Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-03-04

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andit mas not till siser severe skirnish shat
thcy vere defeated, and the principal part OF.
them taken prisoners. These consisted OF q
number Of Distinguished officers in the Mexican
War. Who were on their way to join their COM
mander. Among them was Gen. Torrejon who
led the cavalry at Buena Vista, and Major Gem
raj antonio Gasna and his son. The latter was
Dangerously wounded by DIR. Kane, who, in
personal encounter, ran him through the body
with his sword When the skirmish was over
the Doctor, finding that his antagonist was Sc
riously injured, had recourse to his surgical skill
TO save his life, and the result proved that his
skill was Of no ordinary character. With no
other instrument than the bent prong Of fork,
and piece of pack thread, he tied up an artery
from which the life of the young man was fast
ebbing, and placed him in a condition that he
could be safely conveyed to Puebla. "
No sooner however, had he concluded this
humane act, than he was informed by young
Gaona that he overhead Dominguez say that he
would take the life of his father, because lie had
one time put hin, in prison. DR.. Kane instantly
interfered, placed himself between his escort and
has prisoners, and threatened to shoot the first
man who attempted the life Of Major Gaona.-
Dominguez became infuriated, ordered his men
to charge but the first man OF thecompauy nam.
ed Palaseoz, fell before the fire of DR.. Kane,
who piled his revolver with fatal effect upon all
who came within its reach. With a severe lance
| wound in his thigh, he managed to heep him at
| bay, and saved his prisoners from their fury,
| until he arrived in Puebla, where they were
placed under the charge of Col. Chlds. DR..
Kane, whose wounds were very serious, was de-
tanned here for many days. during which he was
attended and nursed with the most tender care
by the family of Major Gaona, who have since
| been his most ardent friends and admirers
| After his return from Mexico he was employed
for while on the coast survey, and it was while
| engaged in this service that he became inter-
ested in the noble efforts of Lady Franklin, in
behalf Of her husband, Sir John Franklin. He
was in the Gulf Of Mexico, when on the ! 9th OF
May, 1850, he received orders to repair imme-
diately to New York and join the Grinnel E1pe-
dition to the Arctic regions under Lieut.. De.
| Haven. Of this expedition he was the surgeon,
the naturalist and the historian. He was absent
about fifteen months, during which he develop
ed those qualities which so eminently fitted him
| for Arctic search.
Scarcely allowing himself time to rest after
this cruise, he set on foot another expedition to
explore the coast of Greenland, passing through
Smiths Sound, towards the pole, where he ex
pected to find an open Polar sea. With the par
ticulars Of this voyage the public are familiar
Having only twenty men in one small vessel
with insufficient stores, he braved the rigors o.
two Arctic winters further North than any ad
venturer had ever before wintered. The hard
ships and sufferings attending this cruise taxed
the endurance of Kane and his companions tt
the utmost. During the last year they were
in the Arctic regions death constantly staret
the adventures in the face, and it was only
prob ematical whether his shafts would be tip
ped with cold, disease or starvation. 1t wa
only by the uniatlering energy of DR.. Kane, tina
his party, diminished in numbers, extricatet
itself during the third season, after remarka
BILE and perilous boat voyage of eighteen hun
dred miles, large part of the way over ant
through ice. This expedition greatly extended
the geographical knowledge of the northern
coasts of Greenland and America, and veri
fed, it is believed, the existence of an opel
Polar sea.
Scurvy made sad havoc with the constitution
OF DR.. Kane during this voyage, developing tn
BILIOUS and scrofulous symptoms, from whic
he never recovered. He went to England som
months since for the benefit of his health an
was received with high honors. But the tou
he had contemplated was cut short by tn
alarming progress of his disease. From Englan
he went to St. Thomas and Cuba, under the &C
vice of his physicians, but his constitution ha
been too much shattered to recuperate. d.
Kane has illustrated in his own person the pow
ers of human endurance against disease. H
had the rice fever in the Canton river, tn
plague in Egypt, the yellow fever at Rio, tn
congestive at Puebla, and the African on til
coast. These, and wounds, and an organi c di
ease of the heart, which he has had from boy
hood, poorly fitted him for the fatigue and su
ferings of a life in the Attic region. Their
the scurvy, that worst of all ailments for
wounded body and diseased constitution, repea
eddy attacked him, and his preservation and RI
turn is little less than miraculous, forcibly llu
tratiug the power of the mind over the body.
The daring and adventurous spirit OF D.
Kane has indssoluby connected his name wit
Arctic adventure, while his services in the feel
of geographical discovery and scientific re
search have redounded to the honor of hi
country. He has shed lustre upon the countr
of his birth while achieving name for himself
A nation will sorrow at the loss of one who's
few years OF life held out the hope of man
long years of continued usefulness, and who wa
cut down in the vigor of manhood and when h
had just reached the zenith of his fame.