The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-05-08

COMMANDER FULLhN
The following is an extract from letter
by Lieut.. Hooper, to relative. His aa'eo
Fonr Coop HOPE, Mckenzie River,
Tuesday, July is, 1850. )
In INV letter of the 2Sth ult., told you Of
our intended second trip to the sea, and that
we were Just returning from GREAT o'ase
Lake to Forr SiInsoD, 10 prepare Tor inc
voyage at that place. A quarter OF an hour
after that letter was sealed, we were on our
road. the epistle also proceeding in an OPP
posite direction. We reached Fort Sirnson
on the Sd inst, aid until the II,h, were bu-
sily engaged in getting our boats and all
matters in readiness, which, with few hands
and small resources, took up much time
On that Gay we Quilted Fort Simson, and
,Iecended the river to Fort Nurua, which
we reached on the night Of the 18Th; stayed
there the night, and the next morning start
ed for this Mace, where We arrived this
morning. Tomorrow we leave: this Is the
las, most on the river, as also the last place
from which | can communicate with you
until our return, which will probably be a
bout the end of September, or beginning OF
October.
Our boats are two-the largest one bro't
from the Ployer; the other is a river boat
of the Hudson Bay Company, and is called
the Try Again, with reference TO our at-
tempt this time. We are seventeen per-
sons in all--Captain Pullen, myself and ten
of our old hands, three new ones OF the
company, and two Indians for hunters. We
NAV expect to reach the sea about the 23d
Of the present month, and if we meet with
no detention, ought to get to Cape Bathurst
in few days, then across to Woollaston,
or Banks Land, as opportunity may best
serve. Ii is not impossible that we may
winter in one Of those lands should provis-
ions be plentiful there, in order to extend
our search as far as may be. Therefore, Ut
you do not receive from me All announce
ment Of our return, which shall not fail TO
give if we return back this year, you must
not be alarmed at our absence, nor fancy a
thousand horrible contingencies; but on the
contrary rejoice tina, we have fallen upon a
never before trod,len land, ald are prosecu-
ting with ardor prolonged search, instead
Of combining our operations to one brief sum-
mer Eve are as safe you know in the great
est danger as i'm feather bed in the secur-
~ Of our native land, and be assured not
many Of our party are daunted with trIfies
We are not sanguine of success, but we
look forward with great hope, as the region
we propose visiting, is one which has not
before been explored, and in direction
which the most experienced of Arctic voya-
geurs imagine to be the most probable stu
alton for the missing ships. Should we find
them, what delight would be ours could we
hut succeed IN restoring the distressed and
gallant party to their anxiously sorrowing
! friends.
Sir j. Ross left at Port LEOPOLD, on the
land of North Somerset, provisions for six
ty men for twelve months, with a steam
/ launch.
Now, should we reach Banks Land,
which is about three hundred miles from
! Cape Bathurst, aud find the sea to the east
ward clear of ice, with a fine westerly
breeze, we might perhaps make for that
place, where the provisions would support
our party for four years nearly, and enable
It's to search away property. But this is on
! ly a remote chance, as it is impossible to
say what we shall do, depending, as we
must, on the weather, which in these n.y.
perborean regions can never he determi-
nately calculated upon. We take energy
and determination to the task, and hope to
the onset; these should smooth all difficult
ties; the issue is in the hands of an ali-wist
God. To him let us leave it,