Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-10-29

may yet be deciphered. Judging from
the remains of his dress, this unfortu'
nate young man was a stewart or off.
GERS servant, and his position exactly
verified the Esquimaux's assertion,
that they dropped AZ they walked
along. ..-t-..5, H.
After parting from me at Cape Vic.
toria on the 2sth Of April, Lieutenan,
li"bson made for Cape Felix. At q
very short distance westward of it he
found very large cairn, and close to
it three small tents, with blankets, old
clothes, and other relics of a shooting
cr magnetic station; hut although the
cairn was dug under, and trench
dug all around it at a distance Of ten
f. ct, no record was discovered. A
piece of blank paper folded up was
found in the cairn, and two broken
bottles, which may, perhaps, have con.
tained records, lay beside it among
some stones which had fallen from of
the top. The most interesting of the
articles discovered here, including a
boats ensign, were brought away by
Mr.. Hobson. About two miles fur.
ther to the southwest a small cairn
was found, but neither records nor
relics obtained. About three miles
north of Cape Victoria second small
cairn was examined, but only bro.
ken pickaxr and empty canister found,
On the 9Th Of May. Lieut.. Hobson
pitched his tent beside large cairn
upon Mount Victory. Living among
some loose stones which had fallen
from the top Of this cairn, was found
a small tin case containing record,
the substance Of which is as follows
"This cairn was built by the Franklin
expedition upon the assumed site OF
Sir James Ross pillar, whico had not
been found The Erebus and Terror
spent their first winter at Beechy
Island. after having a~cended Wei
lington Channel to lat. ~ deg, NJ,
and returned by the west side of Corn
wallis Island. On the 10Th of Sep
tcnber, 7s4s, they were beset in lat.
80 deg, o5 min, n. and long. SO deg.
% min, w. Sir John Franklin died
on the llth of June, 1847. On the
22d of April, ls4s, the ships were
abandoned five leagues to the N. n.
W.. of Point Victory, and the survi-
vors. los in number, landed here un-
der the command Of Capt. Crozier. -
This paper was dated April %, le4s,
and upon the following day they in
tended to start for the Great Fish Riv.
er. The total loss by deaths in the
expedition up to this date was nine
officers AMI fifteen men. \ vast guam
tity of clothing and stores of all sorts
lay strewcd abont, as If every article
was thrown away that could be dis.
pensed with: pickaxes, shovel<, boats,
cooking utensils, ironwork, rope, can.
vas, blocks, dip circle, sextant en-.
graved "Fredcric I" Hornby, n. NJ a
small medicine chest, &c.
When in lat. 69 deg, 90 min., Ion.
30 deg, - min, w., we came to a
large boat, discovered by Lieutenant
Hobson few days previously, as his
notice informed me. 1t appears tina,
this boat had been intended for the
ascent Of the Fish River, but was
abandoned apparently upon return
journey to the ships, the sledge upon
which she was mounted being pointed
in that direction. She measured 2s
feet in neth; by Z l-Z feet wide, was
most carefully fitted, and made rs ligh,
as possible, but the slcdgc was of solid
oak, anil almost as heavy rs the boat.
A large quantity Of clothing was
found within her, and also two human
skeletons. One of these lay in the at.
ter part Of the boat, under a pile of
clothing; the other, which was much
more distnr rbed: probably hy animals,
was found in the bow. Five pocket
watches, a quantity of silver spoons
and forks, and few religious books
were also found, but no journals, pock.
Ct hfoks, OF; even names up!n any. ar.
ticles OF clothing. Two donble-bar.
relied guns stood upright against the
boats side precisely as they had been
placed eleven years before. 1s One bar.
rel of each was loaded and cooked +;
there was ammunition in abundance,
also thirty or forty pounds Of choco-
late, SONS. tea and t,,bacco. Fuel was
not wanting; a drift tree lay within
one hundred. yards Of the boat.
Many very interesting relics were
brought away by Lieut.. Hobson, and
some few by myself On tile 5th of
June I reached Port Victory, without
having found anything further. The
clothing, &C., was again examined for
documents, note books, &c, without
success, 4 record placed in the c:.irn,
and another buried 10 feet true north
loft. -, - .%. af.2
From all that can be CLEANED from
the record paper, and the evidence
afforded by the boat and various ar
'icles Of clothing and equipment dis
covered, it appears that the abandon
ment Of the Erebus and Terror had