The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-17


ExpedissoD.
II TCHYs OF TIE ICE REGION.
TFrom private lsstsr sros ~ ofassr 70 frssndI
FOO GRmxnL FxYmmoS, /
BnG ADVANCE, Bafan's Bay, July a. 1888
Ny Dear -<n 10 with pleasure comply With yoor
request, mai upon leaving New York. After passage
whob only abounded with tbs uauA incidents Of ocsAn
Bfe, W arrived upon Tia coast Greenland Jans s7sh
The passage vas . somewhat protracssa osi6g 20
the univ rsal head winds and cams sncoup cred but
BY rps wi forest ht Of tie planners Of the expediasn
We left New Yr. with plenty Of tins hands to
guard anst every contingency Of delays and 10 NIKE
the best Of whatever aceidsnta erc0mss@ncss might
ars to favor early and sas passage 70 the seems u
our hborr.
rfs ssrrsnness Of sGrsenssAd's 10y mountains" has
long held = place in my Imagination, but wa
pre-, srsd for the abso uts desoaticn which greeted
VI. eAk after peak ross abruptly from the very
waters edge, and the interior seemed 10 be
tpued waste Of capped SUBMITS. No. sinss foos
of eveliand soil seen, and the rocss told
mournful tails Of sterity. Although water poured psn
tuully from tire hills, the usual surfsce yese;aon
which follows our streams ct home seemed entirely
wanting. Why 1t should have received the name OF
Greenland IL puzzle to me.
Such a. 1t is however, with Its vernal oognonen, II
ws doubtless discovered and occupied BY the early ise
landes and Norwesians and whom the suspended inter
course with the Old World gave Yissto the fabla Of
"est Greenland" It's discovery due to Frobisher
Cabot thos, indomitabs Arctic ponesrs To the efforts
Of sing 10 man, Hans Fgede, "a the Greenland Apostle"
he termed by the Lutheran church. the Gresnand
Of the present century ewes whateer 1t possesses Of
civilization and christianity.
We made the coast Godshalar, the Of his
early labors, and write from point nearly opposite
that neateht and most fourishiug Of it. settlements,
Fgedisrrinds, 0the Eunnery Of EgedL"
On the 2Qth, being becalmed of Fiskemaes We tis-
patched boat ny the Ford, TO look ont for the town.
returning soon, with pilot boat and crew from the
Governor stood in and In short time in sight
Of the first Greenland town had yet ssen. 1t was In
keeping with TIE scenery around In the midst OF Es-
quiaux huts the only mansion, the residence OF
the Governor, most Kind hearted old gentleman full
Of Scandinavian hospitality, and fond Of his wife, his
children, and his pipe. The courteses Of his humble
mansion were cordially extended to u.s. and after break
ing bread with His Excerency, We felt quite mach
ut home As board little brig, fr0u the
cramped quarters Of which by NO means sorry
to lie, for . short time relieved.
TIE official letters brought BY commander from
the Court Of Denmark anticipated by the cordial
kind feeling Of the authorities.
Every care extended to the expedition, and We
dor ar.ed with socdly supply Of Goldfish ard Esqu
maux hunter whose rsysck ana lance pected by
Dr. Kane to keep his dogs in food
sukkertoppen was next port, quiet little glen,
shut in by ROCKS and looking It's barren solitude Hers
in single hour laid In reindeer furs, dogs hsrnes,
and noccasns fed our water casks and stood out to
sea.
At both these places while my comrades busily
engaged in hasty preparation for departure from port
made tho best use Of my time in collecting botan,4l
specimens. With botany box and gun made two saies
at Fkkemaes and one at suiiertoppen into the deep
mountain gozges where the water caused by the suns
genial rays had melted the that treea down tho
mountain sides, and at last found restng place,
around which grew . highly interesting ana
quite luxuriant fcra. Upon the southern slopes
found the willows, determined to force
living out Of the world, clipging apparently to the
solid rock, and, though stunted in growth looking
no less fresh than mcmbsss Of the family growing
in rich SOIL The cukins of these plants wore
founo TO 30 of very deficient development The
waS also observed OF the AnarumIaa Tetrigons ono o
The characteristic heahs Of this region These c.rcu
Stances seem TO commander to indicate baskwAra
fskemses and Schedules, winter Of uuu susi
ildneee The teXs too not numerous and he gems
to expect we win meet foe ice until We reach Mel
vile Bay.
D.co lonsed to visitA longing which the sight Of
lite high mountains only increased, butths breeze sup
peso did not justify in osrg inch Of groun for
stood to the north vnrd In expectation Of reaching
ne midoie ice But one Thing more increase
full as but fer that We would not the settlement
Proven.
uffl PROVEN, July 90 1853 .
Proven Ia not unlike the settlements previously visited
except that In being farther to the NORTH its inhabitants
propertiouaely poor and wretched is, with
one exception tie most Northern Of the Dauish SETTLE
ments on the threshold of the great barrier Of Melville
Bay Tie scenery around presents the barron pic.
ursqusness chsracterstc Of the Greenlsnd Here
resides the royal clever old Dane possessing
small fortune obtained through his ONCE an Esqui.
naux wife md scod beer His story mansion, Look
ing almost a. old the hills, presented grand appear
ance beside the miserable huts Of the natives But as
ttey Of stones covered with moss for wntsx
and seal skins for summer, they look more Like IT,
houses Of buiiowins animals than anything human
Poor creatrresl-ther only pasture ground the sea,
affords them occaieraly inadequate supply Of food
~ which time their condition Is truly deplorabie
1t s ,he custom Of The coas brought the father
land TO Eet te4oIe the 1T anger the welcoming ca of
coffee, alter paItakDg which, Ike the sat Of the Arabs
the Governors house to the ratiye's hut: aaa
eood coffee GO they make at the inspectors, si,rsl
credit Que our good Esqumaux hostess for her sk
coffee making and The natural with which abe did
tie borcy Of tbs hcuee.
We have here procured fifteen or twenty Esqui
maux ctge but as the humber is less than bali supply
We Will 30 obliged TO stop at Appemavk, twenty miles
further TO the postbword. These dogs q recesssrs
part Of tkquiniaux settlement, and seem to minye
W the rsiives ia about equal numbers aud terms of
The eIestes; fsIaliari;yhving in many in the
sane lnt Ore striking popularity observed, their
budcrS and tuning pipes to tho notes
chosen eadsS, who occupies the centre Of the pack
the Whole settlement ycurg ara old, set up chofus
loud and shrin, that lasts aAout fivc minutes.
Leaving Proven sni the civilized world at our backs
We win 10 an hour be pushing forward to the OK
Our txplorsts ms. 1his is, IS you are aware, smith
seura How far we will be abs to penetrate with
vessel Into this unknown region win depend upon the
Pc,t a. which nature has thrown her inpenetabls
Ice barrier s have only yet been siSsd by pre-
vous Of the reg and have every reason
hope that We be able to concuct exp!oa,ionin
r. this unknown ard my ssrious quarter OF our planet
Cnee arrived At tho terminus of voyage winter duaf
end westward by some prominent headsud sssinst tins
hostng Ice in the early spring In this selection treat
experience ard Judgment required but In our CON
mand' ksgScity NO have every confidence. Here no
Pill BE frozen in drrrg the lorg nine winter months
dIsns Which yes.od the search for franklin viii be
nAie.
Tor this search the most active preparations are going
On Gree at an ehor, but few hours will xpre before
boat and e sh party viii get out to continue that which
tcu,d net be accomplished with the vessel This party