Cover of Lost with Lieutenant Pike: How from the Pawnee Village the boy named Scar Head marched with the young American Chief clear into the Snowy Mountains; how in the dead of winter they searched for the Lost River and thought that they had found it; and how the Spanish Soldiery came upon them and took them down to Santa Fé of New Mexico, where another surprise awaited them by Edwin L. Sabin

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Lost with Lieutenant Pike: How from the Pawnee Village the boy named Scar Head marched with the young American Chief clear into the Snowy Mountains; how in the dead of winter they searched for the Lost River and thought that they had found it; and how the Spanish Soldiery came upon them and took them down to Santa Fé of New Mexico, where another surprise awaited them

Name: Lost with Lieutenant Pike: How from the Pawnee Village the boy named Scar Head marched with the young American Chief clear into the Snowy Mountains; how in the dead of winter they searched for the Lost River and thought that they had found it; and how the Spanish Soldiery came upon them and took them down to Santa Fé of New Mexico, where another surprise awaited them
Author: Edwin L. Sabin

by Edwin L. Sabin

Level B2 · Upper-intermediateAdventureHistoricalChildren's25 chapters

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CEFR level: B2
Length: 25 chapters
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A young lieutenant leads a daring expedition through the snowy mountains in search of the legendary Lost River, facing starvation, freezing cold, and the threat of Spanish soldiers determined to capture him and his men. Honor, duty, and survival define this harrowing journey into the unknown Southwest.

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25 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

01LOST WITH LIEUTENANT PIKE · Ch.1Free

02FOREWORD

03ILLUSTRATIONS

04BRIGADIER-GENERAL ZEBULON MONTGOMERY PIKE

05I THE COMING OF THE SPANIARDS

06II THE COMING OF THE AMERICANS

07III THE PAWNEES ARE OF TWO MINDS

08IV ON THE TRAIL OF THE SPANIARDS

09V THE CHASE OF THE BIG ELK

10VI LIEUTENANT WILKINSON SAYS GOOD-BY

11VII “THE MOUNTAINS! THE MOUNTAINS!”

12VIII BAD HEARTS IN THE WAY

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