New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-12
INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE OF THE
HARTSrEIN EXPEDITION.


tie Journal of one Of the officers:
On the IN of June we cot under weigh at An.
On the 9Th tie Reeae towed the Arctic tor several
DAYS ana cleared tie Banks Of Newfoundland on the
llth o. the 10th made the fist iceberg very large
fellow, about o'clock in the morning June l'tn' IN
the forenoon passed throue good deal OF small berg
ice. June 18th, about midnight ran into field OF
flow ice--the Arctic being in tow; we brought up
short and the Arctic ran into stern, carrying away
several of our stern works but doing serious dam
noe; got clear Of the Arctic and bored through the
field and got ito clear water until about 1870 A NJ.
when we ran into another field OF flow ice; we sprdng
our bow.prit and carried away our bobstaysi
d ing petty well for the hrst time; II we get
along in this way we shall hardly have
timber enough to get Into Melville Sount. From
the rye quaint of leo that we meet with the season
must have been very severe one. IL was saose-
oueptly asoeltained tina. the two last seasons have
been as severe as any on record. Lat. SO N, Ion.
SO W. We had unshp the wheel and use the tiler;
we cast d the Arctic during the struggle through the
ice, and did NOT see her again u0til next meridian,
wild blowing heavy gale. June 10, about noon,
spoke the Arctic unit iued from the storm and the
ice the same morning passed through good deal OF
smsIl ice At meridian lat % 81, Ion. 80 o.; di
not tow the Arctic after this day. Nothing moro o
note occurred ill June 90, when we had 10 occasion
for LIGHT in the cabin, the sun set ing at IL at
night and rising g little after le o'clock mid
night Qat. $50 l. lon. so 56;) this was about the
sane latitude in which De Haven observed this phe-
nomenon June 90, very little ice seen, only one
berg at IL O'Clock at night it was about as dark as
an hour after sunset at home discovered high land in
the mos mig watch, this was above Desolstiou lani.
At meridian on the cath made Greenland, one hun
drtd and fifty miles above Cape Farewell; the old
Arctic cruisers among us observed that there was
great deal more snow here than they ever saw betore
several very beautiful icebergs hove in sight, bearing
every copceivabe form Of architectural beauty-one
of them being an exact counterfeit OF Grace church,
New York From the oath of June to the itb OF July
we saw an immense number Of whales and dove
kis: Capt HaItstein, Lieut.. Fy1e, and other
officers, welt out and shot, In six hours,
1900 pounds of dovekies, Ia kind OF duok,) and
did not get then more than one-third OF the number
killed. July ., the sun descended to within its disk
above the horizon, and then rose again July s. after
nocp made the Kron Prince islands; Drisco island In
sight our officers and all WE'LL anchored at $3.50
In the harbor of Leiveey the roy al Danish inspector
Mr. Ouic, came of to and rendered us the hospl-
tslites of all North Greenland; Leivey is town OF
$50 inhabitants, composed of ten or twelve Danes,
and the rest balf-breed Danes and full booded Esqu
maux; enc Of the officers, old Arctic cruiser, sent
for his friends and two Of them, daughters OF Broborg
Sophie ard Marie, came board and greeted him
right heartily; We Invited them to tea, and after
spenciDg the evening in social conversation
they were escorted home by the officers.
Every night, Sundays included, while we re
msired there we had balls aud parties, and passed
'uo ''i"e r"9~anuy. Imagine ballroom ful OF
Greenland be les dressed In seal skins, moccasns aud
breeches, ornamenied with gay colored leather, and
dancing to the music of melodious fddies. July 10
| the squadron Jeff Lievee', ana stood for Waisat
Straits for coal saw white whale dead on the beach,
suppo sed she had gone up there to give birth to he
cali, and was left by the eceding tide For tTo day
| there was q heavy fogi saw many bergs and KEEP
| frirg guns for the Arctic to keep with Us
| The Release made Haroe Island on the 18th
| OF July, saw q boat, which we imagined contained
Dr. Kane and his party. We stood for them, and
found he party to consist of Mr. Peterson, venera-
bic Dane who has been here for many years as agent
| of the Danish government with some members OF bis
| family and several Esquimaux. AT Hsroe island we
got some coal Of good quality; it burns rapidly, and
is something like petried wood and may be cut with
q knife and leaves a very large amount Of ashes.
Cleared on the 18th. and spoke couple Of whalers,
who told US that they had tried to get through Mel
vile Bay, but had to give up the attempt on account
Of the ice and they thought it almost hopeless for US
! to try 1t.
After taking in coal in the Waigstt, we advanced to
Upenavik. the most northern Danish settlement.
| This place consists of some half dozen rude frame
houses, and some twenty thirty white inhabitants,
ard about one hundred Esquimaux, who live In Win
ter in stone huis and in Sumner in skin tents The
majority Of them are halfbreeds the progeny Of mar
risge connections formed by settlers in the country
These people ba been so often well described by Arctic
travellers that it Is unnecessary to say much more
about them Ross Parry and the later writers, Ia
every library. They have, however, as few faults as
most aborignes. Good natued, kind hearted humor-
GUS, living together in such brothery loye, almost
renders the property of the property Of all; hos
ptable disposed to share the gains Of their hunt;
almost universally chaste in the intercourse Of the
sexes peaceable-they are all these, without being
utterly ignorant. Most of the adults can read. They
are obediert to the commands of their church Their
faults are lazness In matters Of routine and Of daily
occupe alton They win dance all night to the fiddle,
but they won't 90 out for seal unless they want il
pretty bad.
The family Of Mr. Peterson, who had accompanied
Dr. Kanes party ss int preters in which capacity he
had before saed under Capt Parry, were living here,
| and were in great anxiety for bis safety.
The two vessels left Upernavik, the highest outpost
Of civilization on the American Continent e hours
afer they made it, and pressed on to the North. They
met the ice about thirty miles north Of Upernavk aud
were working their way through for four weeks By
constant watchfulress and untiring labor.
About the 10th Of August they made open water