New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-28

sohest tree seen by the party was after leaving their
bcats which stood about fifteen feet. Ptarmi .lu,
wild duck and ha'es are very numerous To arrive at
the river there arc series OF lakes ranging twenty
pilee from Port Clarence, to be passed through.
Situated on the Ag@puc some ice cliff" con-
tanning snmoh remains, some OF which are in pos.
session q the officers OF tho Ratte.nlke.
The Tnpeomlee fell in with The ice oil Norton Sound
on The Gath Of June. II had cleared from Port Clar.
eDce fortnight before her arrival The Straits 81
that tue Nere clear throughout. The RattlesD4ke
was frozen In The previous year about the middle of
November. Oar informant says that Port Clarence
appeared better place 20 winter than GRAVITY Har-
Dor the presure Of the ice being found less IN the
mer place. The musk6toes are more numerous there
Than even in any part of Central America; slight
cir cani6s them Of but during a calm day il is i'm
possible TO walk without veil encircling the nat.
Our informant sta;es that he inhaled mouthfus.
Salmon salmon peal and trou. are taken in large guam
titles there.
The natives are extremely docle. and very intel
gent; but, is the case with the E-quim gener
ally, very lazy. The only wood they can pro3ore Is
that dIfed from--nO one knows where-Out OF which,
BY manag enent of walrus tusks and VIII lebone, they
contrive admirable spears and bows and arrows, Tor
killing the seal and bear of which animals their win
ter stock Of food is formed During the latter part OF
the winter they reduced 10 state OF 80 nstarva
ton and then ore content 10 eat the hides OF
finals, in which fare their dogs-a noble looking
breed-have share One mode they have of catch
ing the bear, is by piece Of frozen blubber in
which is doubled piece of whalebone the animal
ereedily swallows 1.-THE blubber thaws the whale
bono stretches, and the brute dies in agony.
Since the above was in type we have had an inter-
view with officer late OF the II. II. NJ. ship PlOYer
sent TO the assistance of the northern discovery ships
and have obtained from him the following additional
information:
Their ship wintered at Point Barrow in the Arctic,
during the winter Of 1853 and 1854 While lying
there party from the ship made excursion as far
Point BberiDgs, few miles to the eastward Of the
River COlvillc, where they fol in with party of In
sisDs but not understanding the language, could not
make inquiry Of them regarding the Investigation,
Capt. Collinson X. b., of whom the Pioyer was 10
search, or Of any wrecked ships They were frozen
IN at Point Barrow, Sept 49, 1888, and were entirely
freed from the ice July 81, 1854 arriving at Port Ga
renee Auguit /. About the goth OF July, off Point
Hope spoke chip Gideon Howlsnd, Bryant, OF New
Bedford eleven months out, (had taken no oil 10 the
Arciie) who gave them information of the pro5abi-
~ Of the European war, and asO the fact OF Capt.
McCure's discovery of the North West Passage.
There were but few whales in the Arctic. OF Port
Clarence was boarded from the ship William RDtch,
Morslander, Of Farhaven which vessel had lost
Choir and taken whale in the Arctic. The PloveT,
after having received board her stores from the
Trincomalee, left Port Clarence for Point Barrow,
where she will pass the winter of ls5i-55.
Our informant thinks that if any vessel had been
cast away near the shores of America they should
have obtained the same knowledge of the fact in
their interview with the natives who had evidently
Travelled from the point where shipwrecked persons
would probably be- and he is Of opinion that il the
missing whaler is ever heard from il will be on the
Asiaiic coast.