The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-09-25
From The 81. Loui. Republican.
IMPORTANT FROM SANTA Fl

fffPdfdtt0hs 10 mett Zen. Attorney ,UO9 -HeT,
lean Troops said 20 be in feserre-MericdH
Spies-Erpossd condition Of american Sup.
plies-iadans GttaekiHg GorerRmsnt Wagons
and Trading Parties- Volunteering ogaiH.t
Americans, dc.
A letter from Mr.. y. Colburn, our cor.
respondent a, Santa Fe, announces his ar
rival at Independence, in this Slate, on
/ Thursday last, 10 twenty four and half
days from Santa Fe. This Journey eclip.
ses IN speed any other ever performed be.
tween The two points, and shows that very
soon II will be stripped Of even the char.
acter Of novelty. From the letter Of Mr..
Colburn, We gather many facts OF Inier.
est to our relders, which are here ar.
ranged.
Mr.. Colburn left Santa Fe on the Sd Of
August. There were then only 250 Mex.
lcan soldiers stationed al Santa Re, tut The
authorities stated that they had 900 men
ready to march at moments warning, to
meet Gen. hearney, and 1000 were ex.
pec'ed from the lower country. How far
this expectation may be realized, may he
Judged Of from the fact, that MIR. kenne.
/ dv, who has Just arrived from Sonora, re-.
ported that they had there only 800 sol.
ders 200 al CAlhuaLu1, and 40 al FL
Passo.
When Mr.. c. left Santa Fe, aothiDg
had Teen heard Of Gen. kearney's move.
meats for fifteen days, previous. II .ss
nO' 'hsa Lnown that Gen. " ool was NOV.
ing against Chihuahua. About 2 900 mics
on his route horny, he met with oight Mex.
lean Dragons who had been watching the
movements Of the American forces under
Geo. kearney. Iney s4id they had not
seen the troops, although ,hey had been IN
sight Of Beats fort and 10 the Sinarone.
Hr. Coburn reached the crossing Of the
Arkansas IN ten days, being the quickest
IMP ever mlde 70 that point 10 Wagons
He found grass and water scarce.
lie there met Capt. Worcester, Of the
7. ;. Adultery, /. Caldwell and Charles
Bent, only ten days fom Independence,
aud sent BY them to Gen. heafney, oil The
news of which tie WI. ia possession. From
this party he heard OF the murder, on the
evening before, Of Mr.. ~. L. swan, Of
Northampton, Mass. lie vas returning,
It u stated, from Fort Bent, in company
Nth MAJ. G.. Clark, and uas shot from his
horse Saea wlthln seventy h,e yards Of
Their camp, by Indians.
o. the l-la he net Mr. Turley's com.
pany Of three wagons, for Taos, aud also
lony-lhtce gosotnuent wagons, and 81
men. They we're Ing by for repairs
They had Iosi fifteen yoke Of oxen many
of the men were sick, and they had oniy
two rounds Of ammunition. No guard
could be placed al night, and they had
nothing stih which 10 protect themselves
when hunting their oxen.
The Iadlans were attacking come of the
companies almost every night. This de.
tschmeut OF wagons was then sixteen days
behind the army which Mr.. G. learned,
was subslstng on halt a ration OF bresd
and mea., With neither Sugar nor coffee.
lie expressed the op mon, that one hundred
Mexican soldiers could capture all the sup.
plies Of Government stores from the Cotton
Wood to b nt's Fort, il they only knew
their exposed situation Il was also STA.
ted lbs, he Dragons al only fiftee, rounds
ut ammunition with them. (
Mr. {. SAYS that the Indians were in
Santa Fe, offering their services to Gen.
Am9o, on condition that he should let hem
have the spotIs which they might take from
the Americans, but that lie had refused 10
accept the proposition. Ii he had noced.
cd to il, the army might possibly have been
defeated, or supplies cut of, which would
have caused grea, distress. Major Clak
and himself gave the men all the powder
WHICH they could spare and left them.
Ga the l5ta, he met twenty-five govern
ment wagons, IN charge OF Mr.. Campbell
aud Mr.. C1ons, Of ST. Louis, He learned
from them that their camp had been at.
lacked on the night previous, and that they
had Killed one Indian aud wounded anuth.
er. That night his camp was attacked at +
Coon Creek, and an attempt made TO run {
III his stock. Il
From the 9th 10 the 9th, he met par.
les every day, oil OF whom had suffered .
more or less by the Indians, who seemed {
,ent on stealing their stock, and succeed. |
ID IN carrying oil some. 4
The NasaIo Indians were committing &
on the NlexIcans, They XII /
ed one man and wounded another, on the
81 uI., within twelve miles OF Santa Fe,
md were almost daily running off their
tack.
Mr. Aynres, American Consul al Santa Il
e, was in feeble health. Mr.. {. records a
he death, IN March last, at SANTANA, OF =
Or. Henry Masure, but tins must be mis-.
axe, as that gentleman did not leave here i,
mil after that period. II has reference, Ia
oubtIess, To brother, who has been in q,
lexlco tot several years.
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DANDIES, Il