Quotes by Zebulon Pike - Page 1

He was a man, he always performed his promises.
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Performed
Promises
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On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian.
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Flag Day
Flags
Indian
Medal
Occasions
Flag
Further
Present
Occasion
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In my proper character, an officer of the United States army.
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Army
Character
United States
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May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.
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Smile
Memorial Day
Country
Heaven
May
Cause
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If we go to Chihuahua we must be considered as prisoners of war?
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Chihuahua
Considered
Prisoners
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Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation.
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Nations
Pipe
Smoke
Bury
Nation
One Nation
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I was informed... that some... were dreaming and wished to return.
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Dream
Return
Dreaming
Informed
Wished
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In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
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Army
Officer
Proper
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Why cannot we correct the baneful passions, without weakening the good?
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Passion
Weakening
Correct
Passions
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Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.
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Authority
Father
Former
Over You
Fathers
Further
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American agents... are the only persons authorized to hold councils of a political nature.
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Agents
Council
Political
Authorized
Political Nature
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You have already disarmed my men without my knowledge, are their arms to be returned or not?
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Arms
Disarmed
Returned
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He was a man, that he always performed his promises, that he had never said he would return.
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Men
Life And Love
Promise
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A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable.
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Young Man
Man Young Young Man
Preferable
Respects
Speaks
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Few Indians only had breech cloths, most being wrapped in buffalo robes, otherwise quite naked.
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Buffalo
Naked
Robes
Indians
Otherwise
Wrapped
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The toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages.
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Ensemble
Polished
Savages
Blush
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They were conspiring to desert us in the night and steal some of our horses... we engaged a spy.
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Conspiring
Desert
Engaged
Horse
Night
Spy
Horses
Steal
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Strict justice would demand total confiscation of your property, personal imprisonment and fines.
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Demand
Growth
Imprisonment
Justice
Property
Strict
Confiscation
Total
Fines
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Should I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father?
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War
Demise
Destined
Father
Rejoice
Scale
Mortal
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I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux.
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Manners
Numbers
Account
Differ
Lewis
Morals
Sioux
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At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards.
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Relative
Chief
Lodge
Visit
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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.
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Arms
Consent
Four
League
Three
Leagues
Led
Route
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The Spanish troops returned and we could yet discover the grass beaten down in the direction which they went.
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Beaten
Grass
Troops
Direction
Discover
Returned
Spanish
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A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy as he was.
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Embassy
Filled
Honor
Pride
Respectable
Considered
Discontented
Fellow
Sent
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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.
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Attention
Errors
Preparation
Correction
Otherwise
Paying
Preparations
Voyage
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Owing to the difficulty of obtaining horses, Mr. Henry returns from this place. In descending the Mississippi I will request him to pay his respects to you.
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Descending
Difficulty
Mississippi
Obtaining
Owing
Request
Mr
Henry
Horses
Respects
Returns
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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.
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Blood
Civilized
Flour
Population
Village
Creek
Indians
Mill
Mixed
Near
Situated
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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.
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Dreary
Employed
Famine
Preservation
Resources
Actively
Forming
Minds
Route
Travelled
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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.
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Village
Doctor
Chief
Horses
Route
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Give immediate instruction to all your posts in said territory, under your direction, at no time and on no pretence to hoist, or suffer be hoisted, the English flag.
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Instruction
Posts
Pretence
Territory
English
Direction
Flag
Immediate
No Time
Suffer
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Among various demands and charges I gave them, was, that the said flag should be delivered to me, and one of the United States' flags be received and hoisted in its place.
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Charges
Delivered
Flag
Received
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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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Brethren
Disputes
Fire
People
Red
White
Fires
Round
Peacefully
Remain
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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.
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Men
Brave
Congratulations
Defeat
Died
Glory
Honor
Names
Steps
Await
Brave Men
Conferred
Shall
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There had so lately been a large force of Spanish cavalry at the village, which had made a great impression on the minds of the young men, as to their power, consequence, which my appearance with 20 infantry was by no means calculated to remove.
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Appearance
Cavalry
Consequence
Impression
Infantry
Remove
Village
Calculated
Lately
Minds
Spanish
Young Men
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