Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-10-12

between anl la-hed IN t., The staff The rrets
are 81 copper walls. The natISe who s'ii u sail
II. himself got il from the boat IN Fish river
| Another spear 81 the same kind Was seen. The
kn, ~ are n,ala either nf steel. riveued to two
| stri ~ Of hoop bs;wern which the handls "f woo4
| Il Inserted and r.vet- passed thr1aEb. securing
them together. The rl,ct- almost all made
| out II copper nails such would he f,hnd IN
| c,ppe r-Iastrled b at bur tbNsa which baye been
| examine DO not bar the government mark. lbs
| probable thai III the l"ats ut The Erebas and
| aud ihercfrs w.u!J ma hays the brad arrow
| stamped up 4 their iron aud copper work.
One small knife appears Z, hasc LIS n n -urgical
| insfrua, large knife oLta nod IN April
| bears some marking, such a. sword or cut
| lass might ha"c. The win sold " sald he
| bought it from aIoftcr, who picket ii up On the
land where the ship was driven ishor. by the ice.
| and where the white people had II ihrewn away:
ii was about rs long as his arm. THIS was the
first information he received Of one Of the ships
having drifted on shore. One knife and enc fiie
arc stamped with the broad arrow. The handles
are varsously composed ot oak, ash, pine, mah"g-
any, elm and b,ue. The spoons AMI forks were
readily sold for lew needles each. also tho
buttons which they wore rs ornaments on their
dresses. B VS. and arruws were readily exchanged
for knives. Previously to tho strnnd,ngon the
neshhoring shore ut tho last expedition the &c peO
pie must have been almost destitute Of wood ~
spear points. Some Of their sedges were seen,
consisting Of two rolls Of scalskins, nattrned aud
frozcd, to serve as runners and connected togeth-
or by cross bars of bones. Many more knives,
bone, and bnttons, similar To those brought away
might have been obtained, but 40 personal or i'm
portant relics.
RELICS OBTAINED FROM TUE EsorrxArx NEAR CAPE
NORTON, UPON TIE EAST COAST oF KING wlLLIAx
ISLAND, IN MAY, 1899.
Two tablespoons; upon one IL scratched w
W" on the other wv. c." those bear the Frank
lin Great; two table forks, one bearing the Frank
lin CREST the tho il also crested !prcb by Cap
tain Croxier's; slversmith's name is 81. WeH;'
two teaspoons one engraved "A. NJ. d." a. Me-
Donald tho other hears the Fairnolme cres, AID
motto; handle Of desert knife. into which has
been inserted II razur lsince broke Off by Mill
ken. Strand buttons, wood and iron were here in
abundance. but as enough Of these had already
been obtained 10 more were purchased
FOUND LYING ABOUT THE SKELETON, NINE MILES
EAsTwARDuf CAPE HERsCHELI, MAY, 1859.
The tie OF olnek -lk handkerchief, fragments Of
a double breasrd blue cloth waistc"at with cover
ed silk buttons aud clgel with BRAID: scrap Ut
IL cored cotton shirt, silk covered buttons Of blue,
cloth great coat, small clothes brush, horn
peck ccomb, ~ lcaihern pocket-book winch fell TO
pieces when thnwel and dried il contained nine
or ten letters. u few leaves apparently blank
xpeuce. dated lS3l. and n hail sovereign, dated
lS4l.
Enclosed arc copies Of original rapcrs found hy
Captain MoGlmlock on Prince Of Wales l.lanl
of May, l9l1.
Her Majc>tys ships Ercbus and Terror winter
cd ia the zee in lat. 10 key nm, long % Dig
% mia. W.
Having wintered in 1916 II n. Beechey Island,
i'll lat. - AZ % \, long. 81 80 Is W.. after
cending Wellington Channel 10 LAT. ~, and re-
turning by the west side of Cornwallis Island
SIR JouN Franklin.
Commanding the Expedition.
All well.
Whoever finds this paper is requested to f9r-
ward it To tho Secretary of tue Admiralty, Lon
don, with note OF the time and place at which
it was ioiud or, it IN scnlrnt IL deliver it
Far that purpose to the British consul at the near
est port pore
The same in Frcuch
The same in Spanish
The same in bntch.
The same III Danish.
The same in German.
Left the ships Mon lay, the oath of May lSi7
! the party consisted Of two officers and six men.
| q. VI. CORE, Lieutenant.
cn,s +. DEs Nnux, Mate.
Tho words "wintrre in lS4641 Mt Beechry
Island" should BE- ''lSi5-iG,' ~ in lSl6.'4S they
were beset in the lee and the ships abandoned IN
| April, 1913. The same mistake occurs in both
| papers.
ADMIRALTY, Sept. -