Fort Madison, Des Moines River.
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.
Advanced Ports.
Fort Towson, Red River.
Fort Gibson, Arkansas and Grand Junction River.
Fort Adams, Baton Rouge.
There are one or two outposts also on the Arkansas River. If all these forts were properly garrisoned, they would take every disposable musket in the regular army of the United States; whilst at present they have, in consequence of the protracted Florida war, scarcely sufficient men to do the duty.
In the report of the acting quarter-master general, the following garrisons are proposed for the western frontier:—
| Fort Snelling | 300 men. |
| Fort Crawford | 300 |
| Upper forks of the Des Moines | 400 |
| Fort Leavenworth | 1,200 |
| Fort Gibson | 1,500 |
| Fort Towson | 800 |
| The eight posts of refuge proposed | 800 |
| The protection of the four depôts | 200 |
| Jefferson barracks, as a corps of reserve | 1,500 |
| Total | 7,000 |
To which must be added, for the garrisons of the five Lakes forts, 1,500 at least, making the force necessary for the protection of the boundaries, to amount to 8,500 men. Colonel Gratiot, in his report, computes the force necessary at 12,910 men.