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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.

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I was informed... that some... were dreaming and wished to return.

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I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux.

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I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force of arms.

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He was a man, he always performed his promises.

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Give immediate instruction to all your posts in said territory, under your direction, at no time and on no pretence to hoist, or suffer be hoisted, the English flag.

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Few Indians only had breech cloths, most being wrapped in buffalo robes, otherwise quite naked.

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At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards.

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Among various demands and charges I gave them, was, that the said flag should be delivered to me, and one of the United States' flags be received and hoisted in its place.

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American agents... are the only persons authorized to hold councils of a political nature.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Soldier

Born: January 5th, 1779

Died: April 27th, 1813

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