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

"Lost with Lieutenant Pike" by Edwin L. Sabin is an adventure story set in the early days of American expansion, about 27-year-old Lieutenant Zebulon Pike, who leads a dangerous mission into the Southwest, dealing with both the Spanish and the Native American Pawnee. We learn about the young Indian boy, Scar Head, and how he is pulled into Pike's adventure into the Snowy Mountains to search for a Lost River. The characters' initial experiences observing the Spanish soldiers, and their interactions with these soldiers, establish the central conflict of the story early on. This historical adventure highlights the challenges and tensions in a land filled with uncertainty and peril, promising a journey filled with danger and discovery.