In 1806, the Zebulon Pike expedition
to explore the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains was more famous
and noteworthy to the average American than the Lewis and Clark
expedition. (click here for more on Pike) Pike
set off on his celebrated adventure with twenty-three white men and
fifty-one Indians, and accounts of the expeditions exploits were
reported and followed like modern celebrities.
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