The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-10-27

times sNer. The ship was left about the
2oth 4 May, aud they were a month in tra-
versinS the eighty miles OF ice la one sin.
gle day after launching their boats they
made \ splendid sail, almost as much as
they hal during the month previous. gss-
sing Sutherland Island, they came within
ten miles Of llacksluyt Island where Whey
were obstrrctcd by ice. The next day,
howeveT the ice opened with the tide. when
they reached that Island IN short time
Here they were compelled 10 stop for two or
three days 10y the ice, They went on To
DallyinIle rock, where they were delighted
70 ndthoussnds Of frosh.ad eggs Of the
cider dD,k. They were detained there by a
south-w,st wind for week during which
time thty lived almost entirely on eggs
They tbsn packed down a thousand and sail
ed for Eaa,ilick, an E.quimaux settlement
where t,ey supposed their man Hans was
lie had LETT the ship in the Spring and gone
to the Esqaimaux, with whom he was on
very intimate terms. II is said that hc was
oiicr6 ftshand Of the daughter Of one OF
the ceiy pnd that he left the party with
royal .p :, in .his head. They met little
obstr et!Sn from the ice, and when they did
they Strc generally delayed only until the
next tde. At last they were gratlficd and
delighted At the sight Of Cape Dudley
Digs which is well known to whalers.-
From there they ran on until they met the
ice of the great glacier, little north OF
Cape York. Here they were detained by
the ice for week, but as their quarters
were near an immcuEe looncry. where
countless thousands of birds kept up con.
tinual cawing, and they were abe 10 Shoot
As many as they pleased, they were not very
Inpatient. Each man eat ono or two ol
.hcm at meal, and they made up for lost
time. At last the ice released them, and
without very much obstruction they arrived
al Cape York about the middle Of Julv
During the passage they lived prinripaI.y on
the littlc aux, with which, for miles an.
miles north Of Cape lord, the AIR IS cyurIn
uaily darkenrd
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soon reached the Horse Head. n promont6
ry near Upernoyick Stopujug dayorty,
here. thcy set sail with A splendid wind
but soon a ln. came ON. Thcy were proccc
ding slowly through the fog vheu the,
heard loud cry which they rccogn.zcd a
proceeding from civilized E,quimaux. The,
were asloui,hrd on pu,Iine IN the direction
Of the sound 10 see Danish boat witt
white men on board. From these they lear
ned If the expedition in search OF them, an,
the Danish lewa Of the world generally
heaN'H the Danes 10 look ior bluhbcr the
went o. to an Island hon sheer exhaustion
IHclhsN day they went on in log, at
vcn'nrt, atT'i alter l''tttttg about three pom,
too nuch to the westward they sudden
heard dog bark. Turning IN the direction
thOy pnled with all their might TIL they g
inside some old iandinarks which qmcHene
poor Peterson blood They raised th
American lag on one boat and the Danish o
the other, and noIaelrN-'y pulled around ii
point, conccaIed by the iog-a iog whlc
was toopen to their view the first >ptiicmeT
:. 4l L1irl--Ltll -ul-A Il AlGA lAllr- cYe had see
90 ''''" S'"'''
"L''HNrHi'AL RESULTS
!. Greenland has been followed and cha
ted by Dr.. Kane toward the Atlantic with
coast liDe pointing due north, until n s'up,i
dous glacier absolutely checked their pr
gross. This mass Of ice rose Ia a lofty pre-
lpicc i've hundred feet high, aJuttiu. int
the sea. 1t undoubtedly IS the only bIrri,
hctwccn Greenland and the Atlantic. It
an ciiectual barrier TO all future cXploraljo
This rlarier in Spftr Of thc diGiru'tv
falling bcrgs. was followed out to sea !
= means Of ,l,dscs. the marty raftiny thar
selves across omen water space, on masses
ice. In this way thcy succeeded in ,ravr,ir
eighty miles along its base and traced il il
10 n new northern land This Glacier i. q
, believe. the LARGEST ever discovered by an
nayirator.
II This new land thus cemoutad
. yGrccu'and by urotruling ice was nam,
Washington. The LARGE bay which intr
ycncs bciw.en i, and ,,rrcni,nI hear. :,
r name Of Mr. Peabody, of Baltimore, one
, the projectors Of the expedition. This il
connection Of the old and new world seen
to us a feature Of romantic interest.
r III. The raprc of the sIcdre iournc,
. entire circuit OF Smith sound has been ciie
, ted ana IT'S shores completely cnartcd. u
, the real i'Nto'cry ni lhe tNpenItlpn Is u
open ROAR sea lhc channel leading