The Spanish troops returned and we could yet discover the grass beaten down in the direction which they went. Zebulon Pike Read Quote
The toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages. Zebulon Pike Read Quote
American agents… are the only persons authorized to hold councils of a political nature. Zebulon Pike Read Quote
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. Zebulon Pike Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux. Zebulon Pike Read Quote