They were conspiring to desert us in the night and steal some of our horses... we engaged a spy.
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 PikeShould I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father?
Zebulon Pike