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Own face in our boat they ran to meet us, throwing
up their hats and expressing signs of satisfaction ;
they also got into our boat without hesitation.
Our interpreter appeared to understand and to be
understood by them, and a long and earnest conver-
sation took place, in which the gold laced cap of
„some of the officers were alluded to, but no Euro-
pean present being able to understand our interpre-
ter, we quitted the ice after about half an hour's
stay- Captain Ommanney, who was on board the
Intrepid, having seen a memorandum left by Mr.
Penny, a day previously, with the persons we had
communicated with and which was merely a memos I
rial of his visit.
I was now anxious to rejoin you, as the only per-
son in the Felix who could understand whatever In-
telligence the interpreter bad picked up, and we ac-
cordingly proceeded in tow of the Intrepid to rejoin
the Resolute and Felix now far a-head and pushing
on for Cape Dudley Diggs.
During the afternoon Adam showed to our boat's
crew some signs of a wish to impart something, and
about 8 P.M. I dropped on board the Prince Albert,
also in tow of the Intrepid, and he immediately
sought out the steward of Captain Forsyth, who seems
to possess a good knowledge of the language of these
regions, and through him we received the following
communication :
That in the winter of 1846, when the snow was
falling, two ships were broken by the ice a good way
off, in the direction of Cape Dudley Diggs, and after-
wards burned by a fierce and numerous tribe of
natives.
He asserted that the ships were not whalers—and
that epaulettes were worn by some of the white men.
That a part of the crews were drowned ; that the
remainder were some time in huts or tents, apart
from the natives ; that they had guns, but no balls ;
were in a weak and exhausted condition, and were
subsequently killed by the natives with darts or
arrows.
No time was lost in imparting this intelligence to
the Assistance, and Captain Oinmanney and myself,
with Commander Forsyth, instantly proceeded in the
Intrepid to communicate these particulars to yourself
and to Captain Austin.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
C. GERVANS PHILLIPS, Commander, R.N.
Captain Sir John Ross, R N., C. 8., &c.

Inclosure No. 2, in dispatch No. 3, from Sir John
Ross to the Secretary of the Hon. Hudson's Bay
Company, 16th of August.
Felix discovery vessel, off Wolstenholme Island,
16th of August.
Sir,—ln compliance with your directions that I
should accompany Captain Ommanney, of her Ma-
jeaty's ship Assistance, and make further inquiry into
the trut.h of the reports referred to in my letter of the
14th inst., as well as to those about a ship having
passed the last winter in Wolstenholme Sound,
I have to state that about 9 A.M. yesterday I ac-
companied Captain Ommannev and some of his officers
on board her Majesty's ship Intrepid, having with us
the Esquimaux interpreter of the vessel, and one be-
longing to the Assistance, who had given the original
information to ours.
We proceeded in the steamer sixteen miles up
Wolstenholme Sound in a north-east direction until
we had shoaled the water to two fathoms L.W.
Here three cairns were discovered and examined ;
within each of them we found a paper signed by Mr.
Saunders, the commander of her Majesty's ship
North Star. The latest in date (31 of July, 1850)
was close to the graves of four seamen, and its con-
tents were to the following effect :
" That the cairn was erected by the crew of her
Majesty's ship North Star, to mark the burial places
of—William Sharpe, A.B , of her Majesty's ship
North Star, deceased November 1, 1849 ; 'William
Brioley (boat's mate), ditto, January 30, 1850 ;
Richard Baker, A 8., ditto, April 2, 1850 ; John
Deveril, A. 8., ditto, May 17, 1850."
It further stated that the North Star was beset on
the east side of Melville Bay on the 29th of July,
1849, and gradually drifted day by day until the
26th of S-ptember' when they found themselves
abreast of Wolstenholme Sound, and the ice becoming
slack, and the S mind being perfectly clear, all plain
sail was made, and the ship passed through, anchor-
ing in the lower part of the Sound the same evening,
and secured for the winter on the Ist of October.
It further stated that she had remained there all
the winter, and was to proceed in sear:;l3 of the Arctic
ships as soon as the ice brok' up.
This document was dated in North Star Bay, lat.
76 34 N., long. 69 30 W., July 3, 1850, and signed
" Saunders."
The papers found in the other two cairns were
dated April 3, 1850, and to the same effect, except
that they did not contain the names of the deceased
seamen.

A considerable space of the adjoining country was
traversed in extended order and carefully examined
by Captain Ommaney and myself and a party of the
officers and men of her Majesty's ships Assistance and
Intrepid.
Several Esquimaux huts were searched, hut no
living natives seen. Two of the huts covered the un-
buried remains of three or four natives.
A couple of shirts (one marked " Corporal J.
Callamore"), other fragments of slop clothing, of
bruk-e.n bottles and crockery, iron hoops, nails, painted
wood, a washing-tub, and the footsteps of Europeans,
as well as several pre,erved meat-tins, amply denoted
the recent presence of a Queen's ship in the neigh-
bourhood.
Although your EsqTimana interpreter still adheres
to the statement he received at Cape York relative to
the loss of two ships in 1846 and the murder of their
crews, we were unable to discover any circumstance
in corroboration ; and from the silence of Mr. Saun-
ders on the subject, and his expressed determination
to prosecute his voyage in quest of the Arctic ships, I
am induced to hop• such a lamentable occurrence has
not taken place. I should, however, recommend that
the statement of the Esquimaux received on board the
Assistance at Cape York should be taken down in
writing by our interpreter, who is, as you know,
fully competent to the task.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
C. GERVANS PHILLIPS, Commander, R.N.

Inclosure in Dispatch No. 3, from Sir John Ross to
the Hon. the Hudson's Bay Company, Aug. 22 :
Omamnami innaissovit ammillagallivarkirsot ab-
banni amiliarsorsossot Narsarrumnai am amirlagallo-
garkirsot Kikirtarsovil lo igagnak innagannik Sevar-
miollo airrassotsogtalliglo Najarllo Siattal liglo
obbinnivigsogarlo Alittagkotlo Sagokkoldo Kajj'irra-
gb lArkotlo agottigkar Ligkoth Kottigkigtogkotlo
KArs,lgkollo inuvijarsuvit ommanwammut Kattirsor
Kirsot amallortukkuilo Tartirrsk Tollirlagoarkollo
rxgkommalligorankullo Erkurkullo Sitsogkollo Tau-
vagkollo Kojarkit togkollo inuttarkartot nagtilli-

voglo.
96 innuvit ammirllarsossit Tarsa ommannam
Irkarni.

AGLAGTOIC ADAM BBEK.
JOHN Ross, witness to the above, being written
- in my presence by Adam Beek, on board her
Majesty's ship Assistance, on the 17th of
August, 1850.
Ea.ksains OMMANNEY, Captain, her Majesty's
ship, witnessed the above, being written in my
presence by Adam Beek on board her Ma.
jesty's ship Assistance, on this 17th day of
August, 1850.

Adam Beek's Depositions respecting the Murder of
the crews of two English ships, in 1846, at Mel-
ville Bay. Inclosure No. 3, in Dispatch No. 3,
from Sir John Ross to the Hon. the Hudson's Bay
Company, August 22 :
Innuvit Takkurkarback, Agus 13, 1850, Kessean
nili Killistejaragkit ommiarssarnik Tagkog innasso-
gallugit okarbot ommiarsurit Tagkngittik Nunnam-
minni ogkimmatta Sarkinnirrok Sessammarrattillunni
Tarrit tarbok Tsimattummik aglagbagka okiot 1846
Sikko Kubirriarmat allarbut omannammut Pillugtik
Tarrsanni Sekkur soarmit allarmitt ajollirlugtik
okibut innuvit Tarsanni ammillarkigagmik Takko
omijarsuvit Malluvit innivi Nogorbuigog Tagkunniga.
AGLAGTOK ADAM BEEK.
Joust Ross, witness to the above, on board
the Felix discovery vessel, this 13th day
of August, 1850.

(Dispatch No. 2 )
Extract of a dispatch from Captain Sir J. Ross to
the Governor and Committee of the Hudson's Bay
Company, dated Felix discovery vessel, Baffin's Bay,
August 13, lat. 76, long. 66, off Cape York :
With respect to the Felix, she is everything I could
desire. She sails well, is an excellent sea boat, and is
as strong as wood and iron can make her. We re-
ceived all the apparatus for balloons ; and; what I
place most faith in, we have four well-trained carrier
pigeons, which were presented to me by Miss Dun-
lope, a young lady at Ayr, who had trained them to
keep up a correspondence to two friends at a distance
—I hope they will be the bearers of good news. We
have seen no vessel on our pas, age but a Danish Go-
vernment vessel (the Titus), which we overtook on
the 15th of June—out 31 days from Copenhagen.
She was in company two days, but parted in a fog.
We have had, as usual, a foul wind in D4vis Strait, but
beat to windward half a degree of latitude per day,
which, considering we have the Mary in tow, was as
much as we could expect. We have seen a good deal
of ice near Cape Farewell, but very little since. I
am in hopes we shall have a very favourable season.
We arrived at Holsteinburg on the 231 of June
(lat. 67, long. 54), my object being to obtain an in-
terpreter, in which I am happy to say we succeeded
in the person of a native (Adana Beek) who speaks
the Danish language, and of course is understood by
me. He is also a good fiddler, and already a favourite
with the men. We were detained here by both calms
and storms, which succeeded each other for six days,
which has no doubt kept us behind the others, So that
I cannot expect to fal in with them till we get to