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PIKF.-PTLLOW. 



Mad- i 



The skeleton, especially the skull, w remarkab': 

 aad AnMU Magus them to low place among ahdom- 

 inal fishcK. The body 1 with scales, barbel* 



are wanting, the margin of tlie upper jaw is a 

 by the intoriiiaxillaric- nd by the uiaxilhirit* 



laterally, the stoma'-h is without blind sac, the air 

 implc. :md the irill.-open very wiile. 



in |>ikcsthc la: '"/', the 



ladian- French M< ISIJIH - 

 This .; Sound 



only in the <In-.it Likes and the waters of the StLaw- 

 i-asin. It grows to the length of .; feet, and is 

 ccur in Like < 'hamplain of over 4 feet in length 



xaid to occur in 



and of 40 11*. weight. 



Tli is lish is of a deep greenish- 



bruwn hue on the back, wliile the sides have numerous 

 Founded pale yellow spots, and tin- abdomen is white, 

 the fins being of a reddish yellow color with dark green 

 marbling. The snout is very long and acute, the bor- 

 f the upper jaw being fonued of the uiaxillaries 

 alone, their edires i'lirnished with several rows of long, 

 powerful, and very sharp, awl shaped teeth. The lower 

 jaw inconsiderably longer than the upper, and is armed 

 for less than half its length with powerful, raoamd* 

 teeth, the two largest in front. The head and body are 



lower jaw serving as a defein-f against violent bl 



H the smallest of the tiimily, and of little value 



-men. It is remarkable for the great size of 



1 with the oth. whose 



scale* are very minute. The name of pike i.- gi\en t 

 several sea-fish of the allied genus Beloiie, the Euro- 

 pe.in ^-a pike. //. mlijiirui. being known also as the 



el guide, as it precedes the latter in their annual 

 migration to their spawning-grounds. (c. M.) 



I 'IKK. AI.HKKT. i>oet and general, wa born at 

 Boston. IW. L"J, IMI'.I. When he was a child his 

 family removed to Ncwburyport, and he began to 

 teach after studying for a time at Harvard College. 

 In 1831 he went to St. Louis, travelling mostly on 

 foot, and then joined an expedition to Santa F6. After 

 further wanderings he settled in Arkansas, becoming 

 editor, and in 1>:;-J proprietor of a newspaper at Little 

 Rook. He published ilJostoti. ls:;l) a narrative of 

 his adventures and added to it several poems, sug- 

 gested by the scenery through which he had passed. 

 He became a lawyer in 1836, supervised the publica- 

 tion of the statutes of Arkansas, and publish* d R/- 

 i>i-ts of the Supreme Court of that State (IS4O-4.".). 



In the Mexican war he served as a volunteer, and at 

 the outbreak of the civil war he recruited on behalf 

 of the Southern Confederacy a force of Cherokee In 

 dians. whom he led at the battle of 1'ea Kidge, Maivli 

 On account of their scalping some of the 



fallen, the Confederate government caused the dis- 



flattened above and much compressed at the sides, the 

 dorsal 6ns directly above the anal, the caudal power- 

 ful and deeply forked. 



This is the boldest, fiercest, and most voracious of 

 all fresh -water fishes, making havoc among all other 

 tenants of the waters it inhabits, none, perhaps, ex . _. . 



cept the great lake trout,being able to resist its attacks. | bundment of this Indian force. After the war Gen. 

 Kven the spring dorsal fins of the perch are said to Pike edited the Memphis Apjxal and in 1868 he re- 

 not afford protection from the pike. It bites daringly i moved to \Vashington. He has received the highest 

 at dead bait, and is said to lx; easily taken even by a degrees in frey -masonry, and has published the Si>ii 

 bait of tin or red rloth made to plav briskly through ! utet and Lai''* f the Am-imi Skittish Kite ( 1 8.0). His 

 the water. The European pike. . lucii/t, is closely most noted poems are the Ilumn* to the Godt, corn- 

 related in specific character to E. ettor. It attains 3 j posed before ho left New England, published at Bos- 

 feet in extreme length, is found in most of the riv 

 and lakes of Kurope, and is much angled for, the 

 flesh bciii- med for table use. 



The smaller -pccies of American pike are commonly 

 known as pickerel. There are several of tin 

 largest being E. lucini<l>-*, a ti-h which, like K. rxtor, 

 is peculiar to the basin f the St. l^iwrence. It is from 



ton in ls;;i. reprinted in BiaefaeoocF* Mirjn:!ne in 



ud in his Xugir (I'hila., 1854, and later). 

 1'IKK. ZEBUI,ON MONTOOMF.RY (1779-1813), gen- 

 eral, was born at Lamberton (now part of Trenton), 

 N. J., Jan. 5. 177'.i. His lather, Zebulon Pike (1751- 

 1834). had been a captain in the Revolutionary army 

 and afterwards in the regular army;. The son was ap- 

 pointed cadet in his father's regiment in IT'. 1 '.*, and 

 soon promoted lieutenant. His mathematical .skill led 

 to his being appointed in 1805 to make a survey of the 



one to two feet in length and rarely exceeds Ifi or 1 , 

 Ibs. weight, and is a lundsomo fish, with a four-sided 

 body, longer and slighter in proportion to it." depth 



than in tlie Muskallon.ire. The snout is not nearly so I'pper Mississippi, whii-h was accomplished in less 



!idmuchi': than in tlie latter.the under ihan nine months. Being then made captain ho wa* 



jaw being less elongated, ami armed with a single ro\\ employed in exploring the newly acquired territory of 



of Miiall teeth round the fore part, with large, awl- Ijouisiutia. and while thus engaged was arroted for 



shaped teeth on the sides. The oaekis of arictiblaek- invadiii'.' Spanish ground, and carried to Santa l-'< 5 , 



ish-green color, the sides greenish-gray, the abdomen where his papers were seized and examined. He was 



l>early white, there being several rows of diamond- escorted across Texas and arri ved at Nat<-hit<x-hes. July 



shaped yellowish s|>ots along the Inidy and head. A 

 bright speck on the tip i<: sparkling 



aspect to this fi.-h. It is equal in iKildness and voracity 

 to the Muskallonge, attacks fish of even' 

 of its own speeirs. and preys also on. the young of 

 wild fowls, raU. reptiles, or any small ci eat lire I hat 

 ventures into its domain. ' dly lak(-u with a 



hook baited with white, flesh or otlr 



It is also readily 

 caught in winter 



formed an essem .i-ply '.. ill-- Indian hunters 



when ill' r food in win!, r 



The i-omiiion piekep-l (K i i- jie|-ha)is the 



miiim -s in the north-' -aileni United 



States, lit v England to West ern Penn- 



sylvania. and ,-oiith perhaps to tlie hill-district* of Vir- 

 ginia. In size it i> much below tho.-e above mentioned, 

 ix-ingofun average weight of 2J or 3 Ibs. It has the 

 loiiL'utrd snout and curved lower jaw of the ' 



'ii the back and green- 



ish-yellow on tin- -i'le- 1 voracious if pos- 



sible than the oil ihe day, and 



with the bait above or below water, drawn fast or slow. 

 It dart* on it* prey with ere 



I, l*i>7. The narrative of both expeditions is given 

 in his book. The Source* of tin Mvtiltgjpitmditl Tr!l> 



f I'hila., 1810), for which he received the thanks 

 of the government. He was promoted colonel in 1ML' 

 and bri!.':idier-general in March. 1813, when he was 



i to command tlie expedition against York (now 

 Toronto), the capital of 1 ppcr Canada, lie sailed 

 from Saekett's Harbor, landed under heavy ire, Apiil 

 i, carried one battery by assault, and was uiov 

 ing on the main works when he was killed by the ex 



' of the magazine. Pike's Peak in Colorado 

 preserves his mime and lame. His Life was written 

 by Gen. H. Whiting in Sparks's American BtOffTapty 

 PILLO\\ JtijtMsoN r8), MMral 



and politician, was born in Williamson co. . Tenn. . 

 June 8, 1806, being a grandson of John Pillow, a Hev- 

 olutionan- soldier, ujio had settled at Nashville in 

 1783. He graduated at the. university of that city in 

 lM'7 nnd entered on the practice of law at Columbia. 

 Tenn., in 1830. !! iissi icd in the nomination and 



u of President Polk, by whom in July, 1> 

 wascoi! 1 liric-ndier-general. His briirade of 



Tennessee volunt 

 Cru, and took part in its capture. I'illow comnmndcd 



