"A young man who is here speaks the……" — Zebulon Pike
"A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable."
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32 Quotes by Zebulon Pike
Zebulon Pike has 32 quotes on this site.
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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…
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He was a man, he always performed his promises.
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May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.
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Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation.
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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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On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian.
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American agents... are the only persons authorized to hold councils of a political nature.
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It was the wish of the Americans that their red brethren should remain peacefully round their own fires, and not…
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Few Indians only had breech cloths, most being wrapped in buffalo robes, otherwise quite naked.
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In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
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I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force…
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Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.
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