He was a man, that he always performed his promises, that he had never said he would return.
Zebulon PikeShould I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father?
Zebulon PikeThe 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 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