The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-08-14

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ioar Deaf Eodirs The following
i. from the Northern Warder. print
"a a, Dundee, Scotland. which an.
nounces TIC discovery Of tic bodies
of four sailors, supposed TO be lait
Il the crew which accompanied Sir
John Franklin. The information is
derived from letter from the mate
of the Whale ship Flora, jus; arrived
from sea. aud is dated Dundee. July
o.. 1854. In February las. our
ship. crew partially abando'ci the
vessel and erected large snow house
~ shore. i, being IN many respects
more comfortable than Oh board, and
h@,,cr suited for hunting operations.
We had been a, tia, time FIVE months
frozen MP ia Lancaster Sound.
In one Of our excursions We fell in
with a party Of Esquiinarx Indians
nine in number they had siSht
knowledge of our language they en-.
oui,cd whether We were English or
Americans. On being sa,,shcd on
that point, they enqnlred if we be-
lonccd to chief Franklin. The idea
now flashed upon our minds that they
knew something Of Sir John and his
crew. and we answered. in the a.hr-
native.
They then pointed to the right, to
n towering heap Of snowy mountains,
and by their gestures they sismhed
,ha. they had gone to SLEEP. We
hromsh, them to the snow house
Nhen instan,ly reported the case to
Mr.. Kobb, our captain, and 1t Was a.
greed that u party OF twelve men
would .accompany the Indians and
rrobc their story to the foundation.
Tho party consisted Of Mr. Page our
surgeon j. Brown, carpenter. Viii
son, Blair. Hall. Murray, Agncw,
Croslcy, Jones, jenkins, Raiiarty,
seameh AMI myself. We had a
Plentiful supply of provisions, which
were rackcd into atlat hottomed boat
which was covered with seal skins,
and several rifles, spears, &c.
We started OH our dreary journey
on March 9th our route was one OF
tho widest which can be conjecAur'
ed. We proceeded in lszaS course
~ one hill, down another, then to
,hc ri.ht again. On the fourth day,
symptoms Ct disc olt,nt Logan to te
manifested by our hardy tars--onr
feet were cut and wounded With the
sharp, projecting fragments OF ice
the thaw was setting in, and We were
apprchensivc Of being buried by the
falling avalanche Of snov, which dc
sccnds like lightning down tho sides
Of the mol ntalns.
On the 10Th day, April 9th, oul
gniacs led us into a large natura
amplithcatIe among the mountains
After journey some mics we des
cried something waving over the
saow-it was black silk handkerchief.
tied top Of = walking stick. We Gag.
erly drew on. the staff, and commence
operations by digging about two feet
deep. We came On the body Of a
man and in few minutes after we
discovered three other bodies; they
were frozen like :cic!cs; decomposi
ton had not commenced. THEN
boards were long and shaggy, while
their rigid features and wasted limbs
spoke in the language Of nature
they had died from want.
Their dress was that of British
scamcn in cold ATTITUDES. Onc maj
had his name written, or rather On
graved, oh his arm, III. Carr Thu
rest were all more or less marked
some had crosses on their breasts, 9th
ers stars. ships, letters&c. GA
hearts sickened at the sight. w
replaced them in their cold desolat'
graves. and set up the same sad me
mcnto mort. (" Poor fellows | eX
claimed, 'you have attempted t
regain your homes by an overland
journey, but you are left in the DIES
crt.
The Indians could give us he NOR
intelligence, so we returned Ih
most probable conjecture is, a larg
party had set ont from Sir JOIN
frankln's expedition four had thu
persisted F; in all probability the Who'll
OF them are now dead.