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In my proper character, an officer of the United States army.

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Zebulon Pike
Age: 34 †
Born: 1779
Born: January 5
Died: 1813
Died: April 27
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Lamberton
New Jersey
Zebulon Montgomery Pike
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I was informed... that some... were dreaming and wished to return.
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Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.
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Why cannot we correct the baneful passions, without weakening the good?
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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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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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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 embroil themselves in any disputes between the white people.
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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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