Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-01-27
The Arctic EXpetlitiOn.

Nith the cross of St. Maurice and Lazarus.
The Arctic Expedition.
The New York Tribunc has seen letters from
DR.. Kane, commander OF the American Arctic
expedition. giving accounts Of his progress up
to July Goth. He had, during calm of
twelve days duration. explored a portion Of the
Coast line OF Greenland, which for $40 miles,
he finds has been given by the charts hithcr-
to, nearly Il degree Of longitude too much to
the westward. lie removes it 2G miles to the
eastward, an important change The follow
ing letter from one Of the members of tbs cx-
pedition, will he read with interest -
IrERNAvIcK, Greenland.
Saturday. July 23. 1853.
| shall never forget my Obligations to you
for letting me go. | can only say that ife,rr
| get back and live to yet married ard have IL
son. will send him on an Arctic expedition
like this. if | can find one 1t makes II man
of one to see what dangers men can meet and
ward off. and at last learn to look with con-
tempt upon. Such inspiring sights, too -
Thr sun shining day and night ON these naked
preciriccs, and the great whales. and the
, greater iccbcrgs ! wish | could think YOU
4 NpuIu llOt ldu4 Ill me IL SHOULD attempt Il
fine flight Of desert ton Of the icchcrgs. They
are what YOU would call the prcraiAng Grchi-
tecture of these regions, and | declare to YOU
we nave now met SO many that to see Il new
one creates no more feeling in my breast than
Il house additional anywhere up town. At
this moment we have more than two hundred
in full yirw--two hundred and sixteen counted.
&" will be obliged to you if you will in
form my father and the rest how little they
need fear for our safety. No one has uppre-
hen,ous ON hoard for anything if pr. Kane
keep well. lie don't like to have questions
pat t. him about his health. You know but
| believe his Rheumatism is much better.
/ though he keeps thin. lie has gone through Il
good deal too, since W. got here. These wild
people (they are all fat and fur, like winter
possumo) hate to part with their wicked devils
oi dogs. ami DR.. Kane had to travel through
the country to buy them mp. lie had to trav-
ersc the iords between kangct" and Kursuk
if you know where that is. and thence to
Ilcrnavik, the party camping out and sleep
ing under buffalo robes. and living upon birds
they cooked upon the rocks. They were out
nearly all last week in their open boat, and
found it hard work hrlicvc. They made
hity miles once ut single pull.
- Dr. kauc hOw"} er, has obtained every
thing we wanted -slcdgrS, harnesses and
dogs, reindeer, seal and bear furs. boot moe
caslns, walruN laShings, and Il great many az
tlclrs with whose names | am uS vet unac-
qual"t"d. And all this without losing a mo-
mcmt time for the calm had lasted til new.
and every thing has been Transacted without
coming to an anchor.
" ~ soon as the right wind blows, we ere
off again All those whose authority is val
uabl' declare we h0y" had very fortunate
voyage. will now inform You olour future.
| have what say from the first authority;
You may, therefore, rely upon it.
ON reaching the highest gable points
ON the eastern side of Smith 5 Sound, that is,
wherever hy the utmost effort ourncgro hard
headed brig can be buttcd, DR.. Kane seeks
harhor i'll some indentcd cape, if possible pro-
.ectinS into the channel and opening to the
south and west. Such, both by theory and
experience, Dr. Kane deems best suited for
protection and an early liberation from the
ice. The moment we are in harbor-thc very
instant-Starts the Provision Depot Foot
Party. This Fail EtpcdUion the experience
of the British has declared impracticablc (in.-
pultc), but we save days which are golden
in their value, and perhaps may carry THE
BOAT to some valuable point for future en-
barkation and search. The boat is already
prepared the pcmcan bags slowed upon the
huur, and her name, The Forlorn Hope is
mlintcd upon tLr strrn She is D. feet Ion,,
and carefully strcnrtbrnrJ Iy,ov Loy nI
transverse ,icce o. timber is 50 adjusted across
her runwbalc as to admit Of fine nuSbjuo oc.
ti,n-tbe most effective onulir,tinn far tbc
purposr of the humap forr.-or ci,ht men
lr Kane walking in advance to nick The way'
She carries an Indiu-rubher housiur for tGr
ui,,lt or rather tbc slrcn. for tLr ,Ti,ht viii
be- prrpetnaI, and Il sl,dre un,n which we
can trnporarily place Lrr caro-.
"It makes some of our bows feel ouecr
when we look at the boat With this Ittlo
craft, we. or they (nr do NOT know tLnt
Viii T.. dnt,;I,I,'h,T, +n s,;I r,,,. ,ln.,,.
r"',' o,,' "a' ~, ~. "'' "'tn, 'il