Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-04-05
F,om the Mo. Republican.
FROM NEW MEXICO. ri
Later from santa re.

/ Later from Santa Re.
| One of our mercantile houses received
by the last mail from the west, a letter
IRON Mr. X. F. AusRr, (the White Cloud
Of the Indians, dated at Santa Re on the
9th ult. In this letter, Mr.. Autry says:
aCol. FREMoNT will be here in 4 few days.
He lostall his mules (about one hundred
in number, in the mountains several Of
his men, and, such was the extreme destl-
tuition to which they were reduced, that
they were compelled to eat the remains Of
two or three ofthe men Of the party! l
saw him in Taos last week. He said that
he never would go about the mountains
in the winter season again he was salts
fled with trips of this kind-and SO am l..
San expedition left this place this
morning for the Arkansas river, to take
and bring in all the prisoners to be found
with the Kiowa Indians. If the Indians
refuse 10 comply with this request, the
troops are ordered 10 make war upon them.
The expedition consists oftwo companies
Of United States Dragons; under COM
mand Of Maj. BEALE."
Mr. Aubry saved all his goods, but lost,
by the severity Of the winter, seventy -five
mules, and had about the same number
stolen from him by the Indians, in The
mountains.
Still Later from SANTA Fe--Col. Fremont and
| Lieut.. Beale ON their WY TO California-Extent
Of the Disaster to Frenont's Party.
Mr. J. w. FoLGER arrived in this city
yesterday from SAINT. Fe. In company
with Capt. St. VRA1s had charge Of the
letters and papers, andshipped on another
boat which has not arrived, we have not
yet been able to avail ourselves Of them.
From Mr. Folger, however, we gather the
| information which follows: .,.
Col: FREMONT, of whose disastrous ex-
petition we have already given an imper-
feet, and in some respects erroneous, ac-
count, left Ssnta Fe on. the 18th ult., on
his way TO California. Of the dreadful
disaster which befel him in the mountains,
We have this account. The published
letters from Col. Fremont and his friends
left him ascending mountain and within
five or miles Of the summit. But tins
elevation he never reached. A storm
came up, which forced him to retreat, and
to seek shelter in the valley below. Here,
il is said, the snow drifted, and accumula-
ted to the depth Of thirty or forty feet, and
the party lost all their animals, and were
compelled to leave their entire outfit. The
snow covered the animals and every thing
else from view, and Col. F. and his par
~ were driven 10 seek safety on the sides
OF the mountain. In this emergency, Bill
Williams, hardy mouniaineer, and two
others, volunteered to seek succor from
the nearest settlements; and il was arrang
ed that they should returnin twenty days.
As they failed to do so, however, Col.Fre-
mont, and one or two others, resolved upon
attempting to reach Taos ;and on the sixth
day from their leaving camp, they over
took Williams and one Of his companions.
The other, Mr.. King, Of the District Of
Columbia. was represented to have died
of the exposure and Of hunger and in the
extremity to which they We're driven, the
| survivors were forced, to cal part OF his
body.
Col; Fremon. naai b; way e Taos;
then set out in search If his party. But
more than one third Of his men had, in the
interval OF his absence, died from expo
sure and hunger and one or two had CIV
en- out, and were left to. die, when he came
up with them. The number who thus
persisted is stated at ELEVEN, Of whom we
have the names Of only three-Mr Wise,
Of St. Louis county, and MIR Preuss, of
Columbia. Captain Csthcart, Of the En-
glish army, was among the survivors,
We shall receive to-day, most probably,
full accounts, and it is moi necessary to 60
into further detail. Col. Fremont lost his
whole out6t-his mules, instruments,
baggage, and everything else Of value.
On his arrival at Santa Fe, he was fur
nished with horses by the Qaartermaster,
and with stores by the Commissary Of the
United States, and after recruiting his
party, he again set off FOR California-ta-
king the route pursued by Col. Cook, in
l847. He and his party hate suffered
terribly in this expedition, and it will bea
warning to all others never to attempt such
q journey in mid-winter.
Lieutenant Beale, United States Navy,
was uioI q iOttuHdtc tiiou SotoHCi ICHOHs'
He prosecuted his journey TO Santa Fe,
and reached there without much difficulty.
Mr. Folger left him at Socorro, on Cooks
route to California, in excellent health and
quite sangnine Of reaching his destination
in thirty days.
We learn that l.. F. Thurston Esq,
who has flied several offices under the
American government in New Mexico,
died in Santa Fe during the winter. He
was native Of Louisville, Ky.
4 Waggish JMayor.-The following ar
ticle from the South Boston Gazette, will
show that Boston can boast OF a comicaI
Mayor, as well as some other places we
wot Of:
We have never seen this joke of ex-
Mayor Quincy's in print-it is too good
to be lost. Mr. Evans, whohas contract
with the city for filling up the flats on the
Neck, invited the late city government to
examine his road and his famous digging
machine. After satisfying their curiosity
and admiring the wonderful machine, their
attention was called to splendid collation.
prepared by Mr. Evans for their enter
tainment, near the scene Of his digging
operations. Mr. Quincy took the head Of
the table, and very gravely observed TO