Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-10-28
SANTA FE EXPEDITION.
The following interesting detail is given
by correspondent of st. Louis paper:

The following interesting detail is given
by correspondent of St. Louis paper:
Once more am favored with an OPP |
portunity of advising you of the move
ments of the "Army of the West" We
are now in the city of Santa Fe, the ca
pital of New Mexico, and am writing
to you in the "PalaciO GrGnde" or Royal
residence of Ex- Governor Armijo, where
Gen. Stephen w. Kearney has taken up
his Headquarters. | must defer to some
subsequent period of time, the pleasure OF
giving to the public particular account
of the daily incidents of the army during
our march from the Arkansas across the
great American desert, to the Spanish sell
dement's. This desert is perhaps, not less
sterile, sandy, parched and destitute OF
water and every green herb IMAM Inc al
rican Sahara. 10 the course OF days
march we could scarcely find pool OF
water to uuench the thirst, patch OF
GRASS to keep our animals from perlshlng,
or an oasis to relieve the weary mind
Greary, sultry, desolate solitude reIgned as
far as the eve could reach, and seemed to
bound the distant horizon. Droves OF an
telope would occasionally skim over the
plain. We suffered much with heat ana
thirst. and the driven sand, which hlieo
our ewes and mouths almost TO sutfocatloh
Some of our animals perished on the De
sert. Our march through Ration fass
between the Cimarron and Spanish feaK'
was also very arduous, and particularly
severe on our teams; but the water aH'
grass in the mountains are very me ah'
refreshing. I'll.
The army, at present, is in good healu
and conditional one time upwards
100 were on the sick list. The disease
have been chiefly fever and dysenterS
both of which are common to armies
nine men have died during the exPediuo
either by disease or drowning.
DIR. Vaughn. of Howard, was lel'
RENTS Fort with lS or 20 SICK me
who were ungbIe 10 travel further, al
were physically unfit for service.
others were discharged and returned hon
immediately. Ihave understood that scr
of them were discharged from the serVl
some recovered and are on their way
reioin the army-and that one or two
them died, names unknown TO ME, exec
inp one of them, Mr.. Fregit OF the ia
son company.
This army has not been well provisl'
ed: ncr has it been properly lurniS,
with stout, able and efficient teams
Commissary and Quartermaster oeP'
ments of the army have been wretche
managed; during much OF the time
men have been on half rdtIons,
very often the teams, particularly the
lunteer regiment, were left so far ben
during a hard days. march that they
not come into camp before 10 or II o'cl
1T NIGHT. Thus they had to Janus
Tooot h, turns. owing to the culPaple
.gross neglect of government agents,
,oIun,ear regiment was furnished
verv sorry and Indifferent Wagons "
lyinadequate for such an exPeol'io .n "
the regulars were furnished IN inc
hest manner. Owing to an unacco'
HE arrangement of the War DePartn
the volunteer regiment was not allow
full staff of officers, hence the lll-ad
arrangement.
Rumor and exaggerration are
GRAND evils of an army. one gay
were startled with the news that tne
niards had driven ali their cattle mi
distant mountains, deserted their VII
and ranches and burnt the grass OF
road; (the green grass here will ou
freely as the dry, it is so parcneu
sum- had this been the case, our al
must inevitably have persisted; on
or we were told that from 6,OOO to l
Mex;cans were on their march to m
and Give us battle. We were thus
constantly in uncertainty nn.ll G
ence brought the matter ro 10 de shrou
e ca%p BY the Mexican prisoners isoa VIVA Wa
daily picked up on the ro oaohes. o o
f Souses 70 We ,a' found plenty Of gr r''
V thousands Of horned cattle, and p'