The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-10-26

spring journeys were commenced. Lieut..
Il '1son accompanlei M a. lar as Cape VIC
ttria. Each of a. had ,led5e drawn ny
faar m n, and an auxiliary sledse drawn by
s.x days. rhis was al. the force we could
muster.
fare separating we saw two Esquimaux
fans lies living out upon the ice in snnw huts.
From them We learned that second ship
had been seen OF Hing Williams Island. and
that she drifted ashore in the fall Of the same
wear. From this they had obtained vast
deal of wood and irua. now gave Iieut.
i,oson directions to search tor the wreck,
ana Il follow up any traces ne might md
spaa King Williams Island.
Accompanied BY nv owa party and Mr..
P,terson. marched along the east shore OF
King Williams island. occasionally passing
deserted snow huts. but without meeting
natives till the 9th Of May, when. off Cape
Merton, we arrived at snow village con.
tanning about thirty Inhabitants. They
s,,6erel about us without the slightest APP
7tirance Of fear or shyness, although none,
Isl ever seen living white people before.
sasS we're most willing to communicate all
sir knowledge and barter all their goods.
bit would have stolen every thing had they.
MT beer, very closely watched. Many more
relics Of our colntrYmen were obtained; we
could not carry away all we might have pur.
chased They pointed to the inlet We had
crossed the day before, and told US that one
DAYS march up il, and thence Tour days
overland, brought TO the wreck. None o.
these people had been there since ls51-5s,
at which time they said but little remained.
their countrymen having carried away al
most every thing. -.
Most OF our information was received from
an intelligent old woman. She said II was
in the fall Of the year that the ship was forced
ashore. Many Of the white men dropped by
the way as they went towards the Great riy'
err; but this was only known 70 them 10 me
winter following, when their bodies were
discovered. They all assured US that We
would find natives upon the south shore, at
the Great river, and some few at the wreck |;
but unfortunately this was not the case. On.
" one family was met with OF Point Booth,
and none at Montreal island or any place
subsequently visited.
Recrossing the Strait to King Williams
Island, we continued the examination OF us
southern shore without success until the 24th
Of Nav. when, about ten miles eastward q
Cane Herschel, a bleached skeleton was
found. around which Iay fragments of Euro.
mean clothing. Upon carefully removing the
snow, small pocket-book was found, con-
taining few letters. These, although much
decavsd, may vet be deciphered. Judgin:
from the remains of his dress. this unfOrtu
nate Young man was steward or otfcer'
servant. and his position exactly verified IN
Esoutmaux's assertIen-that they dfeppet
40 thsy walked along.
After parting fran me, at Cape Victoria
on the asth q April. Lieut.. Hobson mad
far Cane Felix. At a short distance west
ward oil il he found a very large cairn. az,
close to it three small tents, with blankets
old clothes and other relics OF shooting
magnetic stari"n; out although the earn VA
distance of ten feet. no record was dis
covered. piece Of blank paper, folded ~
was found ~ the cairn. two broken bottles
which may perhaps have contained records
Law beside IL aiming some stones which ha'
fallen from OF the top. The most interest
,ng &c tile articles discovered here. includin
buats ensign. was brought away BY Nj
Hobson.
On the 9Th Of May Lieut.. Hobson pitche
his tent beside large cairn upon Point Vic
,o-v LYING among some loose stones whic
hal fallen from the top Of his cairn was ionn
sm1ll tin case containing record. ih
substance Of which Is briefly as follows:
This eairn was built BY the Frankli
expedition, upon the assumed ste II 81
James Koss's D liar, which had not been folnt
The Erebds and Terror spent their iirstwH
ter al Beechy Island, after having ascende
Wellington Channel 10 lat. - deg. ", All
returned by the west side Of CORVALLIS Isl
and On the 18th Of September. 1876. the
were beset in lat. 7O.05 NJ. and long 9s.2
w. sir John Franklin died on the ith ,
June, is47. On the ed Of April. i84e, II
ships we're abandoned i've leagues to ID
n. Of NV. Oft Point Victory, and the suryi
yors, one hundred and FIVE in number, lsnde
here under the command Of Capt. Gfozler.'
THIS paper was dated April Is. l64e. an
upon The following day they intended
START Tor the Great Fish river. The tot,
loss By deaths in tie expedition up to III
date sas nine officer. and fifteen men.
vast asantity Of clothing and stores
al .ort. Law strewed abuGt. a. il here ever
Article vas thrown away which could pOss
BIZ Be dispensed with; picksyes, shovel
boats, cooking utensils, iron work, rop'
blocks, canvass, DIP circle, sextant e.
graved " Frederic Horribly. Il. NJ" sma
medicine chest. oars, &c.
4 few miles southwark. across Back Ba.
second record Vas found. having been q
posted ~ Liegt Gore and ". des frar
Mas. isi7. II afforded no additional Il
formation.
soon after leaving Cape lIerschsl he q
css ii natives became less numerous and le
recent, AVID after rounding the We; point
the island ghey ceased altogether. Th
shore is extremely low, snd almost utter
destitute Of vegetation. Numerous banks
Single and low islets lie of i, md beyor
these Victoria strait il covered with hea,
and impenetrable packed ice.
When IN LAT. 90 deg 90 ", and long.