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in our boat they ran to meet us, throwing
hats and expressing signs of satisfaction ;
.n got into our boat without hesitation.
interpreter appeared to understand and to be

ur

irpreLt. ppeareu
too 1 by them, and a long and earnest conver-
-thr: took place, in which the gold laced cap of
some of the officers were alluded to, but no Euro-
present being able to understand our interpre-
quitted the ice after about half an hour's
. 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 memo-
of his visit.

- I was now anxious to rejoin you, as the only per-
st-..n, 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
2 -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 Diggp, and after-
•l'swards burned by a fierce and numerous tribe of

• He asserted that the ships were not whalers—and
that epaulettes were worn by some of the white men.
714 K; That a part of the crews were drowned ; that the
Icotainder were some time in huts or tents, apart

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i'"11.41 the natives;.. that they had guns, but no balls;
were in a weak and exhausted condition, and were
,/a•.+NosPquently killed by the natives with darts or

144Ytime was lost in imparting this intelligence to
fol.4r=2.fiksistance, and Captain Ommanney and myself,
its Commander Forsyth, instantly proceeded in the
'O-111;(1 to communicate these particulars to yourself
""'atlV't..,) Captain Austin.
4ese the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
(cl " C. GERVANS PHILLIPS, Commander, R.N.
.4044'Ve4tItin Sir John Ross, R.N., C. 8., &c.
4.0i4

I,(,loure No. 2, in dispatch No. 3, from Sir John
JitoitiqtodietiPthe Secretary of the Hon. Hudson's Bay
Company. 16th of August.
Vigiirliiscovery vessel, off Wolstenholme
16-t1 of August.
qiitnpliance with your directions that I
(Wit :t
ac Alp an y Captain Ommanney, of her Ma-
ilrlixftiAlltilli.ssistance, and make further inquiry into
1::;qth of the reports referred to in my letter of the
4,ll4V4Vlt.4aV'well as to those about a ship having
•:,-00644‘Ct4. rat winter in Wolstenholme Sound,
I Lave to state that about 9 A.M. yesterday I ac-
AlfitiliAtir6creaptain Ommanney and some of his officers
-' on hnfirif likcllajesty's ship Intrepid, having with us
'.the -Esqu,itn4iix interpreter of the vessel, and one be-
Ittn'ertg i6r-the Aisistance, who had given the original
"i-4 114i4"- afiN of ours.

prpereeded in the eeamer sixteen miles up
4SfAt'efiligline)Sound in a northeast direction until
ky we had 811114 fie water to two fathoms L.W.
"iiiv„ltsro,'Ar WAirns were discovered and examined ;
43-tvithiliqh& leitthem we found a paper signed by Mr.
• Saunders, the commander of her Majesty's ship
icrtyrifilt'ie 'The latest in date (3d of July, 1850)
was cloai tieitkgraves of four seamen, and its con-
utAtits wereinhe following effectr3li it iligscai was e t be; srew.tofther.
_ tiMesty's ship North S"&ito mark thedwirtltplaces,
Rtintoe,l Or her Mapisty s ship
-' North Star, deceased November 1; 1849; William
Bri-ley (boat's mate), ditto, January 30, 1850 ;
:Richard Baker, A 8., ditto, April 2, 1850 ; John
Deveril,'A.B., 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 September, when they found themselves
:''abreast of WolatenhOlme Sound, and the ice becoming
1'5144, and the Sound 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 bad remained there all
,the winter, and was to proceed in search of the Arctic
ships as soon as the ice broke up.
This document was dated in North Star Bay, lat.
76 34 N., long. 69 30 W., July 3, 1850, and signed
? J. 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 ordet and carefully examined
oby Captain Ommaney and myself and a party of the
offic,rs and men of her Majesty's ships Assistance and
Intrepid.
Several Esquirnaux huts were searched, but no
• living natives seen. Two of the huts covered the un-
buried remains of three or four natives.

A c',,uple of shirts (one marked " Corporal. J.
C4a:nore"), other fragments of slop clotLinK, of
• brAm,, bottles and crockery, iron hoops, nails, painted
wood, a washing-tub, and the footsteps of Europeans,
•as wel as several preserved meat-tins, amply &noted
the recent presence of a Queen's ship in the neigh-
. bourho )d.
Although your Esquimau' interpreter still adheres
Ito 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 circurngtance
-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 hope such a lamentable occurrence has
-not taken place. I should, however, recommend that
'the statement of the Esquimau' 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. GERTANS PHILLIPS, Commander, R.N.
•

c-Inclosure in Dispatch No. 3, from Sir John Ross to
the Hon. the Hudson's Bay Company, Aug. 22 :-
- Omamnami innaissovit ammillagallivarkirsot ab-
tanni amillarsorsossot Narsarrummi am amirlagallo-
garkirsot Kikirtarsovil lo igagnak innagannik Sevar-
rniollo Najarllo Siattal.. liglo
-obbinnivigsogarlo Mittagkotlo Sagokkoldo Kaxarra-
gciarkotio agottigkar Lagkotlo Kottigkigtogkotlo
Karsogkollo inuvijarsuvit ommannammut Kattirsor
Kirsot amallortukkullo Tartirrak Tollirlagoarkollo
agkommalligorankullo Erkurkullo Sitsogkollo Tau-
vagkollo Kojarkit togkollo inuttarkartot nagtilli-
voglo.

innuvit ammirllarsossit Tarsa ommannam
'lrkarni.

AGLAGTOK ADAM BEEK.
.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.
ERASMUS 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.

Beek's Depositions respecting the Murder of
the crews of two English ships, in 1846, at Mal-
: 'vine Bay. Inclosure No. 3, in Dispatch No. 3,
•
from sfr John Ross to the Hon. the Hudson's Bay
'Company, August 22 :
'srn.nuvit Takkurkarback, Agus 13, 1850, Kessean
'Oft itittisejaragkit ommiarssarnik Tagkog
lluAit okarbot ommiarsuTit Tagkugittik Nunn.,m-
Vintli•o4liinimatta Sarkinnirrok Ses-nunmarrattilin,,nl
l'airrft tarbok Taimattummik aglagbagka okiot 1846
rt!tkkb KUbirriarmat allarbut omannammut Piltuiztik
riFianni S;ltkur soarmit allarmitt ajollir,ogtik
Tarsanni ammillarkigagmik Takko
Malluvit innivi Nogorbui iog Taglso noiga.
it-v' • •
AGLAGTOK 'ADAM BkEit.
„
•t: IJoII ri Ross, witness to the above, on hoard
the Felix discovery vessel, this 13th day
r•
06141., . .
of August, 1850.
42vi'
tat,

, , ‘ (Dispatch No. 2 )
:41tittabrof a dispatch from Captain Sir J. Ross to
-V,' qoyerner and Committee of the Hud-on's Baypiny, til n'p,iny, dated, Felix discovery vessel. Baffin's By,
;gust
13, lat. 76, long. 66, off Cape York :
.Wit'h respect to the Felix, she is everything I could
p.
Tie.- She sails well, is an excellent sea boat, and is
rcing 4a.wpocl and iron can make her. We re-
fr.
‘9, els all`
.'the apparatus for balloons; and. what I
`i) cth,MOit faith in, we have four well-trained carrier
p.Aftnfi, which were presented to me by Miss Dun-
Inge a young lady at Ayr, who had trained them to
'keep up a correspondence to two friends at a distance
-4 hope they will be the bearers of good news. We
"Ti ie seen no vessel on our passage but a Danish Go-
yernnr-nt vessel (the Titus), which we overtook on
IN Nill of June—out 31 days from Copenhagen.
Sfi'e-was in company two days, but parted in a fog.
We have had, as usual, afoul wind in Davis Strait, but
beitt 'to windward half a degree of latitude per day,
which, Considering we have the Mary in tow, was as
aamh as we could expect. We have seen a good deal
Arizs near Cape Farewell, but very little since. I
am nitopea we shall have a very favourable season.
ve. arrlnd at Holsteinburg on the 231 of June
(lali:' 667/ kik 54), my object being to obtain an in-
-Writ la 010ech I am happy to say we succeeded
194 t Aerecift O. & , native (Adam Beek) who speaks
14,z anise language, and of course is understood by
.119. He is 309,ag00d fiddler, and already a favourite
J. vw,itt ttie-rhen. :We were detained here by both calms
4
O Which succeeded each other for six days,
PP it; po.,doubt kept us behind the others, so that
~.... expect to fall in with them till we get to
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