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" A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy as he was. "
Honor
Pride
Self
" American agents... are the only persons authorized to hold councils of a political nature. "
Political
Only
Nature
" 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. "
Flag
Me
United States
" At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards. "
Gave
Which
Visit
" A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable. "
Here
Man
Young
" Few Indians only had breech cloths, most being wrapped in buffalo robes, otherwise quite naked. "
Buffalo
Only
Few
" 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. "
Suffer
Time
Said
" He was a man, he always performed his promises. "
Promises
Always
He
" I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force of arms. "
Consent
Four
Three
" I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux. "
Manners
Numbers
Account
" 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. "
Men
Name
Success
" If we go to Chihuahua we must be considered as prisoners of war? "
Chihuahua
War
Prisoners
" In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army. "
United States
Character
I Am
" It was the wish of the Americans that their red brethren should remain peacefully round their own fires, and not embroil themselves in any disputes between the white people. "
Red
Own
People
" I was informed... that some... were dreaming and wished to return. "
Dreaming
Return
Some
" May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country. "
Heaven
Smile
Memorial Day
" On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian. "
Occasion
Indian
Further
" Owing to the difficulty of obtaining horses, Mr. Henry returns from this place. In descending the Mississippi I will request him to pay his respects to you. "
Will
Difficulty
Him
" Should I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father? "
War
Turn
Happy
" Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation. "
Bury
Become
Nation
" Strict justice would demand total confiscation of your property, personal imprisonment and fines. "
Justice
Personal
Would
" The Pawnee chief had left the village the day after the doctor arrived, with 50 or 60 horses and many people, and had taken his course to the north of our route. "
Left
Village
People
" 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. "
Voyage
New
Done
" There had so lately been a large force of Spanish cavalry at the village, which had made a great impression on the minds of the young men, as to their power, consequence, which my appearance with 20 infantry was by no means calculated to remove. "
Power
Village
Men
" The Spanish troops returned and we could yet discover the grass beaten down in the direction which they went. "
Down
Beaten
Direction
" The toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages. "
Make
Savages
Society
" The village had a mill near it, situated on the little creek, which made very good flour. The population consisted of civilized Indians, but much mixed blood. "
Good
Little
Village
" They were conspiring to desert us in the night and steal some of our horses... we engaged a spy. "
Us
Spy
Desert
" Why cannot we correct the baneful passions, without weakening the good? "
Without
Why
Good
" With the dreary season in which we travelled part of the route; with our minds much more actively employed in forming resources for our preservation from famine. "
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