Demoine courier., 1855-10-25
MAINE EMUREER

pork and beef were a,,erna.ed with fresh
ineais.
We had large supplies Of game-,he
elder duck, The llt.le duck and the do,e
duck. The douekey may be described
as a little duck, one quarter the size of
the ordinary fowl; its flesh is delicate and
good. The liule duck is u small bird,
hardly larkr than a mars hand. The
elder duck is very large. OF all these
birds Iaere was a supply as large as could
have been Desired. The Diet of the men
was varied so as to preserve their health.
and salt meats were entirely dropped
from The bill Of fare in all cases of sour
w. Al "ne Time all hands were down
with this disease, except DIR. Kane and
Mr.. Bonsall; but the scurvy was no,
generally prevalent, and the small mum.
Der OF deaths OF board has been already
mentioned. The preserved vegetables
taken out by the expedition were in good
preservation.
NO regular rations ofspirils were serv.
ed cut. IL was very ne cessary to have
liquor in eases of sicxness, but none was
used regularly fore or aft.
now TIE ship WAS FoRsAKEN.
We abandoned the Advance ON the
2Glh Of May last, having spent twenty
months on board the ship while she was
ice bound. IL having been determined
that the vessel should oe abandoned, we
made preparations for departure. The
phil osophlcal instruments, The record of
The cruise. and the necessary supplies of
clothing ani provisions were placed in
the ships boats and on sledees, and or
the morning Of The 24lh Of May we left
the ship, intending to make our way down
through Melville Bay to the DANISH SCI.
element. during the summer. Our trip
was made in safety. We dragged our
boats over The ice; at night pu, them up
for shelter. and spread a ten. over each
OF Them, and of The seventeen persons
who composed our party we los, tu, one
Mr.. Oh!sen. whom we buried a, Lit
ilefon Island. lie was a younp man.
ant has left family. DR.. Kane receiv.
ed the poor fellows dying messages.
On the 18th Of August, without further
mlshap. we reached The selllemen, of
Upernavik, where we were Hospitality
entertained during the whole period ,ba,
we remained, upwards of a mouth, await
ing the arrival OF the Danish ship, which
usually makes that port abou, the first of
September, on a trading voyage The
ship Mary Ann, from Copenhagen, re-
NAMED in port two weeks. ~discha,ginp
and receiving cargo, and when she was
ready for sea, we embarked on board of
her for home. A, Lively. on Disco Isl
and, we fell in with the American ~receiy.
ing vessels, The Arctic aud The Release,
which had been in search of us and had
returned, running down The coast locking
for US.
Capt. Kane and some others, myself
included, went on board the Release and
the re Eainder on board the Arctic.
FATE OF II A
From the same source we cleaned the
following in,eresiins statements:
The Advance had been frozen in the
ice for Two winters. Outing this long,
weary imprisonment, fuel became short,
and Capt. Kane was furcedtoconver, the
floors, inner p~ssnking, spars, and final
ly The very floors 10 the cabins, in which
aim'eli aad officers lodged into fuel.
A~tIeng'h. losing ell hope Of escape by
The breaking up If Tie ice. his prnvis
ions growing short, and men sick, the
boats were dragged over The ice to the
open sea, and with the feeble bu, brave
companions, be.ook themselves TO the
open sea in their boats. After suffering
all but death i,self. and the loss OF three
ot his brave companions, including the
carpenter, Captain Kane reached u Dan.
ish settlement some time in June last.
OF the sixty dogs .aken GA. by Cap
iain Kane, ali persisted but two. which
he has brought with him.
Prior to embarking for home in the
Relief. he was desirsus of ascerlainiug
wha! was the fac Of the Advance. In
consequence of the ice he was unable TO
approach within some twenty miles of
his ship, and it was deemed imprudent
10 hazard his man. in their feeble condi-
ion, in . journey TO the imprisoned ship
over the ice.
A seal fisher was (ell IN with, when
Captain Kane by signs. inquired con-
corning his ship. The Esquimearx re-
piled by signs. Thrusting lis spear in
to the ice in an erect position. he inform
ed Captain Kane tina, The ship was still
in the ice.
In answer to further inquiry as to her
condition, he was Informal the the sails
had been taken off for tents. and he
ropes for fishing purposes by the natives.
And, holding the bowl Of his clay pipe
between his hands, with The stem erect,
pointing in The direction of the Advance,
he crushed the bowl between HE hands,
The STEM still continuing erect, meaning
ing to communicate that one ship was
embedded in the ice. that her masts
were sill standing, but her hull had been
crushed bv the ice.
STATEMENT OF DR.. HAYES AND MR.. BON
E OFFICERS AND MR.. soNTAG, OF
Il NDE DIR. KANE.
W. left New York 3lsi May, 1853.
The passage 10 Baflin's Bay was with