[74] Coues pertinently asks, if Pike thought himself on Red River, why did he cross it into acknowledged Spanish territory and there build his fort. Robinson also knew he was near Santa Fé.
[75] For the full account see Bradbury, Travels, etc., original edition, page 17, footnote.
[76] For full details of this undertaking see Washington Irving's Astoria.
[77] See New Light on the Early History of the Greater North-West, by Dr. Elliott Coues.
[78] I have not seen the original journal of Hunt. Irving, not knowing the country, does not always make the trail perfectly clear.
[79] Life in the Far West. G. F. A. Ruxton.
[80] Recently a manuscript diary of Robert Stuart's was discovered, and a typewritten copy of it has been added to the New York Public Library.
[81] Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains in 1819-20, compiled by Edwin James from the notes of Major Long, Mr. Say, and other gentlemen of the party.
[82] James took the place of Dr. Baldwin, who had become ill and remained behind at the village of Franklin, where he died on August 31, 1819. Dr. James came out in the spring of 1820 with Major Long.
[83] Dr. Coues states in his Pike's Journal that the proper name for this stream, as applied by Frémont, is Fontaine qui Bouit, but as it was named before Frémont's time from the celebrated "boiling" springs, Dr. Coues's statement is an error.