The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-19
The Unfortunate Sir John Franklin.

The deep public sympathy sometime since
awakened throughout The world for the fate Of
Sir John Franklin seems neither TO have dmin
ished nor sackened by time, and every great
movement for his discovery is eagerly watched
by all who feel interested IN his fate The " whole
soul and energies Of Lady Franklin have long
since been put in unring requisiion for his relief
if alive, and for his discovery if dead.
She is now fitting out an expedition to the Arc
tic regions-to be under the charge Of Mr. Ken
nedy, and his crew Of Orkney meE--in search Of
her husband. The Inverness Courier gives some
interesting particulars Of this projected expedition
We learn through that journal that Mr.. Kennedy
is at Aberdeen, where the little ship, the
Prince Albert, is httisg out. The route 10 be fol-
lowed is by Lancaster sound--thence down
Prince Regents Inlet far as possible. The
ship Is then to be moored in some harbor, nd two
boats will be despatched in various directions, ac-
cording to circumstances, or as the openings in the
ice may present. One boat it is intended to
bring overland to the western shore, at Cressw ell
or BrentfOrd Bay in the direction Of the magnetic
pole. The other will be sent southwark 10 Felix
larbor, and will cross Boothia Isthmus, and after
striking the seacoast, will proceed by Sir James
Ross's Strait to meet the other boat. After meet
ing, they will again diverge and explore west
ward. 1t is then intended that one Of the bouts
be dispatched in the direction Of Simpson, straits,
view to come on the track of DR.. Rae and his
party.
Mr. Kennedy has been thirteen years in the
service Of the Hudson's Bay Company, and spent
eight years Of that period in Labrador. Know ing
the country, and the abundance of deer, salmon
and marine animals he has the firm persuasion
that at least portion Of Sir John franklin party
are yet alive. lie goes out without fee or reward,
animated by pure devotion to the service. 7 ne
crew consists OF seventeen persons, nearly all
natives of Orkney. The expedition is to be ready
for by the end Of the month. She carries
three boats--one Of mahogany, one Of common
materials, and one of gutta Percha. Messrs Du-
THE Of Aberdeen are building boat specially Cor
Mr. kennedy's use. II is to be twen;y-tw feet
long. only two feet wide at the mdships. or broad
est part, and, after being covered with hide or
gutta percha, with one person set in it---canoe
fashiOn-is calculated TO draw only three inches
of water; the depth of the boat is to be twelve
inches at the seat. 1t is intended 10 propel the
extraordinary craft after the Of The natives
Of those regions-ihe Esquiinaux-by the double
bladed oar, and the person seated in it will be
covered up with skin dress, buitoned to the chin,
and fastened to the deck-that in the even, Of its
being swamped, It can be easily righted again
without any water getting into it. Mr. X. con-
templates not only using this boat for crossing
rivers. over ice and down rapids, but to make il
his couch Of repose all night, by simply pulling
blanket over him, and there repose in a tempera-
ture that makes one freeze to think Of it. He has
been accustomed to these hurdships, and has
stood many nights, in similar circumsta noes, with
the thermometer 40 to SO degrees below zero
often, too, with no covering but the canopy Of
heaven. 1N
The Prince Albert will be provisioncd for two
years. .s..,.,e.fa- +, 4