, 1862-08-04

LFron the Leavenworth Conservative, 81st1
Dr.. Gnpatrick, brigade surpeon: aTr;re;,.
here yesterday from The Indian e1neditinn
He left John Ross On Wednesday, the Esd inst.
at Park Hill On the Illinois liver. -eiohtee,,
miles from Fort Gibson, aud five Iufle3 from
Ialle4ush. He has had three interviews with
Ross, whom be describes as a very Intelligent
man now nearly eighty years old.
The three regiments Of loyal Indians are at
Grand Saline, .on Grand River, thirty-three
miles this side Of Fort Gibson, The third Or
nimprcmptu =" regiment, isunder Col, Wm.
Phillips, numbers, L 200 men, and c6usists. as
We have already published, entirely of IN
olans Emo have come over to our side, {pria-
c1pally from: Col. Stand Waitle's rebel regi-
ment,) with their arms and horses ~ ainca fRa
expedition reached that country. This ad-
vance section Of the force Is short Of suop1ies
and may have to fan back, although such a
result would be calamftous to our cause It
e commanded by Col. Furnaa OF the 1st In:
dian regiment: a section of ALIENS Battery
Is lett with th15 force. It Is the opinion Of
our informant that In case Of the rstrest Of
the Indian regiments, thousands Of women
and children Will folio Y them to Kansas.
Nine-tenths Of the Cherokees are committej
to cur cause If they are Iefs before the rebel
1orce Is d1spersed, they will seek safety in
following 1olleg the Union troops. The Indian
regiments are violently opposed to returning,
desiring tomeet the enemy and !" fight it out.'
Snty-three miles this side Of Fort Gibson Is
the command of Lieut. Col. Jewett, Fhich
consists Of the 9th, 10Th and part Of the ptb
kaneas regiments, and two sections Of Allen'e
battery.
Col. salomon's command waa eight miles
this side Of the latter, and consisted Of the
2nd Ohio Cavalry, 9th Wisconsin and
haop's battery. The commands Of Col. sa1o.
mon and Lieut. Col. Jewell (al1 the Whits
troops) are expected to be at H1dson's Cross.
4r,r-s s1f ). o1,no
GTfnnsaing is ninety-fVe miles north Of Forl
nloson, fifty miles Eonth Of Fort Scott, and
fsNe9 a3 miles ab9ve the
present @ At tbs piace Dr. aIpatrict @ 145 fa1nS sne
Capt. Gunther aud Lieut. Coleman with one
company of the End Kansas. He desires
us to thank them for The cordial welcome hi
received from these officers. The remainder
Of the End Kansas was seven miles awa3
on branch Of Spring River, where excellent
camping ground Was found
Col. Cooper Is IN command Of the rebel force
about 3,000-at Fort Davis, on the eout1
side Of the Arkansas and about four miles
below Fort Gibson; our troops have nevel
been further south than the latter post. Coop
erhas aChoctaw regiment-near1ya all of th1i:
tribe are rebels Macintosh Greek regiment
and Stand Waite had one Of Cherokees
There was, up to the 18th inst, no artillery il
| CoopePs command, although it WIS daily ex
pected from Pike. Pike was at Boggy DEPOT
five miles north Of Red River, ten from For
| Wachita, and lao southwest Of Fort Gibson
| and he Was reported to haye thirty pieces Q
artiliely-stolen from our garrisons at the be
ginning Of the war.
Our scouts have been through the CreeI
and Canadian countries aud report no enem,
| there. The Macintosh faction {rebel) Of tn
| Greeks had retired with their women m.
children to the Choctaw country, fonrtee.
| miles from Webber's Falls.
| On the 23d inst, 8 detachment Of Genera
Browns command from Springfield, No.,
| was at Cincinnati, on the Illinois River, nea
Forth Smith.
| In our opinion nothing important will b
| done by the Indian expedition until Genera
Blunt takes the field in person, as he will d
ere long.