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Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Jr. was born in 1779. He was an American military officer and explorer.
Pike worked at a series of frontier posts. In 1805, General James Wilkinson, governor of the Upper Louisiana Territory, ordered Pike to find the source of the Mississippi River. Wilkinson wanted to obtain sites for future military posts in case of war with Great Britain. Pike met with a party of about 150 Dakota at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers and made a deal with two Dakota leaders for about 100,000 acres of land. It was the future site of Fort St. Anthony, later called Fort Snelling.
In 1810 Pike published an account of his expeditions. He later achieved the rank of brigadier general in the Army, and served during the War of 1812. He was killed by British forces during the Battle of York, which, however, was won by the American side.
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The Expansionist Era (1805-1858). Historic Fort Snelling. Minnesota Historical Society.
Looking at the Territory: The Treaty Story. Minnesota Historical Society
Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis and Clark and the Revealing of America. The Library of Congress. Exhibitions.
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Upham, Warren and Zebulon Pike. The Life and Military Services of Zebulon M. Pike. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1908
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