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Zebulon Pike Expedition - Part 4: The expedition faces foreign powers and political stakes
The mountain's shadow was not a poetic line; it was a border. Armed men in a foreign uniform emerged from a cover of scrub and ridge. The pragmatic clarity of the expedition's leaders faced its sternest test. The small column found itself surrounded by troops who treated them not as travelers but as suspects.
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