The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-07-10
Conf nation OF the Traces or SIR John
Franklin.

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| From the London Chronicle. June 81
! We ere happy 10 learn that the fact lately
rounced by US Of the existence Of a cairn contain
I ing undOubted intelligence Of Sir John Franklin's
expedition, lying in Joness Sound, has received ad
oitional confirmation by the testimony Of another
witness, named George Moore, of Orkney. He was
in The same watch with William Millar, on board
the Prince OF Wales; was also Of the party which
landed; and not only saw the cairn bu. was en-
gagged in pulling it down when recalled to the ship
The evidence OF these two witnesses differs in some
unimportant points, but they agree not only in the
existence Of the cairn, but also to its position
/ namely, On the south shore, about 10 miles from
the entrance to the sound; and equally state that
little higher up the channel widened, and appa-
rcntlv entered an open sea.
We therefore look forward with increased anxiety
to the decision Of the Admiralty, respecting the
steamer which il is so greatly to be hoped they
will send out for the earliest possible exa:nna ton
| Of this detosit.
We learn, by way Of corroboration that William
| Millar repeatedly mentioned that he had seen
cairn, on his return TO Orkney; but his statement
received little or no attention. althoughbc is man
Of known integrity and trutbfulness, from the fact
| that its Importance was not understood.
We are also enabled to state that lady Franklin,
accompanied by Or; Scoresby, was at Hull in Fc-
bruary, 1919, investigating the report that carn
Rad been found, which bad reached her, and heard
from the master of the Prince Of Wales, that he
had been the preceding season in an unknown
sound, north Of Lanca ster Sound, having entered
1t by mstaie in fog that he went up about 80
miles; that some Of bis men said, their way OUT,
they had seen cairn but that It was not possible
for him then 20 70 back In the summer Of the
same year. 1873, Lady franklin engaged the owners
ofthe Abram, whaler, Captain Crawl, OF Hull TO
search Jones's Sound, for the sum of 600 The
chip arrived at the entrance, but n gale Of wind
blowing down the sound, and no fish being in sight,
the captain abandoned the idea Of examining it,
sId proce eded south in quest Of whales. The sound
quite open for fifty sixty miles up, or far
as could be seen from the hesdlands. These facts
prove u az ID the information before us was not cir
cumstaLtislly known until now, the evidence which
did traLspire was NOT disregarded but acted upon
ms far rs possible.
AS to the cairn having been erected by ma.
tvcs, IL Is we'll known that natives have never been
found on the wet eide Of Bain's Bay, TO the north
Of Lancaster Sound; neither do they ever erect
cairns; and we may remind directors that shoe
prints, not mere iootnarks, were observed near to
IT, IL is also matter Of certainty that no whalerJ
had been up Jones's Sound; had they ever done 80,
the circumstance would have become VOL known.
whereas the result Of inquiries proves that none
have penetrated in this direction. Besides, whalers
DO not erect cairns that being the signal enioinod
ny official authority upon her Majesys ships seat
out for purposes Of geographical discovery and
survey.
II IL, perhaps, not generally known, that Sir John
Franklin before starting declared his in enton, IL
foled in other attempts at gaining his object, G.
look into the sounds lying west and north Of Bans
Bay, meaning by this Jones's and Smiths Sounds.
This is ono wsy amongst others Of accounting for
traces Of him having been found ON the spot in
question.