New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-10

Th.ysu krev Of PAry'. ships having Sin'ere3 there
IN 1928 aid hsd heard Of iate y.Ss of Dr. kses
yi, a. Repulse Bsy describing rs boats ~ ~ nisr 70
cur ~hsleboat and bic Psrty as hSlps IN 'ens WITHIN
STOW houses smoking pipes, s1oo'iag repa.sr, &c.
Ncr, dad Tcsy remained there Only ots Winter.
No ruror II the loat expedition has r-sehed them.
Within Ponds Inlet the natives told Us ne Ice decays
an AZ .ysry YEAR but 80 long "a shy rensns Shsles
aboHud. Several large whales were seen by US, and
We foand among the natives considerable quantity OF
of ahaleboce and macy norShAls horrs, "hicn tney
were anxious 10 barter for knives, b'es sas- res,
Ard wool: they drew rude ehs.ts of the inlet
,hosiIg that il expands INTO an exclusive chanhei
Iookirs westward into Prince Regents Iuet.
We could rot but Iegre tbs. of olr osn wishing
fr.6 from whom we bad recently received SO muca
kufp.ss-vere here 20 profit by 80 favorable an OPP
rn,,urIty. Leaving Ponas Inlet on The 9Th August,
We reached Beechey Island on tie llt1, sal landed
handsome marble tablet, sect on bosrd for TINS pnr-
pose by Lady Franklin, bearing sn appropriate m
scripton the memory Of our lost cogntfymen In the
f. ebus and Terror.
The provisions and stores ned in perfsc, order,
but email boat vas much damaged fro having been
turred over ara rolled siorg the beach oy storm.
The roo OF the house received some Necessary repaf
Having embarked some coal sud stores We stood IN
need Of and touched 81 Cape Ho,ham on the l6to, we
sailed down Peel Strait for % niles or the lItn, but
finding the remainder OF this channel covered by nn-
br ken ice, determined 70 make Tor BeiIot STRAIT on
the 18th of August, examined into supplies remaining
a. Port Leopold ard eft there shslsboa., which We
brought swsy from Cspe Hotham for the purpose, so
a. aid IN our retreat should we Do Obliged event
uslly TO abandon the Fox. The steam launch had
bee forced higher up on the beach, aud somewhat
damaged by the ice. Prnce Regeots Inlet vas un-
usnsy free from ice; but very httle Tss seen during
our run down TO Brentfoid Bay, which We reached on
the sCth August BeIot Strait, shica couimunl,
Gates with the western sea, averages one mile IN
width by IL or Is miles in length. Attbis time II was
filed with drift ice, but as toe season advaIced be-
came perfectly clear; it's shores are IN many places
la al Of
faced with lofty granite ems, ana some OF Tue
strong running six seven knots at the springs On
the 9th of september we passed through Beuot STRAIT
without obstruction, ard secured the snip 10 hxed ice
across its western outlet From bere IN the 18th,
when | deemed il necessary to retrest into Wiuter
quarters We constantly watched the movements OF the
ice 10 the western sea or channel 10 nd channei u
was broken up and drifting about gradually the pro-
portion Of water increased, until az length the ice
which interviewed was reduced three four mi es in
width But this was firmly held fsst by numerous
islets and whstood the violence OF the Autumn gales
II was tan.aiziDg beyond description thus to watch
from day to day the free water which We could not
reach, and which washed the rocky shore few miles
to the sopthwsrd of Us.
During the Autumn attempts were made to carry
out oepos Of provisions toward the magnetic pole; but
these almost entirely failed owing b the disruption of
the ice to the southwark Lieutenant Hobson returned
with bis sedge parties in November, after much suf-
ferpg from weather, and imminent peru on one
occasion, when the ice upon which they were en-.
off 10 the leewsrd with them.
Our wmteripg position was at the east entrance to
Bellot Strait, in snug haibor, which have named
Port Kennedy, after my predecessor III these waters,
the eou msuder of one OF Lsdy Franklns former
searching expeditions. Although vegetation was toer
abb abun ant and our tso Esquimaux nuaters MIR. Pc
teep, ana several sports nen, orsantly on the alert
yet the of the country during eleven months
and half only yielded eight reindeer, two bears,
es hteen seals and few water fowl and ptar ngan.
TIE Winter was unusually cold and stormy. Ar
rangemens completed during the Winter tor car
ryDg out our intended plan OF search; lett II 10 %
nv 0uy person ally to visit Marshal Island and in 50
doing proposed to complete the circuit of king VII
lsm Island
To Lieut.. Hobson allotted the search of the west
ern shore of Booths 10 the magnetic pole and nom
Gateshead Island westward to Wynulatts furthest.
Capt. Allen Young, our ssipg master, was TO trace
tho shore of Prince Of Wales Land, from Lieut..
Brownies furthest; and also to examine the coast from
Belot Strait northwar1, to Sir james Ross iurthest
Early Spring journeys were commenced on the l|th
of February, 1859, by Capt Young and myself, Capt.
Young carrying his depot across TO Prince of Wales
Land, while went southwark, toward the magnetic
POLE in the hope Of communicating with the Esqui-
maux and obtaining such Information as might lead US
at once to the object of our search.
Twas accompanied by Dir. Peterson interpreter,
and Alexander Thomson, qusrternsster We had with
us two sledges drawn by dogs. On Feb. %, when
ar Cape Victoria We had the good fortune to meet
small party of natives, and were subsequently visited
by about forty.fiv individuals.
For four days we remained in communi cation with
them obtaining many relics, and the information that
several years ago q ship rushed by the ice oil the
north shore of King William Island, but that all her
people landed safely and went away to the Great Fish
River, where they dled. This tribe was well supplied
with wood, obtained they said, from boat left by the
" bite Men On the Great River.
We reached our vessel after % days absence,
in good health but somewhat reduced by sharp march
ing ard the unusually severe weather TO which we had
been exposed. For several days after starting the
mercury continued frozen.
On the Cd Of April long projected Spring journeys
were commenced; Lieut.. HObson accompanied me az
far Cape Victoria; each of had sledge drawn by
four men, and auxiliary sedge drawn Dy six dogs,
This was all the force We could muster.
Before separating We saw two Esquimaux families
living out upon the ice in snow huts; from them We
learned that second ship had been seen off King
William Island, and that she drited ashore on the Fall
Of the year. From this ship they mad obtained
vast deal OF wood and iron.
now gave Lieutenant Hobson directions to search
for the wreck and follow up any traces he might find
upon King William leland.
Accompanied by my own party and Mr.. Petersen,
marched along the east shore of King William Island,
occasionally passing deserted hats, bat without
meeting natives TIL the 9Th OF May, when off Cape Nor
ton arrived at snow village containing about 80
inhabitants. They gathered about Us without the
slightest appearance Of fear or shyness, although
had ever seen living white people before. They were
most willing to communicate ali their knowledge, and
barter all their goods but would have stolen ything
had they not been very closely watched. Many more
relics Of our countrymen were obtaned-we could not
rry away all might have purchased. They pointed
TO the inlet We had crossed the day before and told
that ebe day. march up it, and from thence four days
overland, brought them to the wreck.
None Of these people had been there since 1878 ct
which time they said but little remained, their coun.
trymen having carried away almost everything.
Most of our information received from intei.
gent old woman. She said it in the Fall of the
year that the ship was forced ashore. Many Of the
white men dropped by the way, they went toward
the Grea. River but this was only known 10 them in
the Winter following when their bodies were discoY.