Zebulon Pike quotes
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“He was a man, he always performed his promises.”
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“If success attends my steps, honor and glory await my name-if defeat, still shall it be said we died like brave men, and conferred honor, even in death, on the American Name.”
-- Zebulon PikeSource : Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1972). “Zebulon Pike's Arkansaw Journal: In Search of the Southern Louisiana Purchase Boundary Line (interpreted by His Newly Recovered Maps).”, Greenwood Publishing Group
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“I was informed... that some... were dreaming and wished to return.”
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“Why cannot we correct the baneful passions, without weakening the good?”
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“Strict justice would demand total confiscation of your property, personal imprisonment and fines.”
-- Zebulon PikeSource : Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Thomas Rees (1811). “Exploratory Travels Through the Western Territories of North America: Comprising a Voyage from St. Louis, on the Mississippi, to the Source of that River, and a Journey Through the Interior of Louisiana, and the North-eastern Provinces of New Spain ; Performed in the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, by Order of the Government of the United States”, p.145
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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 PikeSource : Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Elliott Coues (1987). “The expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike”, Dover Pubns
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“Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.”
-- Zebulon PikeSource : Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1966). “Journals, with Letters and Related Documents”
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“I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force of arms.”
-- Zebulon PikeSource : Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Thomas Rees (1811). “Exploratory Travels Through the Western Territories of North America: Comprising a Voyage from St. Louis, on the Mississippi, to the Source of that River, and a Journey Through the Interior of Louisiana, and the North-eastern Provinces of New Spain ; Performed in the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, by Order of the Government of the United States”, p.268
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“In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.”
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“Few Indians only had breech cloths, most being wrapped in buffalo robes, otherwise quite naked.”
-- Zebulon PikeSource : Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Thomas Rees (1811). “Exploratory Travels Through the Western Territories of North America: Comprising a Voyage from St. Louis, on the Mississippi, to the Source of that River, and a Journey Through the Interior of Louisiana, and the North-eastern Provinces of New Spain ; Performed in the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, by Order of the Government of the United States”, p.188
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“It was the wish of the Americans that their red brethren should remain peacefully round their own fires, and not embroil themselves in any disputes between the white people.”
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“American agents... are the only persons authorized to hold councils of a political nature.”
-- Zebulon PikeSource : Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Elliott Coues (1987). “The expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike”, Dover Pubns
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“On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian.”
-- Zebulon PikeSource : Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Elliott Coues (1987). “The expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike”, Dover Pubns
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“Should I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father?”
-- Zebulon PikeSource : Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Elliott Coues (1987). “The expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike”, Dover Pubns
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“Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation.”
-- Zebulon PikeSource : Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1966). “Journals, with Letters and Related Documents”
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“May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.”
-- Zebulon PikeSource : Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Elliott Coues (1987). “The expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike”, Dover Pubns
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“They were conspiring to desert us in the night and steal some of our horses... we engaged a spy.”
-- Zebulon PikeSource : Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Thomas Rees (1811). “Exploratory Travels Through the Western Territories of North America: Comprising a Voyage from St. Louis, on the Mississippi, to the Source of that River, and a Journey Through the Interior of Louisiana, and the North-eastern Provinces of New Spain ; Performed in the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, by Order of the Government of the United States”, p.186
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