Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852 / by Randolph B. Marcy ; assisted by George B. McClellan. Page: 17 of 368
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CHA.TER I.
ORDER FROM HEAD-QUARTERS OF THE ARMY-FAILURE OF FORMER EXPEDITIONS IN
REACHING THE SOURCES OF RED RIVER-CAUSES OF FAILURE-DEPARTURE FROM
WASHINGTON-ARRIVAL AT FORT BELKNAP-THE LITTLE WITCHITA-BIG WITCH1TA-DEPARTURE
FROM CACHE CREEK-COPPER ORE-INDIAN SIGNS.
NEW YORK, December 5, 1852.
Col. S. COOPER, Adjutant General U. S. Army:
SIR: I have the honor herewith to submit a report of an exploration
of the country embraced within the basin of Upper Red river, made in
obedience to the following orders:
[SPECIAL ORDERS NO. 33.] ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, March 5, 1852.
Captain R. B. Marcy, 5th Infantry, with his company as an escort, will proceed,
without unnecessary delay, to make an examination of the Red river, and the
country bordering upon it, from the mouth of Cache creek to its sources, according
to the special instructions with which he will be furnished. On completing
the exploration, Captain Marcy will proceed to Washington to prepare his report.
Brevet Captain G. B. McClellan, Corps of Engineers, is assigned to duty with
this expedition. Upon the completion of the field service, he will report to
Brevet Major General Smith, the commander of the 8th department.
The necessary supplies of subsistence and quartermasters' stores will be
furnished from the most convenient depots in the 7th or 8th military department.
By command of Major General Scott:
R. JONES,
Adjutant General.
Before proceeding to give a detailed account of the expedition, it
may be proper to remark, that during the greater portion of the three
years previous to the past summer, I had been occupied in exploring
the district of country lying upon the Canadian river of the Arkansas,
and upon the head-waters of the Trinity, Brazos, ind Colorado rivers of
Texas.
During this time my attention was frequently called to the remarkable
fact that a portion of one of the largest and most important rivers
in the United States, lying directly within the limits of the district I
had been examining, remained up to that late period wholly unexplored
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