As an officer in the First Infantry Regiment, this man was said to hide in the bushes in order catchhis men drinking.
As an officer in the First Infantry Regiment, this man was said to hide in the bushes in order catchhis men drinking. He was killed when General Roger Hale Sheaffe detonated an ammunition store,sending a large rock at his head. This man signed a "Treaty of St. Peters" with the Sioux,accomplishing his namesake purchase in Minnesota. He died leading the amphibious assault on theBritish garrison at (*) York during the War of 1812. He falsely claimed Leech Lake was the source of theMississippi, and some theorize that this man was intentionally captured and taken to Mexico byCommandant General Salcedo after General James Wilkinson sent him to explore the Great Plains. For 10points, name this explorer and namesake of a Colorado mountain.
As an officer in the First Infantry Regiment, this man was said to hide in the bushes in order catchhis men drinking.
Zebulon Pike