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

arrow. Ths tsntss are vartously composed of OAK.
ssb, pine mShogsoy, elm, and bone Tue spoons sad
forks were readily sod for fev needles each also the
bu,tops which they ornaments on their dresses
Bows and arrows readily exchanged for knives
Previously 70 TIE strantDg on the ig1borog shore
Of the lat expedition, these people must have been
alrno st destitute Of wood or iron. Some Of them bad
even got OILY bone knives, speN poin<. Some OF
their sledges eeen consisting OF two ros Of seal
skip fstfered ard frozen, to eerve as runners and
com ected toee.be, by cross bars Of bones. Many
more knives. bones, and buttons, similar to those
brought swsy might have been obtained, bot no per-
sonsl or important relics.
SEEN Is A ssow-HUT IN LAT. 10 ~, Goth APRIL,
1873, NOT BROUGHT AWAY.
Two wooden sbovel, one Of them made Of mahogany
board, soIDe spear aud bow Of English WOOD
and deal case, which might have served for tee
scope or barometer: its external dimensions were:
length feet inch depth 81 inches; width, inches;
two brsss hinges remained attached to it.
RELICS OBTAINED FROM THE EsQuIsAUx NEAR cAfs
NORTON, rPos THE EAST COAST OF KING WILLIAM
ISLAND, IN MAY, 1853.
Two tablespoons, upon one ia scratched WV on the
other w. g. these bear the Franklin crest; two ts ,le
forks bearing the Franklin crest the other is also
crested probably Capt. Crozier's sversnith's nsme
is l. West; tao tesspoons, ore engraved A. d.. d.,
"a. McDonald), the other bears the Fairholne cres
ard motto; handle of desert ktife, into which bad
been inserted razor (since broken Off by Millkin
Strand; buttors wood, and iron sere here in album
dance, but enough Of these had already been OBJ
tanned no more were purchased.
some scrspe OF different kinds OF wood, such az could
not be obtsred from a boat teak or African oak.
Found lying about the skeleton, nine miles east OF
Cape Herscbe May, lS9-The tie OF black elk hand
kerchief, Fragments Of double.breasted blue cloth
wsstcost with covered silk buttons, and edged with
braid; scrap Of coored 90 ton shirt slk covered
buttons Of blue, cloth greascoat small clothes brush
q horn pocketcomb, leather pocket book, which fell
to pieces when tbawed and dried contained nine or
ten letters few leaves apparently blank sixpence,
dated 1881, and a halt sovereign, dated 1874.
From betide an EsqumauI stone-mark, on the east
side Of Montreal Island.Pat of preserved meat tin
painted red Part of the rim Of some strong copper
vessel; pieces of iron hoop two pieces OF Hat
iron, an iron hook bolt, q piece Of sheet copper.
Articles among the natives at Cape Norton, not
purchased Bows made Of wood knives, uniform, snd
plain buttons sledge made of two long pieces of hard
wood.
Articles seen about snow hut, near Point Booth,
not purcba ed-Eight or ten fir poles, varying from
FIVE feet to ten feet in length, the shortest being q
inches 10 diameter. Two wooden snow shovels about
81 feet long, and made Of pieces of plank painted white
or pale yellow il occurred to NE that the pieces oil
plank might have been the bottom boards OF boat.
There was abundance Of wood fashioned into smaller
articles.
CONTENTS OF BOATS MEDICINE CHEST.
One bottle labeled zinzib r. pulv., full; do. spirit
do. OIL csryphyll. one fifth full; do pec. P. co full;
do OIL meth pip, empty; do. liz. ammon fort, three
quarters full; DO. Of. olivac, full do. tnct. oP!d
cauph., three quarters full do. vim SEM colch, full
bydrarg hit oIyd., full do. puv. gregor full broken)
do. msgnes carb. full; do. csmphor full; two bot
ties tnct. tout. (esch),s quarter full; one bottle
scsmmon puIv, full; do. quinsc bisulph., empty
do. mot iabtled) tiIct. opii., three qusrters full
one box apparently purgative pills, full do.
ointment sbruDk; do. emp. adhesiv., fun; one
probeipg one pen wrapped up in lint one lead pen;
Gil one pc wter syringe two small tubes test wrapped
up in lint, one fabbg, baudsges oil silk lint, thread.
(siered) DAVID WALKER, NJ D.,
For Port Kennedy Jun. 1859 Surgeon to Expedition.