Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-11-20
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Dr.. RAGS Arrival in Observation-Disclosures
from his journal.

Dr. Rae whose previous EXPLOITS as an htche
traveller have already so highly distinguished nm,
landed Al Deal on Sunday, the 22d inst, aud lm'
mtdiately pIoceedrd 10 The Admiralty and lad bs'
fore Sir Jas. Gtnham The evidence on which his re-
port is founded.
Dr.. Rae was mol employed in searching loi slE
John Franklin, but III completing his survey oil Tue
coast Of lIoolhia. To justly thought, liowuVei'
that lie Information he obtained greatly ouIw lBh'
ed The Importance Of his survey, and he llas lut
Ted home 10 satisfy the public anxiely hslo llv
fate OF lie long lost expedition, aud 10 prevent
!ihe Iish OF losing any hpIe lives ~ lEuluess
seateh.
IL would seem from bis description Of Tue places
in whiclrtls bodies we've found that hath SIT Jes'
Ross and cSptnm llellol must hove been wlllllll
few miles vi tie spot 10 which tier unfortunate
countnmeh had struggled on 10 ilieir desperate
march. A few OF the Unfortunate men mus'' ne
thinks, have survived until The plIival Of lus WHY
fowl about the end VI hlay, 1851, as spou ms.s
heard and fresh bones and lealhvfs Of BveSe "e'S
found near lDe scene Of the sad event
DIR. Rae has since luruisllvd The following par
icuan;
~, An. NJ. win Tue view OF completing lhs sur
vsv Of nm. vast coast VI BOolhia, ] lien suDse-
oYsnily obtained information, aud purchased sIIi'
= ,es Of he naUyes, which prove btyond uouO!
no, notliun az not All) Of the lllen survivors, oil
Sir John Pra0kliRs long lost ondlll lated party
oetisbed of starvation IN the spting VI 1850, on
Inc cOnst Of America, short distance weSt oil a
.ianse stream, which by The description giStn, can
b, no Other ihon Backs Fish Rye"
Among the articles purchased talI Of which ATE
now m INV nosyes.i0n,) which Tue BsqumnuE
found wheTe lhe corpses OF HE "Whtemrn' were
discovered, are . small silver plate, with ISL
John PtanklL X o. %" eugrSyed uPonlt sew
etal SILVER spoons aud forks, with initial Of the fol-
lowing oGiceH-Tgi Captain CtoEet Lieutenant
G. Gore, AtsiSranl surgeon, A. Al'Donald, ASST
Iant Surgeon jas. Peddle, and SECOND Maset q.
A. MBean,c sttt.I lu
DR.. Rae adds, tllsl from what he could learn
there Is no tesso0 TO suspect that any violence hal
beenlons Oillc sufferers by Tue NATIVES. llseenT
butioI evident that lliry had perish Ifon hunger
aggravated by Tie extreme severity Of The climate.
Some VI The cOpses had beell sadly mulilaIrd, and
mad been stripped by thUse WHO I'd The misery TO
survive item, und who were found wrapped in
lvo 0tihfee Suils Of clOllles.
The articles Brought by Dr. Rae hAd all been
worn as ornaments by The BsqumauS, The coins
being pierced with holes, so as 10 I've suspended as
medals. A barge number OF books weTe also
found, bultbese nj being valued by the natives,
they had been either destroyed VI neglected. DR..
Rae has no doubt Iron The catelul habits Uf thtSt
people, that almJJl every arcle which the UNI
happy sulIrTers had preserved could Ue Tecoyefsd,
hui lie thought II better to come home direet with
The intelligence he had OblOiurd than 10 run The
risk Of having 10 slend another winter IL Ihe
snow.
The following are extracts from Dr. Rae's Jour
IA hy
very intelligent esquimauG dnying a dog .Slejge
laden viii musk,oI beef. Thsman OF oUce on.
scented 10 accompany Us two days journey, aud In
a few minutes had deposited hls load on the snow,
aud was ready 10 join u.s. Having explained to
him my object, he said thalihe road by which he
had come was. tue best for us, aud having tighten
ed the mans Slejges, we Travelled With more Ia
ciliY r
"We were now joined byano,htr Of the natives,
who had been ubSelll seal bunting Yesterday, bnl
being anxious 10 see us, ha1 visited our snow
house eafly this morning. and then followed up
our track This MAN wss very communicative,
aud on putting 10 him The usual questions rs 10 his
having seen "while man" before, or any ships on
boats, he replied In the negatives but said that
party Of 'KaUlOunanS lad died OF starvation, .
long distance TO The west Of where we then were,
and beyond 0He river. lie slated be did not
know the exact place, that he had never Ueen
here, and that he could mol accompany us so far.
The subsistence Of The lulotm ton theu and SUISSE
quenily obtained from yanous sources was 10 The
following elrecl
nln The spring, four winters post (lsb0) while
some EsuuimauI families were killing seals ueal
the north shore OF Iufge island, named IN AT
towsnihs charts King Williams Land, about 40
white men were seen travelling IN company south
ward over the ice, and dragging boat aud sltdBeS
with them They were passing along The west
shore of The above named island. None Of tie
party could speak Tue ENqmmauG languages 50 well
as to be understood, but by signs the natives weTe
led 10 believe that ship OF ships had btenctush'
ed by ice, and that they were now going 10 where
they expected 10 find deer 10 shoot. From lhenp'
peaTance Of Tie men--all OF whom, with the er.
eepton Of an Officer were hauling on the drag
ropes o. lie sledse and looked lhin--tlley were
then supposed 10 be getting ShUIlOl provisions, aud
they purchased snail seal lTUn The natives. The
officer was a tall, slUul, middle eyed man. When
their dnys journey terminated Slhty pitched LENS
| 70 rcslin .EgI...r
al later date The same season, but previous
10 The disruption Of Tie ice, The coTpSes oil some
thirty persons and some gTlyesweEe dlscoVeIed OH
the continent, and live dead bodies on an island
near w uOuulo uug . JVulNVJ w huV HVl"W "
The mouth OF q large stream, which can be no
other Il an Backs Great Fish IiStt (named bYlh
EsquImauI OOl-koO-hi 'oalik), bS It's description
anu that Of The low sbole IL the neighbOThOOd Of
Point Ogle and MOniTe.l Island agrees exactly
with that Of Sir GeOlge BACK, Some Of the bodies
were in lent OF tents; ollefS under the boat,
which had been lutle,l over 10 form shellet md
some lay scattered about in different directions.
A few Of the unfortunate men must have survived
until tie amVal Ol The wild lOwS, lsOy unil Tie
end Of Mayo 90 shots were heard and flesh bones
aud feathers Of geese were noticed near The scene
Of the sad event. -
There appears to have been an abundant store
Of ammunition, Bs tie gUnpOwdeT was empIled by
The natives In heap on the ground, out Of the
KEGS OF osses conalnnH II, and q quantity Of shot
and ball v as found below high water mark, having
probably been lell on the ice close 10 the beach
before Inc spring commenced.
"None Of the Rsqnimanx with with whom had
communicated saw The white men, either when
living OF after DEATH nor had they ever leen at
The place where Tie corpses were found, but had
their inloTmaiicnllfOm those who llad been llele'
and WHO had seen the party when travelling on The
ice.
"Ftom wha, could learn, there is no reason 10
suspect that any yloeNce had been Offered TO the
sufferers by The natives"
Tag TvREs AND rmE WoMES,-To SPEAK 10 a
Turk OF the females Of bis household, says a vii
from The BOsphOIuS, is 10 commit The grossesi
breach OF etiquette and Poteress. II is fofbid-
den 10 make the slightest aluHoni and, OF course,