<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_Expedition" id="mwgQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pike Expedition">Pike Expedition</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army" id="mwgg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant" id="mwgw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lieutenant">Lieutenant</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebulon_Pike" id="mwhA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Zebulon Pike">Zebulon Pike</a> begins an expedition from <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bellefontaine" id="mwhQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fort Bellefontaine">Fort Bellefontaine</a> near <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" id="mwhg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis, Missouri</a>,  to explore the west.