In the January — March 2007, Vol. 3, No. 1, edition of the Chronicles of the Trail, Patrick H. Beckett, CARTA President, updates us on recent events. (See “President’s Message,” in “News.”) Beginning with this issue of the Chronicles, we will be running a series on Zebulon Montgomery Pike—a celebration of the 200th anniversary of his historic journey down El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro. The series has been edited and introduced by Leo E. Oliva, editor of the Santa Fe Trail Association Quarterly, Wagon Tracks, and member Pike Bicentennial Commission. Maps and photos have been provided by Hal Jackson, chairman of Pike Bicentennial Commission and author of Following the Royal Road: A Guide to the Historic Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, University of New Mexico Press, 2006. We are grateful to Leo and Hal for their contribution to our journal. Additionally, Marc Thompson, Director, El Paso Museum of Archaeology, presents a provocative piece entitled “Oñate in Context: Myths, the Man, Mestizaje, and Mexican Indians.”