Washington sentinel., 1853-11-08

them the means Of avoiding dangers. On the 10th
of August they reached the mouth Of the Mack
ensie the pack at this part being upwards of ninety
miles distant On the Both they were of Cape
Bathurst.
When at Cape Parry open water TO the north-
ward induced Captain Mcclure TO push for Banks
Land, and when about sixty miles from this cape
they fell in with an unknown coast, which was
named Barring Island. Passing up straight be.
tween this island and a coast that was called
Prince Albert's Land they reached the latitude of
73o, where ice impeded their further progress.
The season suddenly changing, the ship was beset
and forced to winter in the pack. Drifting to the
southwark they were ultimately frozen up in lati-
tude 72o 4O NJ, longitude 1l7o 3V W.
The travelling parties in the spring found no
traces of the missing expedition, but discovered
and laid down much OF the adjacent coasts. 8
On the 18th of July, 1851, the ice broke up, and
freeing the ship, an endeavor was made 10 push
TO the norfhward towards Melville island, but an
impenetrable pack in latitude 75o 35' N, oaeasade
1859 W., precluded their completing what their
autumn travelling parties had proved to>be the
northwest passage. An attempt was now made
10 round the southern shore of Barring Island, and
proceed up the west side, and with great peril
to the vessel they succeeded in reaching as far as
latitude 74o O., and longitude 117o 12 where they
were frozen in on the Oath of September, 1851 and
have never since been able TO move the ship. Their
record was deposited at Winter Harbor the year
following MChntock's visit, while employed on
Captain Austen's expedition. eh
There are two remarkable discoveries mem
toned in Captain McClure's journal, viz some
smoking hiocks and petrifed forest. He also
states that during his intercourse with the natives
he only once met with any hostile demonstrations
This occurred at Point Warren, near the Macken.
zic, where, on attempting TO land, two natives
with threatening gestures waved them off, II was
not withoui much difficulty that they were pacified
and then they related that all their tribe but the
chief and his sick son had fled on seeing the ship
alleging as reason, that they feared the ship had
come 10 revenge the death of white man they
had murdered some time ago. They Uhrough
the interpreter,) related that some white men had
come there in boat and that they built themselves
house and lived there. At last the natives muir.
dered one, and the others escaped they know no,
where; but the murdered man was buried in a
spot they pointed out A thick fog coming on pre-
vented Capt. Mcclure from examining this local.
ity, which is much to be regretted, as here is the
probable position where a boat party endeavoring
TO return by the Mackenzie would have encamped
I have now only TO state, further, for their lord
ships information on this head, that Commodore
Mcclure had made arrangements for deserving the
ship, 10 have been carried out a few days later
than the opportune arrival Of the officer from the
Resolute and that Capt Kelett sent his surgeon TO
report upon the health ofthe crew. He also desired
that should there not be among them twenty men
who would volunteer 10 remain another winter,