The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-06-02
From the st. Louis Reveille, May 81.
INFORMATION!
The proposed Santa Ft Experimentation Merica,
Departments. .AHiss--.Meriean hopes.

The proposed Santa Et Experimentation .Merican
Departments. Indian .AuitS--.neriean hopes
Capt. Patrick O'Brian, young, active, and intel.
igent lrishman, who has been, during the last eight
years trading through all Mexico, north and south
with the CALIFORNIA; has obliged u.s. since his arrival
from Santa Fe last Saturday, by communicating
amount of information most interesting and val
liable at the present moment. His opinions and
calculations are based upon a keen and shrewd OBJ
servaton and study of the people and country, and
we present them with full conviction that they
will be received with attention Capt. O'Bran was
the protector of that defence of chihuahua against
the Apaches Indians, now entrusted to the well
known Capt Kirker. Capt. OBJ. commanded in
the first action; but Of this moro hereafter. We
hasten TO give his ideas with regard to the proposed
expedition to New Mexico.
In the first place, he suggests that the city of San.
ia Fe itself is not the point towards which an ex-
petition should be first directed; but instead, a
point on the Rio GTande, $50 miles south of that
city, below the Passo del Norte, where a Mexican
military post is situated for the purpose of keeping
open the communication between Santa Fe and
Chihuahua, constantly endangered by the Apaches
This point reached, and runners being sent out,
while on the march, TO- the Arpahos, Apaches,
and other hostile tribes, informing them that the
"Americanos" are at war with the Mexicans,
Santa Fe is completely cut off from even hope
of aid; and the whole department, with that
of Chihuahua, panc-stricken, will yield with
out a further blow. Examine on the map the point
indicated, and it will be found to be one which
would be selected naturally United States pos,
in march up from the south, establishing, as il
would, necessary link of connexion between
northern operations and those of the gulf The
country is entirely wild and hostile only to the Mex
leans. 1t is not recommended, however, to excite
the tribes to actual barbarities upon them the dread
of 1t alone would be sufficient to hasten the reuc-
tant. disposition to annex themselves to the
United States already widely prevails in the northern
provinces; Armijo, himself, is supposed to be not
unfrendly, and thus separated from Mexico, by
what, to the already harassed and trembling popu-
lation must prove an impossible barrier, he will
as he always has done-accommodat himself to cir
cumstances. To prove how well based is this sug-
gestion, we now will proceed to show, in confrma-
ton of letter published by us last week, how ut
terly helpless these unhappy people Last Sep
TENDER the whole country was in a panic at the out
rages Of the Indans--tbe inhabitants from the va
rous ranches budding and penning themselves to-
geher like sheep in the supposed stronger places.
One thousand Rancheros mustered courage to 90 out
from Chihuahua against the Apaches They were
out thirty two days--came in sight of the savages-
Instantly fed, and returned in shame without fur
Their demonstration.