Pike expedition to the headwaters of the Mississippi River

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The Pike expedition to the headwaters of the Mississippi River was an early 19th-century U.S. exploratory mission led by Zebulon Pike to locate the river’s source and assess the northern Louisiana Purchase region.

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instanceOf United States military expedition ⓘ
exploratory expedition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pike’s 1805–1806 Mississippi expedition ⓘ
Pike’s first expedition ⓘ
commandStructure United States Army ⓘ
commissionedBy United States Army ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
departureLocation Fort Bellefontaine ⓘ
near St. Louis, Missouri ⓘ
destination headwaters of the Mississippi River ⓘ
documentedIn journals of Zebulon Pike ⓘ
endDate 1806-04-20 ⓘ
hasCommanderRank Lieutenant ⓘ
hasParticipant U.S. Army soldiers ⓘ
Zebulon Pike ⓘ
historicalContext followed the Lewis and Clark Expedition in time ⓘ
impact contributed to U.S. knowledge of the upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ
supported U.S. claims in the northern Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
interactedWith Dakota (Sioux) people ⓘ
linked to: Sioux people

Ojibwe people ⓘ
linked to: White Earth Ojibwe
leader Zebulon Pike ⓘ
location present-day Minnesota ⓘ
upper Midwest of the United States ⓘ
militaryBranch U.S. Army ⓘ
linked to: United States Army
mistakenIdentification Cass Lake as the source of the Mississippi River ⓘ
linked to: Lake Itasca

Leech Lake as the source of the Mississippi River ⓘ
namedAfter Zebulon Pike ⓘ
notableEvent treaty negotiations with Native American groups ⓘ
winter encampment near Leech Lake ⓘ
orderedBy James Wilkinson ⓘ
partOf exploration of the Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
purpose to assess Native American relations in the region ⓘ
to evaluate British influence in the upper Mississippi region ⓘ
to explore the northern portion of the Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
to gather geographic information ⓘ
to locate the source of the Mississippi River ⓘ
regionExplored northern Louisiana Purchase ⓘ
upper Mississippi River ⓘ
linked to: Mississippi River
relatedWork Pike expedition to the American Southwest ⓘ
result collected information on Native American tribes ⓘ
produced maps of the upper Mississippi region ⓘ
reported on British trading presence in the region ⓘ
startDate 1805-08-09 ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
usedTransport boats ⓘ
on foot ⓘ
sleds ⓘ

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Zebulon Pike → notableWork → Pike expedition to the headwaters of the Mississippi River ⓘ
Zebulon Pike → notableWork → Pike expedition to the American Southwest ⓘ
linked to: Pike expedition to the headwaters of the Mississippi River
Pike expedition to the headwaters of the Mississippi River → alsoKnownAs → Pike’s 1805–1806 Mississippi expedition ⓘ
linked to: Pike expedition to the headwaters of the Mississippi River
Pike expedition to the headwaters of the Mississippi River → relatedWork → Pike expedition to the American Southwest ⓘ
linked to: Pike expedition to the headwaters of the Mississippi River