Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-10-06
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DOMESTIC NEWS.
EXPEDITION or the u. 5 DRAGONS
TO TIE IVES TERN PRalRiES.
ER5u TIE aaxaSsss GtzerrE. sErf y
I,,yl ItbssI 1arR 20 1871

DsAR SIN. ,uf y pes Of lls iDth INST feefiseo
here BY mai. this evening, contains m afoein heea'
%, "A Gespesafe eagdgeasR befTecn u L. D
Dragons s4i Par re fadtaas This ihbiica-
non, yo1 say, Is m ,da uPm the authority OF
gentleman l..m Washington county, who derived
hi. info ma ION iiom young man VII" WIS nj FOL
Ghson when the Pa~nao prisoners were bfonyhl
in under escort OF u detachment of Dragons
Every wolJ Of this statement IS erroneous aud us
knns yol will be anSioit - CORRECT tn error,
hasten II give yoi bief acco mt OF the p" Yves
,efn prairie expedition" by tomorrow mornings
mail trust that you mhy have been apprlzsd OF
the imposition pracscd upon you, aud 'h1i II may
b. corrected in your paper before ,hiS reaches you
as muel, suspense AID aa1ieiy will necessarily be
produced by the acconn, you have innoccntly pub
li,hod, htnoas our fl1w.eiti1ens, who have rela'
livos ,n1 flionds in the Dragon regiment and who
are nlnef5us and Respectable, in several States OF
the Union.
There has been no fshiing between the ORA
goons ond the Pawnees' or Camtnchcs, or any
OF The other Wild tribes OF the prarics aud yet this
regiment his fulfilled its instructions N manner
which cannot fail to be highly satisfactory TO the
Govcrnm nj. Col. Dodge arrived at his post from
his expedition Oh the l5ft instant, with SIX comps-
nics, Tue field and ST III officers were Colonel
Dodge, Con- .nand ng NJ jar Mason Lieutenant
Ham lton, A1jolnnt, Surg on FlndIayi aad Lieu
tenant Whecock, WHO vat attached to the Colo
nel's stuff as journalist. LIST company commanded
by Captain Sumner and Lieutenant Bnegnin = y,
by Captain Duncan, and ITomennn's Moore cal
Turreu 81 by Captain Hunter and Lieutenant
Secn An, by Captain Perkins and Lieutenant
Davis; 5h, by Cu,t In Boone, and L.ieutcnants
lizard and Norbrcr 9th, by Captain Browne
and Lieutenant Edwards. Colonel Dodge broushl
with him fifteen kio~ay Indiana. n, the head of
which is the chIct of their lrbe-n Tom ec.asa
chief with two wauiors--n Wayooad chief of u
small band who speak The Tow-ec-ush-nnd n
Spnniard, or halfbrecJ belonging 10 The Canon
che nation and who has all tho habits andspeaks
the language Of that nation. This delegation ~
now hi For, Gibson, and thus far have been highly
grulified with their visit.
Lieutenant Colonel Kearney reached this place
yesterday, with hs command, from the post oil
Wnshi,n, where he ha been left IN charge Of the
SICK regiment, whcn Coonel DO lgc started from
that place, fn ,h- Pnwnee Tor Tow-ee ash) and
Caa,nche oNns. The officers attached 10 Colo
uel kaatney's command are, Captain Trcnor Lieu
tenant Swords, AcIing Quarter master, Lieutenant
Van Dorvcer, a .llug Commlssary, L'enienan,s
tastbufn, Ury kInssbury and Bowman, aud A =
s.ianl Surgeon iIiles. Al he sick ~ chlfsc 81
Coonl Kehrncy, with the exception OF five or SIX,
wagons and dtlers. There were loS men left for
duty, with Colonel X. aud So on the i, X report
The officers Of the reg Uncut left sick at Wasnltn,
were Lieu,enanls 3 words, Shanmburg, Ury, East
burn, and McCiure-,hs Latter. an cxccllen' aud
much respected young officer, has since died -the
Others now nj this post, anj convacscent, with
the exception Of Lieutenant Eastburn, who has
still slight fever. Lieutenant ShuuTburg arrived
here several days before the main body Of Col. Ks.
command, IN company with Llcutcnpnt West OF
the tn Infantry, who was acting aid de. camp 10
General L1ayeaworth, ni the time Of the Generals
death.
Colonel Dodge has invited ,hc chiefs of the sew
crn tribes inhabitng tho country III the vicinity Of
this place TO meet the dclcgnles OF the Tow-ec-ash
kloway, aud Cam ,nc'le naons, here, on the Isl
day Of next month. l'lir Indians invited, and who
ciI probably be represented IN this council, are
the Chcrok Is, Crcrks, ChociuSs, 8 necas, Shaw
nc"s, Delawares, aud Osasrs The object Is ia
brIng these tribes together under he eye and pro
teton of Government of ers-fo give them IA op
por,um of becoming acquainted, and of inter.
chan ing, if they wdipledses u friends ip,prepar-
aory 10 fature nego lauoa which may os alleunp-
ted, for the purpose of asiahIlsAIn: u prrmanenl
peace among ali thr IN tl.ns Of this frontier.
| think much good may be .hoct,d at this coun-
Gil and that tho anxious wishes and expectations
OF the Government upon tina Interesting subject,
viii be materially advanced toward ihciI caasom-
nation. The Pawn'es Gus hey have been call
| ed the Camaactes, aud hi0rayS, roam oyer
large extent OF the Chocaw a,aafry, N their hunt
! my excursions; sud 1t is supposed ihat snme o!
their towns ore within the thoctaw bnphdafy
They have not been on friendly terms t,h any on
| he tribes invited 10 meet tbem IA co1n:d /, ~ /
with the Osages, who also live piin,ipai!y by hun
nng they have kept up eonlinusl wuri.re 3m1l
bands OF the tribes meet frequently on the ntairies
and they plumber and XIII each o,he, at ever 81.
portnny lfihis hostile fcol,ns eau be ALA ycd by
| the mtercesson Of oar Government, now common
eel, and a friendly un understanding be cstnolishe,
| between the several marandns band, of the ives
tern prarles, and our osn Indians, il will b.
worth more 10 HE United States than would pa,
all the expenses Of The Dragon rec ment since il
| origination. The Indian territory Will den popn
| late rapidly, md The settlement will extend hicl
up on tho Ark ,nsas, Canadian, Washlta, and Rec
! rivers.
1t was contemplated by General Leavenwofth tc
send delegation of tho Camanches and Pawnca
Picts, to Washington, should they bs found by the
Dragons, and Col. Dodge SO informed the differ
cnt tribes when he requested them to send in the
present delegation-bui believe it is now the IN
lcnlion of the Colonel 10 send them back 10 ihei,
| people under sale escort, Immediately after the
! Council. | think this is the safest aud most Judi
clous course. The transition from wild to clyiIiz-
ed haunts, has been sudden, and in seeing For
Gibson they believe they have seen civilized
world 4; that they have now just rs much upon
their minds as they can well bear homo and retail
to their people. Hereafter il It is doomed expe,
dent, delegation, fully representing all tho tribes,
can be procured without difficulty, to visit tho Seat
ofGovernment They will now go home loaded
with presents, to tell their people long tales of ns
Kindness they have received; and from present
appearances, they will unxiously endouvor to pro
| cure q specdY negotiation which will hung iheiI