Strict justice would demand total confiscation of your property, personal imprisonment and fines.
Zebulon Pike

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

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

The Spanish troops returned and we could yet discover the grass beaten down in the direction which they went.
Zebulon Pike

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

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.
Zebulon Pike

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.
Zebulon Pike

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

Why cannot we correct the baneful passions, without weakening the good?
Zebulon Pike

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

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

Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.
Zebulon Pike