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Pike soon became the protégé of James Wilkinson, the commanding general of Jefferson’s U.S. Army. Wilkinson, one of American history’s worst scoundrels, was also secretly a double agent for Spain.
Jan 15, 2010 · An understanding of the exploration of the American Southwest in the early nineteenth century is inextricably complicated by the roles played by Gen. James Wilkinson and his subordinate, Zebulon Pike.
Jan 16, 2017 · Wilkinson allowed two of his sons, James Biddle Wilkinson and Joseph Biddle Wilkinson, to join the expedition. James, who served as an aide-de-camp to Toledo, brought the first news of the defeat at Medina, and died shortly thereafter of his wounds.
James Wilkinson (March 24, 1757 – December 28, 1825) was an American soldier, politician, and Spanish secret agent #13, who was associated with multiple scandals and controversies, including the Burr conspiracy. [ 2] He served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, but he was twice compelled to resign.
On June 24, 1806, General James Wilkinson, commander of the Western Department, ordered Lieutenant Zebulon Pike, then age 27, to lead an expedition to the western and southern areas of the Louisiana Purchase to map the terrain, contact the Native American peoples, and to find the headwaters of the Red River. [ 2]
Some were wrecked by wounds or disease, including James Biddle Wilkinson, who died very soon after the expedition, and Samuel Kemper, who died some time in 1814 of measles. Many of the survivors, finding their country embroiled in a war of its own, dispersed to fight in it.
Jan 20, 2023 · In 1805, General James Wilkinson, Governor of the Upper Louisiana Territory, sent Pike on an expedition up the Mississippi River. The purpose of the expedition was to: Find the source of the Mississippi River. Select sites for military posts, in case of another war with Britain.
