Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogTranscriptto all the savage nations for hundreds of miles around, to be spoken of with admiration by the Spaniards of New Mexico, and to be the bounds of their travels northwest."' Pike made his rough triangulation from a point on the pike's peak Arkansas River between Canon City and Florence. Ellsworth Bethel has been unable to find any record of the instruments used by Pike or of the method of triangulation. Pike's assumed altitude of the plains was too high. Long's assumed altitude of the plains when he estimated the height of Longs Peak was too low. Pike was followed in 1820 by Major Long, who called the mountain "James Peak" in honor of Edwin James, botanist of the expedition, who made the first ascent. Long wrote "I have thought proper to call the peak after his name. Pike has indeed given us notice that there is such a peak, but he only saw it from a distance."' The only map between Pike's and Long's was that of Rector and Robideau (1818) which used the name "Highest Peak". °Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, edited by lint Coues, 1895 vol. II, page 461. 7Account of Expedition from ittsburgh to 1, Rocky ountains" by kdwfn James. !106d, 1.5CollectionWestern History Subject IndexRelated MaterialWestern History Subject Index AbbreviationsType of MaterialIndex CardLanguageeng
to all the savage nations for hundreds of miles around, to be spoken of with, [489566]. Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 16/03/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1413391
