American agents... are the only persons authorized to hold councils of a political nature.
Zebulon PikeShould I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father?
Zebulon PikeHe was a man, that he always performed his promises, that he had never said he would return.
Zebulon PikeIf 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.
Zebulon Pike