Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-08-01

oouHt1attoo W KS3toHy s"2 ss<""
was made In the varieties OF rlsnta
| fiowers. shrubs, trees and Rrasses. and
rocks and earlhs, which wsre snumer'
atsd. Drawings Of some grand and
striking points, and map Of tho whols
routs. illustrate the report. and fAcIl
itase the understanding Of its details
Eight carts. drawn BY two mules each
acoom panied the txpedItIon--a fAcl
which a,tests the facility Of travelling
In this vast region. Herds OF buIialoes
furnished subsistence 10 tho men: q
short. nutri,Ious grass, sustained the
horses and mules. Two boys Zone o|
is ysars Of age. the other Of ib). be.
side the enlisted men, accompanied
the expedition. and took their share
Of he hardahIps--whioh proves tha.
boys. ~ we'll ~ men. are able 70 ira
verse the country 10 tho Rocky Noun
tsins.
"The result OF oil hls observations
Mr.. Fremont had condemned into .
brief repoFt--enough 10 make . docu'
ment Of 90 or 100 pages: and believing
that this document would be Of gensr.
nj interest TO the whole country, and
beneficial 10 science. - we'll - useful
to the Government. move the print
Ing OF the extra number which has
been named.
"Ihe printing was ordered
frsmont's Second expedition. .
"The Government deserves credit
Tor the seal with (which 1t has pur
sued geographical discovery" Such
's the remark which q leading paper
made upon the discoveries OF Fremont
on hts return rom hls second exl,edi'
lion TO The Great West: and such 4
the remark which writers will make
upon all his discoveries who write his
tory from public documents and out
side views. With all such writer's the
expeditions OF Fremont will be credited
10 The zeal oi the Government Tor the
promotion Of science; as II the Gov.
ernment under which ne acted had
conceived and planned these exPedi,
tons. as Mr.. Jefferson did that ol
Lewis and Clark. and then selecied
this young officer to carry into effect
the instructions delivered to him. How
far such history would be true 10 rela-
ton to the first expedition. which ter
minated In the Rocky Mountains. has
been given Of the origin Of that UNDER
taking, and which leaves the Govern
ment lnnocent OF ils conception; and,
therefore: not entitled to the conce.t
OF It's authorship, ont only 70 the merit
OF permitting i;s In ihe second. and
greater expedition from which great
poiiucal ~ wen as sc"nunc issu's
have flowed. their merit Is stiII less;
ior' wn''e equa"y 'nnocens CT It's con
cep1on, they were not equaily passive
70 its pe'iormance-conntermand'ng
the expedition alter II had begun; and
|svishing censure upon the adventur,
ous young explorer ior MS manner OF
II. Inc TACT was Ina, MS
first expedition barely hn'shed, Mr..
Fremont sought and obtained orders
for second one, and Was on the iron.
tier OF Missouri with his command
when orders arrived at 81. Louis TO
stop him. on the ground that ne nsd
made military equipment which the
peaceful nature 2f his geographical
pursuit did not require! as II Indians
did not XII and rob scie.7tihc men Us
we'll as others il not in a kccnd''ion TO
ieiend themselves. The particular
point Of complaint was that he hal Ia
Ken a small mountain howiizer. in az
iition to his rifles; and which. he was
Informed, was charged to him. al
though 1t had been furnished upon a
regular requisitIon on the command
ant of the Arsenal at St. Louis. ap-
proved by the commander Of the mill
AIRY department Colonel. afterward
Kearney). Mr.. Fremont had
eft st. Louis. and was at the frontier.
Mrs. Fremont being requested to ex-
smine the letters that came after him,
md forward those which he ought to
receive. She read the countermand-
ng orders. and detained theml and
Fremont knew nothing after he had
returned from one Of the most mar
relous and eyentful expeditions of
modern times-one to which the Uni
ed States are indebted (smong other
hings) for the present ownership OF
California. instead Of seeing 1t q Brit
sh possession. The writer Of this
View, who was then in St. Louis APP
proved Of the course his daughter had
AIKEN flor she Lad stopped the orders
before he knew Of it): and he wrote a
et.er to the department condemning
he recall. repuls;no the renr;mand
which had been lsyished upon Fre-
mont, and demanding a court-mar,iaI
or him when he should return The
at war then Mr.. James Mad.
SON Porter. of Pennsylvania. the chief
Il the Typographical corps the same
IS now Colonel Aberts). himself an
,ffice man. surrounded by West Point
Ulcers. TO whose pursuit of exsy ser
ice Fremont's adventurous eroed;-
ions was a reproach: and in conform.