New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-11

The ALBION of Saturday last has a letter
from d. JOHN Re- ID relation 20 MS efforts for
the discovery OF - John FmnklIn's where
abouis dated At For Confidence. Northeast
end OF Great Bear Lake. Oct Il. $3.50. from
which We make the following extract.
In addition 10 the several ship Expeditions sent
from England and the United siaieS las, season %
search ne Arctic shores. the intention OF the
Honorable HudSon'S Bay Company thar two or more
boat parties formed OF The officers and servants m
this portion OF their territories. should descend the
Mckenzie River. ana trace the coast east an ives,
from - mouth. is fH u practicable.
Beng IN charge OF the Mckenzie River Siri't,
received instructions 10 the above eaec; from Sir
George simpson. the able ana eaierprSlng terrific
ria Governor the latter part of .a>t June. when
on The annual voyage 70 Portage La loche ~ Niihy
Portage, with TIT tur>, &c, obtained N the " inter,
~ the same tine Commander Pulen, (wao had
come With party OF twelve men from IL. VI ship
Por,r TO the Mckenzie IN Autumn l>t9) being IN
company on his way 20 England. pa orN Factory,
elyed orders from the Admiralty 20 return 10 the
Arctic coast. and proceed along shore eastward a.
Tar Cape Bathurst. and from thence 70 strike ont
90 sea direct for Banks Land Unfortunately from
unavoidable circumstances The stock OF PROVISIONS
available AT Fort simpson and Oher stations in the
District small that only one party could be
sufficiently yCtuallcd OF course precedence was
gwen 10 Commander PUlen, and he Immediately
changed his course toward the north BY the same
conveyance learned that SIR George simpson, having
with hls usual perSpicWty ioreseen me proodolhtN
OF a scarcity OF provisions on the Mckenzie, or
deTcd Two boats loaded WIKI pemCan AM hoNr 10 oe
tOrwarred from Red River Colony by the FIRST open
water III Spring. and these hoped 10 meet soon
enough have Siii time 10 proceed 10 the coast and
search ii 20 some extent westward. But IN THIS |
Was disappointed, tor although Ne travelled With A.
much rapltlty - possible from tAe portage where
We met the boats We Glt not arrive AZ For, simpson
until the 10Th August, date mucA too Late to At
tempt what was intended to be- done. a> 70 would De
the aitn or 25th O the month before We could reach
the sea- Uncer these circumstances was tiihcus
to decide how the men and provisions al my disposal
could be employed 20 most advantage.
IL beng the belief OF those on whose Judgment
most reliance can be- placed that The missing vessels
are shut up somewhere between the Longitude OF
lG3 and rs West and latitude Il aud ! North 1t
IS evident that the most direct route thher from the
southwark Is BY the C0ppcrmlne River, aud that Is
the route | intend 20 follow next summer, II re.
ceSe no Intelligence that the searching parties OF
this season have been successful To carry out my
intentions. | started rom Fort simpson win t"o
boats. Mt III Mckenzie an assistant ana fourteen
men, on the 23d August but owing 10 head winds
and stormy weather on tins large lake dd not MrlVe
here until the l0,h ult. This IS 10 oe our Winter
quarters and fortunately the houses were IN As
good condition a. Nhen lett them last Autumn, re-
curing nothing hut doors windows, and A coal oi
mud, to make them haoitaole. " We could not ex-
pect a long continuance OF hne weather. no time
was lost IN establishing fisheries and procuring vent
son rom The natives A. 20 lay mp W inter stock
IN vs. ch We have been more successful than at one
time anticipated having already on mana ABOUT TWO
months PROVISIONS Tor all our party, amounting 10
eighteen persons and thirteen dogs
What / feared would be the most difficult matter
10 accomplish was the building of two boats, hight
enough to be transported across 10 the toppermine
As 1t was very generally thought that the WOOD IN
this nelghbOThOOd not suitable Tor That purpose,
and the late Mr. SIMPSON mentions m ms narrative
that his carpenter had much trouble IN finding boards
sufficiently good 10 repair his boats am happy to>iy
that We have succeeded much better than was anti
clpated. one OF the boats beng already more IMAM
hall finished. and boards enough sawed TO complete
both They are 10 be- - feet keel feet inches
beam. and feet inches deep amldshlps' exclusive
of keel. and each rugged with two lug sails.
II NAV be supposed by many that TO continue the
search for SIT John Franklin beyond the summer oi
1850 If not then found, would be useless waste Oh
time labor, and money but with this suppoSltion
cannot agree, and my opinion IS founded on per
sonal experience which few persons have had an OPP
portunIty Of acquiring, and which leads me 10 be
heve that part Or all 81 III johns parry may sun
exist IN ISL In 1876 | wintered at Repulse Bay
with "A party of twelve men, only TWO OF "hOm De
fore arriving thee had pTactlced eershootlng
and two Others were hshetmcn. We had Little or no
fuel that could be- properly so called, the mud WIN
which our stone house was plastered never ared bu
only Jroes. and u was 80 cold inside that man. one
night got has knee irOstbtcn. although ne hdd one
of la, COMPANIONS under the blankets win nun. hct
We suffered no pryation as ar a. regarded iood, eA
cent that during the shortest days We took only one
meal per diem a precautionary measure, NOT
knowing how late u might De- IN the spring Oriott
the reindeer migrated norhward. mat We were
not much the worse for onr exposure to cold anu
low diet may be- inferred rom the Tact thdt ui spring
We traced about i've hundred miles OF ne" coast
forming the shore, OF committee BAY, m DONG
winch / and one 0f my men Travelled on foot upward
of A thousand miles. and were on our return fal-
though rather i0w fssh) as sound ind wei As
when we started When leaving OAK Factory, IN
June 1916, we had not more man four months pro
visions with us when ~ returned 70 thtt pace AZ
ter an absence Of fourteen months dnd Iweniy.thfee
DAYS W. had still third OF our Original stock Oh
provisions on hand-shONlng that We hau Dy our
exertlons. IN "A country previously totally unknown
To us obtained the means of subsistence tor Twelve
months Why may not >T John fankIlhs party 40
the same II be has been pr0yldentlally hro"n on
ar near part Of the coast where reindeer and hsh
are Al an numerous surely out Of SO many officers
and men SpOrsInen may De found, AFTER some pit'
tce expert enough 10 shoot the former, ana hshef
men 10 seine or net the latter-Or take ihem Win
hook and line set under the Zee
When began this letter Il Was my oooot to give
ven a. bret an outline ~ possible OF my cohlcm,
Mated oDeratons but / have dlsTessed sadly, ana
must now endeayor 10 return 70 NE suyect Ia
Sprng. should our stock Of provisions ADMIT Oh H.
Uirpo>e proceeding with a couple oil companions
and A sled of three dogs, IN the beginning OIL Nay,
fifteen or twenty days march 10 the nOfth"afd, De
tween Victoria and Wollastoa Lands-durng when
trlp hope 10 travel 500 or 600 miles a. Zoo OF SVv
mile, OUT and the same distance hOme"ard,) shoun
w. meet with no very serious obstacle IN tlc
nm time provisions for the Summers voyage Will
be hauled on slecs and deposited at ne hehddI
River 10 which place the boats are 10 De Drought
over a. soon a. the Dease River breaks up, "hlch
may be about the 6th or tn Of June, wheh shail
he Al the Kendall 70 meet them and prepare 10 ue-
scerd the CoDpemlne as soon As IL becomes GEAR
80 Tbe direction TO be afterwaId followed wil
d.n.ud much UPON the state Of the sea zee and the
appearance and trendlng Of The lands uN hau
VISITED Ia my previous Journey
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