The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-11-16

der q trouLic,omc task the recall & reunion
ol iu particle, upon che great day when par
ticlc- generally are needed and mendrd.---
Here you m1y 07t uc Tor q story iu detail
trTr1 -'r--T ~ t'r- -'r---v--rr---
jurlbt when (,ud ~ return safe homc,-
Auuhoring 90 the great shore irr, IN places
tyu feet thiek and working along boy roPu-
lnr contest by the aoth we had dragged our
-ol,c- vrll into the moving icc, and were ia
thr region OF thc Nip,, which are such bug
hihr OF the vhalrr.
puNIcA nay.
BY thc 2d Of August wc had sdll, by CON
at,ut uarmug. worked ourselves we'll toward
Dunica Bay Instead Of the snow-covcrcd
prairie, iuurpcrrl with black water patch
cs, like uuac Georges bhok-brl marsh 10
skating time, thc icc was here Guu, thick aud
resisting. Wha, litdc open water we. had,
boat against an irou-P,und irc-colst Thcr'
The 1ocs and hummnk ridges packed and
driven into walls above the foundation ice it.
sclC sometimes aud 10 feet thick. Marks
of the Widest commoton were every where
aud effects Of uphcayiug forces, only 10 bc
c6mTSrydt -wtriT tTr' uTTFirttirr tiS--s-,,i s.at
geological cas. Amidst this fierce aud ruin
aud above it all, their effect, heightened 10y
our consciousness Of danger wcar them, rose
the isolated ice mquntains- the kingly bcrg
Some, though not aground, stood AS drm as
the Land, their huge bulk not sccming "a vi
bratr even with the dritt Of the field ico that
split Ia scales against their basis; othcrs,n. if
driven by an awful will, came drifting down
upon Us, chru,hiug and tearing everything
before them in their way. The height Of
some Of thvsT Na i2 So fri fI,} t. .er -'''''
Wbiir working through the almost super
natural cnugorir' hcrc,onc ofour ice anchors
attached TO warpiug line, aud with IT, hood,
Auricd in au i,chorg. With u.uddcu detaua.
ton cici, the ma,s asunder, TOPPING into tine
chasm thus formed worthy fellow named
Costa. The detached m1.s would have
crg-hcd our hri, bad We horn a triAc nolrcr.
LuckIiy, too, II, fracture was so clvnh, that
when it rose placid as Neptune htr-rlr from
thr drrP, it fitted mp with 1t poor Cuyia, free
llula AL hurt though -naagll l--A.4l.d u. death.
We have parted FIVE cables lost three an.
.I..4i.l,. .4lllI4l4l LA. ls-l4!
breaking through the ice Oul of cur little
party ou boardth Advance. there are. but.
two officers and men included that have c,.
,on,l 'hrir du,Aiur The Cap'ain. and my
ai. "Nsoa % r...i.. --...e- o. o'ic % o.
sion l.3 20 Iyl,~.p3in mU.lci. supplied hy
t.c a.,omshiu. il,nlir, ofI'u lcSlm under
the namc OF "Fo"lng ricIJ" a, "Lir
Prcsercr'" My only rcgrtt is that saved
the nuskeL
BEARS
Thus we warped and sailed ON, our hopes
les,ening every day with our progress. On
The eighth, the Rescue shot bear within two
hundred wards ,,l our e2,eited nese---sse had
NO unoccupied boat On the lIth,whila sail
.ng in misty fog through lrictly opened
CId, 10 iCSS ttdn SIX bUJT5 wJTC m yIrtrt It--
.hc same time. It will seem strange to YOU
HAT l Who have held slayers of snipc aud
nurdercrs of Muodcock IN such small estecnl.
should become an enthusiastic aud brutal
hunter. But ! have come down 10 it. Many
,ud many a mile with a heavy rifle and my
ittle double barrel haYpI followed savagcty-
hcsc> wrctchcd bears On the occasion just
mentioned three took the watcr together, and .
te Ht,sts,.s4lH lH-eAarged- each other, a whale
,oat Igll Of hunters against three PurPted
nuz2lcd bears We killrd 'Auc
EsQUNiAUNL
Early on the morning of the 3th OF Aug,
s we passed Cape York, two humanish-oo>-
ng beings made signals to us. We sent
oat oil, and found them to be Esquimaux.--
'hese far Northern savagcs--for we are now
lose upon 7G deg.-were expressive figures
a the picture of this icy wilderness. They
ere clad in bcar-skn brecchcs and seal-skin
nodcd Jackets; their shoes a badly put to-
ether composite of skin and dog fur; IA lance, i
arpoon, bone, Woodland iron tipped in their $
anCis, and big Inflated bladder of 4ea-skin.
nnging back bctween their shoulders They s
ere equipped for the seal chase upon the !
iefe-ef t4eieo.- Their faces were fat and .o
abby, but with as much of patient good ma a
lre in them as we see i'll horses and dogs;
leir pantomime was expressive of the gJoars-
Il fun that pantomme can express, They g
ould have met us with open arms but we q
q not meet them half way. They pointed {
ith FIVE fingers spread out to spaces between "
e hills. and made signs To Ia that there- -nas q
at number Of huts there. They were anN-
us to be taken aboard, but this would not Il
}, either. cl