Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-12-01
N. IL Region ofthe Uu;tsd Cu,..


! uAsHiNotoS, nov 23.-We were yesterda,
| gIa'ihSa Wiih faE- minutes conversation will
SapL D. L, Bell who arrived in This city m
iu:ssaS, from Cape Girardean. IN Missouri
%"icH pidce he LETT on the 18th Of October
last. The information derived from him 90.
| % interesting to US, that we believe onr rea-
GERS WIN De pleased with some account of II
CSpt be!i was second in rank of an Explor
| Tug EHPeuiiion, nnder the command of Major
Long, the objects of which were tonop ranbic =,
and scientific Information r.soecting ti,e v,a,
Wilderness OF country WHICH stretches from
tae Councli Blnfs, on The Missouri. to the tool
oi tne Aocky Mountains, of which 40 little l.
1eS go kn o. W, The expedition being wholly
paS,nc IN us obJecta, consisted of some Iwepty
soldiers only, aud the following officers .n3
a:'.Nis, oesides the Two officers ALREADY men.
TONED; Lieut.. Graham, Lieut.. Swift De- sav
~ James, and Messrs. Seymour and Peaie
ceslgners and painters
:, ne expedition sat ont from the Council
Blnifs. on the 9Th of June directing ,bsis
course tfst TO the Pawnee villages. on lori
OF tue La Plalte. distant aDOut one hundts,,
Ino twenty miles from the Conrcil Bldffs and
tnohcs proceeded to the Rocky Mountains
Tistaut about four hundred miles from The
Pawpee Villages. The interval is rnilin.,
prairie country, of course destitute of hills and
WCod so mat The mountains are visible al tbc
aisiahce OF one hundred and tweuty mics
me mas not yet allowed a cacul,t ton OF lbt
observations, which were made az accnr.tsi,
as circumstances would allow. knt II ia sn,,,.S
seu me greatest height ofthe ridge does moi
exceed Tie elevation of four thousand feet a
Dove the base of the mountain.
Ine expedition separated into two parties
near the point of the Arkansas. desiynsIsd a.,
Inc maps Of Pixies Block .house. w
lhe one party, under command ef Manor
Long, proceeded thence with view TO stTiLe
me mead waters of Red River. But IN apnears
tne maps WHICH we have are very deterliye
the courses Of the rivers being aImoSt vhnif,'
conjecturaI, and often entlrelv fabulons 'TuS
expedition did sot attain the object sonobt
psoaute u was not to be found wiIare il ia laid
uo"n IN The maps. aud Tell upOn the waters nj
tne CANADIAN fork OF the Arkansas, which a
bb uiioueu' ahu terminated its tour al Belle
toint on The Arkansas, the post mentioned i'm
Ihe Iate Message Of The President TO Congress
as oelng The advanced post of our Gordon in
that direction. "o" !"
~ Inc other party under the command of
Up beii. proceeded down the Arkansas is
a Dghe ROM, wblch place they reached on ths
GU Sept6mbsr, after an absence of three
n0nihs from the haants OF civilization
balow The First Fork of the Arkansas. "a /,
was named By Pike. they met several hrnI,n,,
isI.eH oI strange Indians, whose names even
nave rarely, II ever, been heard of before-.ho-
longing 10 the tribes of tue ATrapahoes The
hsskayas, tit Kiawas, and The Chayeones
lbey are frequently. and perhaps at present
engaged IN war with the Paw0ees. Osaees and
3 U9. uIoeS ofWhom We havesome knowledge.
sAiNt " obI party. none have
ever bee Into our settlements. Thev annssr-
ca 70 be wholly Ignorant OF the existence of
su ' people as those Of the United States or
lhdsea OF TIE existence Of any people of A fair.
90 complexion than the Inhabitants of Nexiro
OF the adjacent Spanish PROVINCES, of whom H.
appeared they bad some knowledge Deiog
lndde 10 understand the existence Of such n
government, iis power aud its hun,ane nniirv
IS exeinPIihed Ia its treatment ct other Indian
,iDes, iney expressed great desire to be Ia |
place themselves under our protection.
ne t0pogiapheTs, medical gentlemen and
paintefs, attached 10 this expedition. have col.
y me gross errors in the received geograobv
y tnIs part OF our country, for makiar impot. !
snt additions to medical botany, and 10 fbe |
OF cui geological knowledge OF our own
tfTIioTy aud the painters have many i,Ieya /
sung and valuable sketches of the prom,nenI /
tdtufes OF the country. Besides possessino
Ne government Of such information A. was r.
ispensable 10 judiciOus arrangements tov rs.
pPPoTi aud projection Of the American ponn.