Zebulon Pike

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

“Why cannot we correct the baneful passions, without weakening the good?”

“I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux.”

“I was informed... that some... were dreaming and wished to return.”

“He was a man, he always performed his promises.”

“Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.”

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

“At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards.”

“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.”

“On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian.”

“If we go to Chihuahua we must be considered as prisoners of war?”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable.”

“I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force of arms.”

“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.”

“May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.”

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

“They were conspiring to desert us in the night and steal some of our horses... we engaged a spy.”