Zebulon Pike

Should I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father? ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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Strict justice would demand total confiscation of your property, personal imprisonment and fines. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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The Pawnee chief had left the village the day after the doctor arrived, with 50 or 60 horses and many people, and had taken his course to the north of our route. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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The preparations for my new voyage prevented the possiblity of my paying that attention to the correction of my errors, that I should otherwise have done. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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The Spanish troops returned and we could yet discover the grass beaten down in the direction which they went. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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The toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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The village had a mill near it, situated on the little creek, which made very good flour. The population consisted of civilized Indians, but much mixed blood. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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With the dreary season in which we travelled part of the route; with our minds much more actively employed in forming resources for our preservation from famine. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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You have already disarmed my men without my knowledge, are their arms to be returned or not? ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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