Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-11-05
STTNBTTRY AMERICAN AND SHAMOK1N JOURNAL.

Walked towards him on getting onwards
hundred yards, they see from his proportions
iha, he was not one Of them. PIN began to
screech and throw up his hands his lace
was as black as my hat): this brought the
captain and lieutenant 10 a stand, as they
could moi hear sufficiently 10 make out his
language. A, length PIN reached the party,
quite beside himself, aud stammerred out, on |
M'Clure's asking him, 'Who are yon and
where do you come from p Lieu, Pin, Her |
aid, Captain Kee,,.' This was the more in
explicable TO Mcclure, as was the last per.
He at last found tina, this solitary stranger
was true Englishman-an angel Of light
He says. He soon was seen from the ship
had only one hatchway open, and the crew
were fairly jammed there in their hammocks
and the crew forgot their dependency; in
fact, all was changed on board The lnvesiiga-
tor. 10
Captain Mcclure, in a letter to his uncle,
says:
"The surprise caused by the appearance OF
strangers, where none were imagined 10 be
within couple of thousand miles, was more
than can describe, aud what can only faint
ly be imagined 10y any who has not been
similarly situated, particularly when it was
asceraincd that two vessels aud large sup
plies were SO close al hand.
"The spirits of my crew seemed 10 revive,
and from despondency TO Joy was but the
work Of momeni-;he sick forgot their NAL
aides, and jumping from their hammocks:
were carried in the stream Of human crea-
lures up the only solitary haichway which
the severity Of the weather allowed of being
| kept open, rushed on deck TO be assured that
the strange oppeTation were actually living
! flesh and blood, and not deniZens OF he neither
world--for certainly their faces were black
as Erebus, from cooking in their tents
When all was discovered TO be real, and not
a dream, my poor fellows equally with my
sell. could not find words TO express our
thoughts the hear, was TOO full, it was
call from the grave.
"Nevcr, trust, may the feelings Of graft.
,ude TO the Almighty Disposer of events;
which then swelled in my bosom, pass away.
Many and great have been the mercies we
have experienced in our long, tedious and
/ terrible navigation of thai fearful Polar sea
which has for four hundred years baffled the
navies Of maritime Europe, and through
which the directing finger alone Of provi-
dence has safely guided us. All human
agency was powerless, Indeed, TO advance us
one yard in lis accomplishment, amidst the
stupendous barriers OF ice which never leave
its frozen surface
"You will, am certain, be very happy TO
learn that the Norlhwes, Passage has been
discovered by the Investigator, which even,
was decided on the 26lh October, 1850, by a
sledge party over the ice, from the position
the ship was frozen iu-bu as in all proba.
bility my despatch will be published, | dc
not think il necessary 10 trouble you with fur
lher details sufficient to say, We have been
most highly favored, both as regards The
health of all, having only lost ole man, who
accidenlly poisoned himself about fortnight
since, as well us in being able 10 extend oul
search in quest of Sir John Franklin over {
very large extent Of coast, which was no
hitherto known, and found Inhabited by ;
numerous tribe Of E,quimaux, who had new
or ere our arrival seen the face Of white
man, and were really The most simple, ihler
esling people ever mel--living entirely b,
the chase, and having 10 weapons eXcep
those used for lha, bjrc,. The fercer pas
sons Of our nature appeared unknown-the.
gave me a pleasing idea of man fresh fron
his Makers hand, aud unconlaminaied b.
intercourse with our boasted civilization -
All those who traded with lhe--Compan,
we found The greatest Ieprobaies.
':ln this vicinity the hills abound in rain
deer aud hares, which remain The entire win
ter /; we have been very fortunate in procur
ing upwards Of 1000 pounds. The health {
the crew has been and still continues exec
lent, without any dimiuulion of numbers, nc
have we felt the slightest trace Of scurvy =
1t is my in,eliion, if possible, TO return /
England this season, touching at Molyili
Island and Port Leopold, but should we nj
be again heard Of, in all probability we sha
> have been carried into The Polar Pack, or
~. the westward Of Melville Island, in either
, which cases any attempt 10 send succ'
wonld only be 10 increase the evil, as an
ship that enters the Polar Pack must be ine'
b iiably crushed therefore, depot Of prov
- sons, or a ship al Winter Harbor; is the be
4 and only certainty for the safety of The su
. vivug crews. No trace whatever has bet
r. met with, or any information obtained fro
= the natives, which could by any possibiIi
lead to the supPosiIion Thai Sir J. franklin
-, Expedition, or any Of his crews, have ev
reached the shore we have visited or scare
=, ed, nor have we been more fortunate wi
respect 10 The Enterprise, not having SET
y her since parting company at the Straits
70 Magellan, on the 2oIh Of April. 1850
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