The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-01-24

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August the party were industriously en-
gagged in searches on the Island and on
the main land, between G7 degrees and GO
degrees north latitude. We cannot recapit-
ulate the pcriIs escaped, and privations
endured, by the brave band while seeking
to find traces Of their coun,rymen who had
persisted on those dcsolate shores.
Three times they providentialIy escaped
being "nippcd," as Mr.. Stewart expressed
1t, or crushed between moving mountains
o' ice. AT last, on Montreal Islands, where
their explorations commenced, they found
snow shoes known to be Of English make,
with the name Of DR.. Stanley, who was
the Surgeon Of Sir Sohn Frankin's ship,
the Erebus, cut in them by knife. After
wards they found on the same island a
boat belonging to the Franklin expedition,
with the name Terror still distinctly vis-
ble. A piece of this boat containing this
name was brought along with him by Mr..
Stewart.
Among the Esquimaux were found iron
kettles, corresponding in shape and size
with those furnished the Franklin expedi-
t'on, and bearing the mark of the British
government. Other articles, known to
have belonged to the expedition, were OBJ
tained from the Esquimaux, and brought
10y the party for deposit with the British
government. No bodies, however. were
found, or traces of any. The report of the
Es4uimaux was, that one man died on
Montreal Island, and that the balance of
the party wandered on the beach Of the
main land opposite, until, worn out 10y ia
tigue and starvation, they, one by one, laid
themselves down and died too.
The Esqnirnaux reported further that
Indians far to the north of them. who had
seen the Ships Of Frank!n's party, had
visited them, stated that they had both
been crushed between the iceLergs. Mr..
Stewart took especial pains to ascertain
whether the party had come to their death
by fair means or foul. To every inquiry
the Esquimaux protested that they had died
Of starvation.
Gathering together the relics found, the
party set out on their return OH the 9th
day Ct August last. The return route did
not vary materially from that taken on
their way north. Mr.. Stewart has occupied
the whole time since in reaching our city
having come 10y the way of the lied river
country, and having been absent in all
about ten months. He left St. Paul's yes.
tertlay en- route to the Hu1son's Bay head
quarters at Laclinc, Canada, to submit an
account of his adventure.
And SO, at last, the mystery is solved
Brave Sir John, whose fate has awakened
the sympathizng curiosity Of the civilized
world, it is now known, "sleeps his last
sleep" by the shores of the frozen seas
through whose icy islands he had va'nly
sought to pass. Four winters back, as the
Esquimaux said, the noble party, after es-
Gaping from the ships which could no Ion
ger float on those dangerous seas, found
release from suffering in death. Died man.
fully, too, as they had lived; bravely, like
true Englishmen; this much we may be-
lieve for consolation, that they met their
fate rs became spirits adventurous and no.
bic. No traces were found by the Esqui-
maux to indicate that, even in their last e1-
trenity, they had forgotten their manhood,
and preyed on one another.
Interpretation Of Drenms.-There is a