Dakota co., Minn., 72, 73, 74

Dakota cr., Minn., 52, 74

Dakota Inds., 345, 348, 349, see Sioux

Dakota, Minn., 52, 53

Dallas City, Ill., 18

Dallas co., Mo., 376, 380, 384

D'Almansa, Capt. A., xlvi, 611, 613, 614, 615, 622, 627, 628, 633

Danger l., 166, was named by Peter Turnbull

Dardenne, Dardonne isl., 4

Darke co., O., cxi, 438

Dauntless, a chf., 348

Dauntless Society, 86

Davenport, Ia., 21, 24, 25

Davenport, Mr., 709, 710

Daviess, Joseph Hamilton, b. Bedford co., Va., Mar. 4th, 1774, d. near Tippecanoe, Ind., Nov. 8th, 1811, of wounds rec'd at battle of T. the day before: see Jo Daviess

Dayton bluff, St. Paul, Minn., 75, 198, 199, 201

Dayton, Hennepin co., Minn., 96

Dead, Lake of the, Coahuila, 673

Dead, Lake of the, N. M., 635

Dead Man's cañon, 455

Dean cr. or brook, 132, 135, 173, 175, 177

Dearborn co., Ind., xxi

Dearborn, Gen. H., xxi, li, lvii, lviii, lix, lx, lxi, lxiii, lxx, lxxii, lxxiii, lxxiv, lxxix, lxxx, lxxxiii, xcvii, xcviii, ci, cii, ciii, 15, 239, 418, 567, 575, 582, 583, 584, 585, 705, 841, 842, 845, 853, 854

Death's Door bluffs, 297

De Breche, 176, 177, 189, 190, 347, 351, see Brêche-dent

De Corbeau r., 128, 294, see Crow Wing r.

De Cross, see La Crosse pra.

Deep cr., br. of Osage r., 379

Deep Water cr., br. of Grand r., Mo., 379

Deer cr., br. of Ark. r., Okla., 550

Deer cr., br. of Mo. r., or Grindstone cr. of L. and C., 370

Deer cr., br. of Neosho r., Kas., 397

Deer cr., br. of Osage r., Mo., 377, 378

Deer cr. of L. and C., 368

Deer Lodge co., Mont., cxi

Deer or White Oak l., Minn., 147, 148

Deer r., Itasca co., Minn., 147, 150, 321

Deer River (town), Itasca co., Minn., 145, 166, 167

Deis, see St. Dies and Sandia

De la Harpe, B., 77, 78, 79

Del Arroyo pueblo, 630

This third volume of Elliott Coues's 1895 edition of Zebulon Montgomery Pike's expeditions is devoted entirely to the index and maps—a structural choice that foregrounds the editorial labor required to make Pike's 1810 narrative navigable. The index, which Coues states covers "all the matter of the two preceding volumes," is primarily an index of names, both proper and common, without analytical subheadings. Its entries range from individual soldiers like Pvt. H. Menaugh to Sioux place names such as Mde (Lake Pepin) and Spanish administrative terms like Maturrangos. The volume also reproduces six maps from the original Philadelphia edition, including Pike's charts of the Mississippi and the Internal Provinces of New Spain, alongside a new "Historico-Geographical Chart" drawn under Coues's direction.

The Index as a Map of Contact

The index reveals the layered geography of Pike's world. Entries for Native groups—Mdewakantonwan Sioux, Menomonee, Mescalero Apaches—sit alongside Spanish colonial terms like Maturrangos (a derogatory term for mixed-blood Spaniards) and presidio references. The inclusion of linguistic notes, such as the pronunciation guide for Mde ("two syllables, first short, last accented as if Meday´"), signals Coues's attention to indigenous toponymy. The index also documents Pike's personnel: entries for sergeants, privates, and interpreters like Meunier, Pierre (cross-referenced to Archevêque) show the expedition's multinational composition. This is not a simple list but a record of encounter—between languages, jurisdictions, and knowledge systems.

Cartographic Reproductions and Editorial Intervention

The volume's map section reproduces Pike's original charts in facsimile, including the "First Part of Captain Pike's Chart of the Internal Part of Louisiana" and the "Map of the Internal Provinces of New Spain." These are supplemented by a new map drawn under Coues's direction: the "Historico-Geographical Chart of the Upper Mississippi River." The juxtaposition of original and modern cartography highlights the editorial project's dual aim—to preserve Pike's work while correcting and contextualizing it. Coues's own background as a naturalist and editor of Lewis and Clark is evident in the meticulous indexing of geographical features, from Medano Creek to Mesa Prieta, and in the inclusion of modern county and state names (e.g., Meade co., Kas.). The maps thus become artifacts of both early exploration and late-nineteenth-century scholarship.

The Textual Condition: Inconsistencies and Provenance

The front matter reveals the volume's textual history. The transcriber's note states that "inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the original document have been preserved" while "obvious typographical errors have been corrected." This tension between fidelity and correction runs through the edition. The index itself contains variant spellings—Maupeme, Maupemie, Mausseme are cross-referenced to Mapimi—reflecting the instability of place names in the early republic. The volume's provenance is also documented: it was produced from images provided by the Internet Archive, and the Project Gutenberg credits list multiple proofreaders. This layered production history—from Pike's manuscript to Coues's edition to digital transcription—makes the volume a case study in how exploration narratives are transmitted and transformed.

Readers approaching this volume should treat the index not as a mere finding aid but as a compressed record of Pike's world—its peoples, places, and political boundaries. The maps, reproduced in facsimile, reward close comparison with modern geography. Coues's editorial presence is felt throughout, from the pronunciation guides to the cross-references, making this edition a dialogue between an early-nineteenth-century explorer and a late-nineteenth-century scholar.

The rain kept me inside with Pike’s index, tracing names like beads on a rosary. Hours dissolved into a haze of rivers and forgotten forts. Near dusk, my finger caught on a marginal note about a far stranger journey—one I hadn’t thought of in years. I set the volume aside, reaching instinctively for that other tale, its edges worn soft, its promises darker. The Country of the Dwarfs — Edition Insights rested beside it, and somehow that afternoon belonged to both.

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