Butte record., 1854-12-09

many ice tatues.
Ih.' if ,rts of Cabot had Siimu la ed al
Europe and Corles, not C Mt mt witt
h conquest of Mexico, off red hls ser
vice TO Spain to discover the nprthwest
p ,>sage, by >inultau Gus v"yagrs al"na
| The Pacific an Att mite soasts of Amer
lc,. II off vas not &C cep' ed, hu
Gomez, Spa lard. ctuslly urdertool
10 find ssage due aorth, and proceed
ID some WY, but bad to return withsm
| chiavment or disc owe Y.
Thus, before even lhe close IF the Six
enh century, we find the passages b,
h northwest, the northeast, and be
iue nyrth had, been tried, and W, lhou
uceess
In the billian curt of Elijah tn The
ga AGAIN 'evivei, and Frobiah + saileG
wi h th,e, ships to find hat norlhwest
p ssage which he co sidered - the only
fhing in sbe world yet lett undone@bg
viii h 4 metal lie mind might b. m d
faaous." Al England felt inter ted
in the search the 81. tely Queen her
self, who ever appr' ciaied courage an
itell ct, we'd her hand TO him at de
parttle from the wiadows of ner palace
ID ON bis +. turn pres nted him Il ch in
Of Id W tn be- own baud, md conferred
on him king thood aosi estate Fr"bish-
maze tiree v">agts With eminent
success, disco er d The Straits that sti
be his namr, md tor his bravery VI as
much commended by all N n, and es-
pecially moH, Tor The hope he gave Of
reaching taih ~"
lake was tn N in The Spanish Main
When satiated with plumber there, he
passed through Mag Tan 5 rats, Idly
resolving 10 try whether he could not
r ach home by the Pacific. eastuard to
the Atlantic. So bore up norhwaId
but ach d ~ farther than California
h's crew being TIA BILE to b ar he cold
er lalitudc$; On sailed awa> aero the
/ Ipac fic, rcarh-d the Moiaccas. AMI thus
hone 10 England, being the f 81 Eng
li>g s,''i who circu Dnavi2ated the sIob
OF this eff,r, to find a passage on the
Pacific sid, Barrow says, with ST gulaI
plescience:
* Drak s attempt is one of the most
| d ring on record, "a not ship of anv
alton hid as yet tn opp"rtuuitl and
p rt-ps it hal never uttered into nv
nAn's head to search for passage en
tha arest site of America, though It i
most likcl, that by tn kim srcl a coarse
It N y be fou d. l. VII be done. -
And 20 it has, but not ii two cee'turies
and a h If fter D.ske's ~plend,d faiue-
Great was kn4la 4d's rnthusia M It
the r..tn Of Drak His >hip the Gokd
en- Hind, h ca e the resort of crowd
and the cabin was complete banq t.,
i"e room. The Q,e herself dlned an
isoa with the b avr 1nmander. d
: there did k light him, n advanced
h'n o he ia k of Aalni al, who, pre-
ferring he hoaor f his couh'r, br!or,
his owa lfo. wi u,,ena INIT, der
to k unwontcd adventures. ami wen
hrough he 5 me with woad rful happ.-
ness " Tn Qr"en likew.s dered a.
ship TO be laid up in d ck as a troph>s
and afterwards, when it fe to iaces
rom dee y, ch ir was ma Fl III h.
wood, an presented to Ox l.
Sill unb oxen continued the suce S
IN IF marty IN Ia cause IF Arctic
iisrov ~. Sir Humphrey Gilbert frs
" or "A trea s on = The ? aciietbi!it
of a No thwcsl Pass se," then st foa +
wi Sir Waiter Raletgh to search ior it
he xpedit Oh f lie /, nj Gilbert wrn
a one upon sec nd yoy ge III
Que n to cvince her int rest eavc Il m
e of her raids of ho ,rr il ma ri .e
IS Mt for his p'ctre, aul preSan I'd him
with a galten a ch1r luilcd by a la y.
hus high in hope. h set all, bu' nl.y-|
r retained Ship, command r NJ
crew was seen no more Ra eigh !e
ise e neNt br We b nd b t ssrereJ south
ward 70 avoid thr polar daasers, nj 81
ell n wrh tn wooIc line f Ameri- n
coast, fiom which re al ed, no; the di-.
oveFv of the northwest passage, bu'
he colonization of America, an the M
prin-ing of a or at nat, = Saxon and
Iris in bloc and Of En- lish on, ,ue.
D'vi-, meanwhile, who's name has
becnmt 1t of orr geography, wa~ er;nd- |
ina his ships amongS the ICE up as high
as seventy t"o de5r,as and areat se'
Vie. he acc mpl shed d.. covering. tha
gre high way, Da> $ Straits, all nav
trav rs d sin : an1 through which he
ct passage would c. rtainly b I
uni a ..a
Terrible must the untri d ii9,st- -King-
d m have aprea Ell 10 the early Tavlga-
tors in cir frail vess Is, none of which
exc eded hund,ed ,ous. No won / r +
that we he r Of how men prepared hem
selves for the fearful northwest passage.
as it prep:iing tosnt + ct rnity Davis
complains of ''the loathsoue view" ard
the : irk ONE noyse of ye yice He
nam Gre nlanh he Land "f Dtsola-
tioi, and the place whe e he found un-
hoped for anchprage, " The B voi God's
Mercy" yet h never vi tered thos
tegions. Human nrag had mol reach
d that point Of endurAnce bui, strong
in filth, m de.three voyages, lped
on "y The wor>hiplill mer chants ia Lon
Ion, until men would no longer lend
him mpnry g This Davis" they laid.
g hath been three ii ne< employ Why /,
hath he not found the S age ~ @
A Il Il. q b.