Zebulon Pike
Zebulon Pike
Zebulon Montgomery Pikewas an American brigadier general and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado was renamed. As a U.S. Army officer he led two expeditions, first to reconnoiter the upper reaches of the Mississippi River in 1805-06 and then in 1806-07 to explore the Southwest to the fringes of the northern Spanish-colonial settlements. Pike's expeditions coincided with other Jeffersonian expeditions including the Lewis and Clark Expeditionand the Thomas Freeman and Peter Custis expedition. The second Pike Expedition crossed the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionExplorer
Date of Birth5 January 1779
CityLamberton, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
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.
Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.
I was informed... that some... were dreaming and wished to return.
Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation.
Should I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father?
If 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.
He was a man, he always performed his promises.