Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-04-28
FRdN NEW MEXICO.
fter from Santa Fe.

no of o,r tercantie houses received by the
mail fron he west. letter from Mr.. X. f.
r.v Gb, Chle CiOud Of the lndians.) dated
Js.o, Fe Of tie 5tn uEt. In This letter, Mr..
,,r ssr.. Col. FREMONT viii be here in Il
da,s. It lost all his mutes (abOut one hum
DnurbF.l in the mouuIainS-several of his
and. sch was The extreme desitution to
IA the, we're reduced. that they were CON-
k4uet he rss1sins of two or three of the
G,anrvl saw him in Taos last week.
\ said aal he nev5r would 90 about the noun
saasSiuter seEson again: he was satisfied
irDs q tbs kint-and SO am |.
40 expedition left this place this morning for
Arsarhs river te take and bring in all The
ass ) bc found with the kiowa Indians.
IldThs refuse 10 comply with this request,
lDps are ordered TO make war upon them.
sx,eiton cOnsis,sof two companies of L United
Is DrgooDs. uade- command Of Maj. BEALE."
{. A9Ey saved all his goods, but lost, By the
fyottbe winter. seventy-fve mules, and had
he slme number stolen from him by the
Is, b the mountains.
af from Santa Fe-Col Fremont and Lieut.
ioi their rav te CaIifornia--Extent of the Dis
Pee FremoHt's Party
FJ!W. Fo.GER arrived in this city yesterday
fala Fe. IN company with Capt. ST. VRAIN,
|tiGs. he left that Town on the 24th of Feb
dli as Capt. ST. ERAIN had charge Of the
+ iad papers, a,id shipped on another boat
4 bis not arrived, we have not yet been able
ourselves Of them. From Mr.. FoLGER.
fsL We gather the information which follows:
fremont, Of whose disastrous expedition
y already given an imperfect, and in some
+, erroneous account. left Santa Fe on lie
H. on his way to California. Ofthe dread
saser which befel him in the mountains. we
lfs account The polished letters from
EElIOSr and his friends left him ascending
NlaA and within five or SIX miles of the
!d But this elevation he never reached.
sH came up. which forced him to retreat.
a@ek sheIler in the valley below. Here.
'aAhe STOW drifted. and accumulated 10 the
sNAirty or forty feet. and the party lost
@eF ANNALS, and were compelled 10 leave
a''F outfit. The snow covered the animals
very thing else from view. and Col. +. and
A-Y we're driven TO seek safety on the SIDES
nounialn. In this emergency, Bit VIII
hardy mOun,alneer, and two others, vo-
'N 10 seek succOr from the nearest settle
= and II was arranged that they should re-
q twenty days. As they failed to do so,
.'' CO. Fremont, and one or two others,
"a upon attempting 10 reach Taos; and on
taa n cay from their leaving camp. they over
"LLlANS and one of his companions. The
Z lAr. KING, of the District of Columbia.)
sNesenied to have died of the exposure and
. .'.se'; and in the extremity to which they
"s,nFsn, the survivors were forced to eat a
q bis body.
= aENoNT made his way 10 Taos. obtained
fssons and horses. and then set out in
~@ ais party. But more than one-thi rd of
. lad, in the interval Of his absence, died,
''pOiure and hunger; and one or two had
g%''and we're left 10 die, when he came up
~tm' The number who thus persisted is
! q ELEVEN. of whom we have the names of
f'ee-Mr. WISE, of ST. Louis county, and
.S and Mr.. PREUss, of the District of Co.
- Oapain CATHcART, of the EngIlsh army,
A0ns the survivors. We shall receive to-
--S probably. full accounts, and it is not
Suy 10 60 into further detail. Col. Fremont
mole outfii-his mules, Instruments, bag
~ every thing else of value.
~. arrival at Santa Fe. he was furnished
! .I'ss y by the Quartermaster, and with stores
,,;. .Ualnlssary of the United States, ard after
us party. he again set off for California
I'M
:! 'a "e route pursued by Col. Cook. in lS47.
H., h; us Party have suffered terribly in this
/, ' and 1t will be a warning to all others
,u,o aoNsmPt such journey in mid-winter.
s'u'nt BEALE. United States Navy, was
II Iruaale than Colonel Fremont. He pro-
:, zS loufney to Santa Fe. an ! reached there
\, "iuca difficulty. Mr.. FoLGER left him at
"a cooks route TO California. in excel
@ and quite sanguine of reaching his
Eaon in thirty days.
,aia that L. f. THRUsToN, ESQ.,, who has
\. 'ssral sll offices under the American govern
'exico, died, in Santa Fe, during
oF I oriey,iIo XIV