The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-12-08
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The Arctic Mystery Revealed.
1 ,.-.,;ou OF the "FOx.' for the Remaiu.
bp - Sir John Franklin and his Men.
REPORT OF CAPT. M'cLIS1ock.

- mystery is revealed, and the fate of Sir John
.-I,;n and his men has been ascertaned. Capt.
SfptOck of the screw-yacht For, gives the follow
S..oly interesting account, IN report addressed
~ inris Commissioners of the Admiralty in Eng
u n his explorations in the Arctic regions, and of
sd discovery of the fate of the long lost navga-
Eli be remembered that the For effected her
-, out Of the main pack in Davis Straits, in lat
IN on the 25th of April, 1858, after winters
sIf Of /, ,I4 geographical miles.
"a snail settlement of Holsteinborg was reached
4, zsth and such very scanty supplies obtained
,ss place afforded On the Sth of May our vow
rs recommenced; Godhaven and Upernivik
FL. Melville Bay entered early in June, and
- 70 Cape York by the 26th. Here some na-
:. we're communicated with They Immediately
Irruised Mr.. Petersen, our interpreter, formerly
~ 70 them in the Grinnell expedition under Dr.
rs In reply to our inquiries for the Esquimaux
linver Hans, left behind from the -4drance in
q they told that he was residing at Whale
ri Had he been there would most gladly have
6rkei him, as his longing to return to South
renaud continues unabated.
b the I2th Of July communicated with the Cape
.uender natives, near Cape Horsburg. They had
-sn any ships since the visit of the PhRair in
81. n0r have any wrecks ever drifted upon their
rE
nFs Inlet, owing to q most unusual prevalence of
I IN the northern portion of Bafin's Bay, and
srh rendered our progress since leaving Holstein-
n one Of increasing struggle Without steam
Isr We could have done nothing. Here only one
soman and boy were found, but they served to
b Us up the inlet for % miles, when We arrived at
" village. For about week We were in constant
most interesting communication with these
niIy people Briefly, the information obtained
. them was, that nothing whatever respecting the
hnklin expeiition had come to their knowledge,
had any wrecks. within the last 20 or 80 years,
krhei their shores The remains of three wrecked
Es are known to them Two of those appear to
rs been the whalers Derterity and aurora,
sekei in August, 1921, some 20 or 80 miles south
ri Of Ponds Inlet. The third vessel, now almost
sd in the sand, lies few miles east of Cape Hay.
his people communicate overland every winter
b the trioes at Igloolik. They all knew of Parry's
rs having uintered there in 1923, and had heard
ate years Of DR.. Rae's visit to Repulse Bay, de-
iz;ng his boats as similar to our whale boat, and
J party as living IN tents, within tents, within
ks-houses, smoking pipes, shooting reindeer, etc.
zs died. They remained there only one winter.
rumor of the lost expedition has reached them.
min Ponds Inlet the natives told us the ice de-
= away every year, but 50 long as any remains
les abound Several large whales were seen by
nd We found among the natives considerable
unity Of vhalebone and n1fWhals' horns, which
= we're anxious to barter for knives, files, saws.
*az and wool. They drew us some rude charts Of
! MET showing that IL expands into extensive
!. suId not but regret that none of our own whal-
rfreuds-from whom we had recently received 50
lsa kindness-were here to profit by 50 favorable
opportunity.
Lasing Ponds Inlet ON the 9th of August we
nehed BeeclDv Island on the 11th, and landed
rdsme marble tablet, sent on board for this pur-
kE BY Lady Franklin, bearing an appropriate in
nyt0a to the memory of our lost countrymen In
] Ers5us and Terror. The provisions and stores
SEed in perfect order, but q small boat was much
Eaged from having been turned over and rolled
k1g the beach by q storm The roof OF the mouse
bEvei some necessary repairs
. having embarked some Goals and stores We stood
need Of, and touched at Cape Hotham On the 10th,
ailed down Peel Strait for twenty-five miles On
= Eth. but finding the remainder Of this channel
rrei with unbroken ice, l determined to make
Beilos Strait on the 18th August Examined
~ supplies remaining at Port Leopold, and left
Ees q vhaleboas, which we brought away from
sve Hotham for the purpose, to aid in our re-
Nc should we be obliged eventually to abandon the
H. The steam launch had been forced higher up
y he beach. and somewhat damaged by the ice.
kaz Regents Inlet was unusually free from ice;
4 very little was seen during our run down to
kzfsord Bay, which we reached oD the 10Th OF
Xa0r BeIiot Strait which communicates with the
lzsZzn Sea- averages one mile in width by IL or is
k1e in length At this time it was filed with dTlit
y bat, as the season advanced, became perfectly
as; It's shores are in many places laced with lofty
rzie cliffs, and some Of the adjacent hills rise
lz0 fet the tides are very strong, running SIX or
sen knots &C the springs.
o. the 9Th Of September we passed through Bellot
nat without obstruction, and secured the ship 70
te; ice across its western outlet From here, until
& 9th, when deemed il necessary to retreat into
s1sr quarters, we constantly watched the move
,1s Of the ice in the western sea or channei. In
1s<haanel it was broken up and drifting ABOUT,
tgllly the proportion Of water increased until at
Egh the ice which intervened was reduced 10 three
hu miles in width. But this was firmly held
x tJ numerous islets, and withstood the violence
tie autumn gales IL was tantalizing beyond
e-ipdon thus to watch from day to day the free
ssr which we could not reach, and which washeo
neky shore a 4ew miles 70 the southwark Oh US.
kE'ng the autumn, attempts were made 10 carry
d<pots Of provisions towards the magnetic Po,e'
aese almost entirely failed in consequence OF the
1npdon Of the ice to the southwark Lieut. Hoo-
Hsurned with his sledge parties in November
much suffering from severe weather, ana immi-
- peril on one occasion, when the ice upon WHICH
we're encamped became detached from the SNORT,
tafei of to leeward with them. Our wintering
sna vas at the east entrance to Bellot Strait, IN
ra4 harbor, which have named Port henneay,
ny predecessor in these waters, the COMMANDER
nee Lady Franklin's former searching exPedl-
Although vegetation Was tolerably aDundant,
~ our tvo Esquimaux hunters, Mr. Petersen, anu
"a sporsmen, constantly on the alert. ye. ,ne
v VIC couutry uuTiu8 c1csSA@
my yielded us eight reindeers, two pears
esn sal and . few waterfowl and ptarmiesn'
nntsr vas unusually cold and stormy ar
s.nents were completed during the WINTER 70.
yyne cut our intended plan Of search. 1 re-" II
ny duty personally to visit Marsha! lslano,
doing proposed to complete the circuit OF
"uiaD's Island
- Hobson allotted the search Of the west
. Boothis to the magnetic pole. ana rom
hland westward to Wynniatts furtnest-
Young. our sailing master, was 70 trace
f Prince Of Wales Land. from Lieut..
hzshee, and aIso TO examine the coas.
Sezait northward, to Sir James Ross
4sn8 09InoyB veEo commences On INC Ass -
3s 1859, By Capt. Young and myself,
~ eas7ytne II dspok across TO Prince OF
-, VIII vent eoathvard, towards the
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