The Arkansas advocate., 1831-04-06
LOST GREENLAND FOUND.

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 LOST GREENLAND FOUND. Translated for the N. Y. Daily Advertiser. From G Copenhagen paper entitled ss The
 Day,o ef October, 1850.
 The commissioners appointed by the Government for the purpose of causing Ii, examination, to ',e made oi the east ern coast of Greenland, have published the following interesting account:
 The desire to become acquainted with East Greenland, and to ascertain wheth- CT any trace were left of the ancient colony from Iceland, has for centuries been national with the Danes, and at tempts have in consequence been made for attaining this object under Freder ick the 2d, Christian the 4th, Frederick the 3d, Frederick the 9th, and Christian the 7th. but without success. The pro- gress, however, which has, in the latter years, been made by British and Rus sian navigators in the examination of the Polar region, and the means possess ed in our days, in preference to the time past, for overcoming the impediments which nature has thrown in the way, could not but lead to an impression, that what had been found impracticable thro' two centuries and half, might possi- bly, now be accomplished, and his Ma jesty has in consequence been pleased, by an order of the 24th of September, 1927, to direct the undersigned to form a commission for the purpose of consid- ering the most proper way of carrying such plan into execution.
 Having submitted to his Majesty the proposal to cause the attempt to be made by means of four Greenland boats, which might be fitted out and proceed from the District of Julianehope, Capt. Graah of the Navy, and the Naturalist, M. Vahi, proceeded, in the spring of 1928, from Copenhagen to Greenland, where they were joined by the superin- tendent of the colonies, Mr. Mathiese, as ilnguist; they collected and prepared every thing for the expedition, and pass ed the winter in the place of traffic, Ne unortaiIk, in the District of Julianehope.
 The expedition started on the 20th of March, 1929; but being impeded in it's progress by the famous icebank of Pues. ortock, Captain Graah consulted with his European companions, and it was a. greed that they should return. as def cieney of provisions would be felt if they rcmainedtogether; they left him accord iiigiy on the 23d of June, at G2 deg. 45 m. 40s. north latitude.
 Captain Graah proceeded then by himselfin one boat, accompanied by an East Greenlander, and family, by Er- nench and anotherGreenlander, ,and two boatmen from the district of Juliane- hope. in this way Captain Graah pro ceeded in penetrating so far as to arrive on the 18th of July at an island situated at 65 deg. Ism. north latitude, and a. bout 3S deg. 2Sm. west ot Greenwich, where iiie planted tine coiors Of his coun- try, but he was detained so long at this place by impehetrable ice, that the ad- vanced season obliged him to return to take winter quarters at atRugarblik, of f63 deg. 22m. north latitude, where he ar- rived on the lst October. From this place he wrote on the I'd April this year, and stated that he intended again to start the next day in proceeding to- wards the north as he had done before, in the hope of arriving at the 66th de- gree of north latitude at least, before he would have to return to the colonies, where, it is hoped, he, by this time, may be safely arrived.
 By the above tour, Captain Graah has not discovered even the smallest trace of any ancient settlement, nor do the outlines of the coast, carefully taken down by him, agree with the description existing of the old Greenland Bishopry "Ostbygden," whence Captain Graah draws the conclusion that this colony has net been located tte tte the the east Of Of Cape Farewell, but in the District of Julane- hope. He has, however, on the coast, met with inhabitants whom he found more different from the Esquimaux than the mixed race to be met with in the District of Julianehope. The form of the head, as we'll as the slenderness of the body, agree perfectly with the Eu- ropeans of the north; they have besides pure and fair skin, and frequently brown hair. Some of the men suffer tj L T