The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-08-11
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST II, 1852.

must be combination of all the wild
tribes that roam over the prairies and
through the mountains of New Mexico.
The real strength of these Indians is not
known, and when combined will present
a formidable force that the United States
will find very hard to subdue. The pra-
lrIes west will afford the Indians means
OF avoiding troops as intricate as the
hammocks Of Florida. They extend for
hundreds of miles. and in many places are
nothing but u sandy plain, upon which
man nor beast can find substance, being
generally destitute of water. The Indians
are acquainted with the prairics, and know
every hiding places for retreat, most of
them being inaccessible to the whites.
"Therc IS but one regiment of troops on
the Brazos, and that regiment having only
half its complement ofmen, divided into
two posts, some distance apart, and are.
therefore, in no situation to meet large
and formidable band of Indians, and are
5" lar from che white settlements as to he
able to get no aid from that puartcr.
THE lives Of hund. eds of soldiers and
citizens are sacrificed upon our frontiers
annually, tn consequence OF the prnuriou*-
ness ofOus Government. Instead of send
ing Capt. Marcy out with sixty or cipry
men, he shonld have had about three
hundred, us the importance Of The cxpcdi-
ton demanded it, the country bcinr
nncSplored and unknown, and filled with
bands of marauding Indians, who make
murder and robbery business.
"We regret exceedingly the loss Of St,
many valuable lives, and we are led to
mourn over the sad fate of Capt Marcy,
an intimate friend, and an cntcrprisinp
high minded officer of the army, and, DR..
&c. Shumari, an amiahlr and respect
able physician of our city; also Capt.
Strain of Fort Ouchita. and Mr.. J. r.
Suydam Of Ncw-Y York, who ACCOMPANIED
the expedition for pleasure beside others
Of less note, but whose loss to thcr friends
will hc nothing the less on that account,
and will fill their hearts with sadness and
grief
An express left here on Thursday
morning for Little Rock, with dispatches
from the commander Of this post, for
" "ShllllHlon 1Ily.
Randolph b. Marcy was, we perceive
from the Blue Book, u native of Mas a
chusSctts, and captain in the Fifth
Regiment ofInfantr,. The n. y. E',cuinq
Post states that he was about forty wears
ofagc, and that he WIS among the most
gallant officers of the little force that won
the first battles on the Rio Grandc under
General Taylor, and being wounded N
Resaca de la Palma, he was placed on
recruiting duty inPenusylyania. After the
war he WIS ordered to the Indian frontier
and was entrusted 10y Government with
the arduous duty Of commanding an es.
cort to Santa Fc, and exploring new
route to that place; service which he per-
formed with great credit. Several other
tasks of delicacy were executed by him
to the entire satisfaction of the Depart
mcnt. His last orders were to command
I'm expedition to select site and cstab
lish fort on the remote southwestern
frontier, and it is in this service he has
fallen. He leaves a widow, who is mt orc
of the distant military stations, and scvc.
raj children Courier.