Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1855-10-25
YORxVILLF, S. @. URSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1855.


was period of rest and amusement but as
the light began to dawn and the spring to draw
nigh. preparations were made for slcdging
Early in the sprin" the Newfoundland dogs
were cxcecding!y y useful in carrying burdens
they were indeed invaluable for short cxcur-
sions six of them would draw burden vary
ing from five hundred to ght hundred pounds,
at dog trot of four miles am honr. They
would travel thirty miles a day for several days
in succession. These dogs, however, were not
adapted for this climate and tie first winter
only two of them survived Most of them
died in commissions apparently suffering from
Iockiaw -
In the month Of Mar:h the party was visit
ed by some f.Spuinauy. of whose existence in
that rrgion Dr. Kane was not before aware
They came in sled gcS. drawn by fine LARGE dogs,
evidently of a superior breed these dogs
would makca journey oI sixty miles day for
several weeks, carrying single man, and in
some instances two men. behind them. The
scdgcs were cur;pu$y formed; some were
made Of hundreds Of pieces Of bone lashed
to"rthcr with Strin@s made Of the os0ok, a
large seal \ few Of them We're made of wood.
There can scarcely BE- 4 people less dependent
nnon the assistance Of civilized men than these
F.Squimaux To be sur. they have their pie
ccS Of iron in their hanoons, but even their
I,nccs arc formed 81 ,he sharn,,.c.l horn Of
the unicorn IN many rcsnccts these nconlc
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,hv !, ,I.ir nry.,,n. and h,bi,,ti,o. ,nJ live
- much ~ r,r =. IN rrol.I fash Which ,bcv
,.,t ,.r, i,.,,,Iv and .noruonSlv Thnr ,nnrar
r. L,. bor.v and r.,.l na,rn.l ;ntE,ir w,y lot
:, ,n.,.. ,l,.,. ,r. .,r,,Iu,u, jv;r..opr 'Tb.v
b,v,. ~, l,,ck. Their nrin,.in, .unnort !.
rho w,l,,: tb. Ln,r and ,bn ~, :, small
bird which swarm. in the Arctic, ,;:;,ns :, oc-
r,>ionilly they catch .,a!., owr.,rn! and some.
tim., eva. tl.cu-h rarely. H. whales. All
heir G,hin- has 10 be- rarr; II in the cracks
Of the i,,
They hayc 4 ,iIhy suspicion If beard.
which d,;n-ui>hcs tn m from n" Labrador
t.,Iu;marx. and they are gcrra!y smaller.
though rh-r. ne anon. thca >Ile remarkably
i;ne ~l."riarn- O. <:.v"-".. III race seems to
hn dcra yin4 and disappearing Il Is supposed
thar there are Not Mere than hEnlred Of them
ff9m Cai nrk t" l.iillrton Island, some i've
, OF six h,nA.l niIr> Thc>" I!>,'imauX Wis
irrI !r VI par;y. and trade Us opened
with thcni:A AArhcy r"".aincd only tr day or
;wo; nohtN More was seen ri TIM durin=
the >pring.FT:N
The rrtui h"m" was. perhaps a't'ndr"
with the @r"o - dangers. anil the following
"cc"nnt Is @iycn Of ii. They hai"Xharsted
thcir fuel AMI their provisions remaining were
20 suited 10 tho climate tn ,"cnl winter
was an rXtre!n j. Geld one. Sixty mgrccs be-
low zero was frequently recoricl and the
monthly averages were 80 and 10 ,c@rec: be-
low zero. The ice showed No pOSpect OF
breaking up. Careful surveys wee made as
late as the lst of May, when the w'tcr was at
least seventy or eighty miles from rac ship
1t being beyond question that the ship must
remain there, the boats got under "eigh and
the greatest speed used in fitting item up.
rs soon as the boats were gotreaiy, the pro-
visions were placed in them. waterproof arti-
cles being got up as we'll as their shabby re-
sources allowed. For lack Of paint they
were obliged to use that detestahc mixture of
tar and pitch, of which it is written, 'No man
shall touch without being detled." They
were again reminded of it when they came to
eat their bread. The bread was pounded into
powder packed into canvass BAGS, and laid
down 50 as to- fill up the space between the
tbvarts Of the boat. lust room eDouoh remain
inc for the legs of the oars-men There were
+broo boo+S ono of which tho r,,,, ,r,s coon