New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-12
Vol. * no. i5s.
Vcysce Of the renstoT-Passnee of the .t,eit-
of ,iaaeIi.,-Th- Pacific Coast. &c.

Letter from passenger y the ssns,or dated
rASINA, SEPT -, ls--
We let st Cattsdass on Sunday, 81 Jans
sbou,sA. NJ. cad after having encountered severe
bloss, which lasted . bcsrs, u toe River La
Plata, we rounded Cope Virgin At A. u. 90 the
l3lt. In heavy snow sqasll, the wind being
strong !rou he south sest. Ire land untii se
resct Cd Point Posses on, reaemtled uIilciJsed
pssture-sposs, closely grtzsd down By shssP O.
goats. interpreted WITH isw hals-tae only o.
iect Vi Interest that &c noticed being ie= sea
lions Of Dlgoness Point. Passing through Pos
ses.on Bay, ~e eltc,ed the h-st Narrcws, about
u mics long aud from q 9 ; miles IN ? idtl--
seeog. psssed through them, herds OF Ll-az "a
the sher. which scampered O. with the great aeeness
peculiar d thcnseiscs 5fas alarmed BE- me shri
ioIcs Of cur s,esn.Hhlsile Lc.Tug ibe NsnO~., Ne
bore away tor Caps Gregory, tho iermiasiisn q
range Of mouLtsns Of distinct outline and remarkable
regularity Of crest At tails poin, also commences Tie
socoud S.fGovs-shorter, wider and more irregular
tan the rs ending a. the souih 20 Cape g. Vincent
passing which, nothing worth naming occurred and
We anchored "a Port famine at II Pm the s,sriigE
having enabled no 70 make al the points mentioned IN
the charts.
We had somo hopes-hsy!Eg been informed by our
Minister aud others az Rio that depot hsd been estsb
llsbed here BY the CHILEAN Government 20 supply any
steamers that might psss should here
dud coal, hu; they we're destroyed upon going
ashore mex. morning we were informed by the Csy.sn
Of The Port that such not the case that mines
yet worked had been discovered me 10 leagues %,
IN the Interior II hr country sccess TO hich could Do
had through a smell stream emptyng into toe SLr-iis
sample shoEn u., which he stated he had picked up
himself rc,emblsd closely the Camel Coal Of Eng
auj .
This PORT il a convict station consisting Ct black
sniths sht at tbs landing, aud about dozen hut,
hu1oee together on top Of rocky 5u1' proecte oy
a frs wooden rampant, On whch there was room Tor
two gunsthe whole pisce jgstifying, by IT'S "roiched
appearance, it, name.
Being informed tina, Bouganville Bay about Il miles
10 the southwark, was the mos, desirable place 10
wood in made for il al once, and came to anchor
there about 10 NJ dozen sxes being all we could
must.r and the underground being very heavy, com
oned with the wood being situated on side OF me h
making Il very difficult 10 cut, we're IL days In pro
curing sufficient to make il prudent to start
While here the 18th met al 81. Nicholas y,
short distance below rye American vessels anchored
-nsney schrs Psra7nn and Ferdinand Of Baltimore,
Eudorus Of Bangor brig Samuel Rogers of Sew-Nork,
and brig Phonetic VI Cohsssetfom all OF which, a.
though We offered every Involvement IN our power, We
were unable % obtain aud choppers 20 assist US
We therefore again steamed W the 26th inst al u
a. M-soon passing Cope frowart, A bold mountsin
peak being the most southern latitude We made an.
chorDg at sunset in Fortescus Bay. Alter sno"y
night we made. as usual late start and. pssspg
through English, Crooked, and part of Long Reach,
anchor that evening Ia Purda Prays Bay, hav
ing seen boat ro~ed with oars, OF Swallow Bay, at
such distance, the wind blowing fresh, inst We could
not Distinguish who were In H.
Alter sgaL psssiug through stormy nsht, We start
ei in the morning and ~ O'Clock r NJ. of lama Bay,
we discovered vessel showing the American ensign,
union down. which, upon coming up with her, proved
70 be the schooner John c. Suffer, Of Warren, K l.
bound for California which bad been driven ashore on
rscky isand when ia a snow-squall on Monday night
49, fps Al ha AZ Acaf liza a
side .Ad several other vessels were in ths neehsor
hood, found the cargo aud crew would All De ssVeo
without our assistance We here learned that thr pro
oaller Ann McKim was IN swallow Bay, and 10 DOUBT
IL ws her boat that lie referred 10 above. Az PM We
entered Smith Channel taking leave OF the Straits IN
which frst began 10 feci the swell Of the Pa
cine The land thus far has been mostly mountainous
b oak and bsrren generally covered vita snow and al
though have had several fresh blows the water has
been go smooth that for steam II cannot
be surpassed We passed this night 10 Goode Bsy but
Ia tho morning finding no wood. We started Tor FOR
tuuas Bay, IN whish came TO erchor that evening
The wood hero Of fair quality but the underground
40 thcx combined with the large quantity vi snow that
laid on tVp vi H. that cutting became slow ana DIN
cult process II was here that our faithful steward
Mr. Dolsn On wsser immOrtsliZed himself by gaming
toe summit OF d very steep mountain come wv ieet
hiah which from its being covered with snow, the
stSepuess of ts sides aud the deeply tangled vegetation
that covered quarter OF It's accent LED the ooker
on to believe IL impossible 10 sccoinp'.h In non
OF Of the event gave IL the name OF Dolsns Peak
On the u.ofnin. of the tth July sgsin made move
sushoIDg tor the night betwsen two islands about
miee south OF Hey woods Pass This was ddii
,,oroy dsagreeabe day for the celebration Of our Ma
tionsl jubilee which we eulivened with Punch and Pat
fiotsm, our wines cooled with snow gathered irou
whole cosntry and our table being supplied by our
with roast and boiled game procured ia the
neshborhood: aud although siedmboa's are unknown
as esisbes with you, can assure you that with Ine
exec pton OF being IN slight degree hshy they are
very pastsbe- species OF goose weighing from
to 10 lbs Having started rs usual next morning We
anchored that Dight In cove. south end OF
VancOuyer's leland, which We named Natural Dock,
being about 400 feet long 100 feet wide with fatho
water, except ~ the upper eud where IL taprred on
into shingle beach which was watered by fresh
stream that down the mountain through one OF us
sorges The wood here ismosuy birch, aud the wesin
or bong stormy were detained procuring 1t uau
the 18Th when At 10 AN. we dropped into Lord Mel
cons Straits. thence through Peeps Inlet into Pas
Channel and then through narrow nameless channel
miles long, half mile wide, clear deep ana unoo
structed the mountains on one eide being from iVVv 10
VI 200 fee, high clothed with evergreen uees up nai
their distance Passing TO the north OF hentlsn Iano
We found cluster Of small ones around me point OF
one Of which we discovered canoe containing 8 In
dlsns padding with all specd for fear the fiery dragon
would overtake them upon reaching the sPoi wnore
ost sight of them, saw man perched on the Top
of hsh rock dressed In a poncho, which upon our
waving our hsudkerchiefs he swung several times
around bis head accompanied with startling whoops-
their custom tits said Of intmstug their ~isn 10 traae
We gave him parting salute with our whistle, leaving
him TO narrse his squsw and family circle around the
l7th came 70 anchor In bay Wellington lssnd where
we saw several schools Of zeal making the spray ny 10
their sporve smusemen seemingly caring hiie ioI our
Here also we found the remains of an indisn
sc,tlsment the midst of which nne large deer was
standing, but upon being shot at he departed never
moro 70 return while we remained In that neighbor'
hood twas here that FIRST experienced, since our
entrance into the Strait few days free from snow OF
rain. Having obtained supply OF wood, We msao
ssSm on toe 9h and laid TO inst night on asos Bay
the wind blowing gale from Northwest On the SO.n
we anchored at Cone Inlet in the Peninsula OF Tsyios
where we remained woodins until tue ON OF angus,
on the sth finding wood cheap here, we hed the eos
perfectly full, and now ind. upon our arrivS Al Val
psrsso in less than three days tns shortest ever
70 49, thai we cave vet about one days supply on
hsnd We arrived at Valparaiso ON the l7th ciAusuit
Ieft there the 2iih arrived Csliso the 3ls August
left there the 6th Of September and arrived al snsm'
on The l4th Of September Our noble steamer ia,
p.o.e ." 4 3.
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