Zebulon Pike
Explorer
1779-01-05 – 1813-04-27
Zebulon Pike was a United States Army officer and explorer whose expeditions in the Louisiana Purchase region became central to early U.S. western surveying. Pikes Peak in Colorado is named after him.
Quotes by Zebulon Pike
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Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation.
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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.
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The Spanish troops returned and we could yet discover the grass beaten down in the direction which they went.
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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.
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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.
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