Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
May 22, 1808
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 30
Additional Source Text:
"Who have been at war with the Spaniards for more than three Centuries. A Bow and Quiver of Arrows, was presented by Colonel Pike to the President of the U. States, of which these formed a part."
Notes:
On 29 Oct 1807 Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1779-1813), who was leading an expedition to explore the southwest to the fringes of the northern Spanish-colonial settlements of New Mexico and Texas, sent to Thomas Jefferson the bow and arrows, which "are the Offensive weapons of the Appachè’s, a nation of Savages who formerly extended from the entrance of the Rio del Norte, on the Atlantic to the Gulf of California." Jefferson acknowledged reciept of the shipment on 5 Nov 1807, when he told Pike that he would forward the items (as well as two grizzly bears that Pike had previously shipped) to Charles Willson Peale. Jefferson Papers, Founders Online, National Archives / https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-6676 ; https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-6721 (These are Early Access documents)
See also the entry "Two Young Grisly Bears, from the Missouri, weighing [70] Pounds each"
