Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-10-27
TAe Fat. Ofsir John Franklin.

10 the Governor OF budson sbaN ieu'o'y'
discovered the terrible fate cfSit John Frsnk-
In and n. eOnpsuions. York fas'Ory is sit
Gated At the mouth Of Have River. in He'd
son. Bs,. in sbvu, 50 Jeg. n. l. eSs W. l..
"a. hlE's LFrrVR 10 ara OEORoE SIMPSON
YoRx FIcToEr, 4ih August, 1854.
Mr. DrAR Sra GEoa0E :-YOnr several LEI.
,srs PsSlie and private, Of dates l5,h June,
IsSl, were handed me On the cs,h uliinS, on
my reaching Chsrehill. and IrgOiesd to leara
hat your health hal bcBsGiied 80 much By
yOaT visit to the north.
fs, me now alluje To the Expedition Affairs
- arrived here an the 5ist uli., with nv
small party, in eIeel'su, health, bot am sor.
~ TO say witAou, having effected Our object.
At the same time Information has been Oh
,ained nnI article, purchased from the natives
which plners he fate Of portion ifnc, al the
then survivors Of Sir John Faukhns musra-
Die party ssyoai dgub,--a az. the most De-
plorable.-lclth from starvation, after having
had resource TO saunisalisn a. a means ofprO-
lOnsins lie.
lrrachsi my old quarter, a. RsPnl'c Bay,
On the 18th SfAuggs,, Sud Preparations were
Immediately COMMENCED for ~in,cria:. On
he Is, Sept, 7 explained 90 ihe men or posi-
ton. the stock Of provisions NC bad on hand
no, more than three mouths ralionsl, and
the prospects We had Of gs,,iag more Sc,
Sc, pointing o., sll the danger AMI difficulty
Of our position. Al readily vo'aoieerrd %
remain. and our cHsri5us 10 collect isOd AMI
fssl wen, On with rnaba,cd energy. BY the
rnd Of Scp,su.hsr, 100 deer, I musk OK, 50
braces Of P,arn'san. and one seal had been
sho, and the net, prcSursi 100 salmon.
Ofthe larger animals above enumerated,
40 deer and the musk OK were sho,by myself
sI-dser by Mis,egs1 ,,he deer ban,Crl, II By
one Of the men. o BY Oul.sbuek and 10 by the
ether four men The migration Of the deer
terminated about the middle OF October, and
.S more animals we're added 20 our ',Cck.
% tbe cslh. OF October the snow hsiue
sufficiently hand for building, We were happy
10 exchange our cold tents iol the comfortable
shelter Orihe snow house. The winter wAs
very severe, b., the temperature Ia or snow.
hot, was never 50 los a. To- my winter GUAR
ter, of 1916. :. Up 20 ihe I2,h January We
had Sc, nets under the ce u the lase', the
nets we're taken Up on that date - they pro
duecd nothing
On The 81, March MS sp-nr Journey
commenced, bot To- consequence Of gales q
~inJ, deep aai son snow, aai ioggy weather
we made ba, very l.u's progress. We "a
ro, ert, Pei, Ely until the l7,h. y, ih.s
place We ns, with EsluiaauK, one of whom
On b, E asked lfbs ever saw white PEOPLE,
replied ia ,ba negative, t-t sid lhl, parry,
tltlsas far,y rsrsor,l had P,'.shci Tor want
orfo,J. s,as ,sa % twelve tzys journey 60
tie ~sMvarJ. The s.ls.an,, ct. ,he nior.
nation obtained q, various times and from va
nous sources. was a, follows
10 the sprips four winter, past, ,.quaE,
1851 part, Of White men, amounting 90
,h,,, e,,,v v,-. ,..r TRAVELLING .,g,bNsrJ
o,., III. -. AL 3,,-,.r- l.,-, ur. Them.
by some Eslumlax Who were killing seals
on the north shore Of K.or Williams Land,
ur,.l ,s , I,,,, ,,r,rI named E,,.ig.,,t by
the E.gumauN. None 81 the party could
speak the uai,,c language ,utcius ib,y, hug hy
60, ,b, ,,,.,.. vs,, m,g. % understand
,,,,,h,.,.f,-. ~, .I.,, -,.i b,,, crushed by
:. ,,I,r,,,...rt',s.., v.,, cow ,..rr
:, ,t.,. ,l.y .,r..,,l a., s,J ,,,,,, ,bo,,.
Tn ~. ,rr,,,s,,, ,r,b. NJ, srr,f,,bon
-. .l. -. ,.t..,, l,.,,5 ,t,, she,
-. ,,.n 1900 d, n. r.,,.,, .r.,., or,,s.
Visions. and hey Fgrchs,ss sea- from
n. natives,
Atsla,sr date. ,h, sane season. On, gre.
WON, to the d.srupuyn of,he ICE, the bodies
orabou, thirty white gsrsaa, ver, discovered
on The eOHiinsl', and Eve on an island near 1t
abou, long days journey, lsay - or 40
mile,l To the y. ". ga large srcam, which
can ~ no O.hei 'han bacs - 'ic2' .sh hiNcf
(namcd By The Esqu.mluN, o-t-AOo-hl'ca.Hkl
ss iis description, and that Of Gs low shore
10 the neighlorboOi OF Pom, Oglc and Mon
teal island agree exactly with iha, Of SIR
George Blyk. Some 0f'bc 5oIies had been
buried, probably those ct the frs, victim, OF
famiucj. some were IN a Ten, or tents, others
under a boa, ihl, hal bsca turned over TO
form a shelter, lai several las scattered abou,