Washington telegraph., 1852-07-28
From the Fort Smith Herald,
,lovEKNMENr= EXPRESS,
e PIains,...Terribie Mas
~ ~..MeIanch0Iy and distress

, PIains.!-.Terribie Mas
! a",'..MeIanchoiy and distress
in,ews'
. ,arR OF Carr MAGey's COMMAND
|eAMANenEs.-Two expresses arriy'
t ni w his city to Colonel WILSON, Com
Gu sr of the fort--one from Fort Arbuc'
ish iis.he etber Fort Washita--on Wednes'
cyening last, bringing the melancholy
: distressing intelligence Of the des'ruc,
of the expedition to the head'waters o,
! "A river and murder Of Capt Marcy aud
Il Whole of his command aloat 50 men.
/ arnears that Waco chief came to Fort
Arbuekle, a few days ago, aud stated INA, I
when out on the plains, with hls band oil
fndions about twenty days travel from Ar
hnsLle thata company of camanehes aud Nj
ovays came into his camp, some oil 'hen'
dressed in soldiers clothes and others WIN
hsyonets fastened to sticks aud other ar'l,
elcsh he knew belonged to troops. They sta'cu
- lin, that as the eamanehes were on
,b,ir way to attack the post On the Bra
- ,bey eame acrus Capt, Marcy eA.
,,,i;,ian and when they discovered HIM
,hoy wen, into his camp. and he gave lhen
nrc.en,. and then left At night, the lndl'
m. succeeded in getting up stampede
,monq The horses aud mules and run them
aT aher which about & o'clock, or abou'
Joy b liab, they attacked the command lh'r,
bsI,g ahnt 1000 indians ind fought nj
,ha, 1ay and the next day they saeeeede. /,
h lillinr of the whole company 1t Is NJ
81 reportcd by the slme chief that the ga
n,nebes intend attacking Font Arhnckle
anJ , ,ge pos,s on the Bazas. He says, tia
i, be sssapcd by giving them all The pellrlo,,
Se ,bat he had, and was glad to get 9l 9l
M ~. ,bst means. The wa0s live IN ih ].
nsiebbsrhood OF Font Arbuele, aud the OH
rcrs Of that post place full confidence N IA
repafi. The expresses scnl III from Arpu'
tls and Washita, show plainly that an a
.aek IS apprebendcd. Indeed report, ol u
,,,,bsrins Of the Camauches in hody, li
,,ei.1etermina,ion u attack the whites h
bren frequent in thi. place fur the la'' ia'
or lixe months. aud it accords with the SIai =.
ment made by Col llumphrics e' 10
Ws.bita. whn went cut same time ago
I'D with them. and was robbed by ihei
NJ. companions murdered aud he bare
m,l. bis escape an accannt Of which "
rnbli.bed in the Herald two weeks ago
II ,his report prase. to be true, aud the
,rfesr. To be moi much room to doubt IT,
linn war IS inevitable. There must be
: c,e,bIna,ion Of oil the Wild tribe, Il
s mann over the paifi,' aud through
'na',s.,ip. If New MsNieo. The 7
..rsasth Of ihe,c Indians Is not known, a
When combined will present a iofmIda
:, G,rse. that the United States will hnd II !.
i IA .ublue. The prairios west Will oh
!. ,ba Indians means ef avoiding Iroap'' gs =.
trirsi.. ms the haminleh n! Florida.
; cx,end for hundred OF miles, and IN IN
p" pl,ce.. are nothing but sandy PLAIN u
n - $50. 49,, N,,5,ftu,v Huftrr tiiv
it diaus are acquainted with the prairies,
to know every biding place, and places for
. treat, most Of them being inaccessible to
whites
'r There /. but one regiment of troops
es the Bnzos aud that regiment having Z
re half her compliment Of men, divided
"a two posts some distance apart, and
therefore. in no situation to meet large
formidable band Of Indians, and are ~
irpm the white settlements as 10 be un
20 to get aid from that quarter.