The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1859-10-18
NO. 67S


any wrecks within the last 20 or 30 years
reached tkeir shores.
Tho remains Of three wrecked ships arc
known to them; two Of those appear 10
lave been the whalers Dexterily and Au.
rora, wrecked in Aug, 1921, some 70 or
80 miles southwark Of Ponds Inlet. Tho
third vessel, now almost buried in the
sand, lies Il few miles eas. Of Capo IL -
This people communicate overland every
Winter with the tribes at Iglook; they
all knew Of Parry's ships having wintcred
there in 1922 3, and Lad heard Of late
years of DR.. Raes visit h. Repus. Bay,
describing his boats as similar 10 our whale
boat, and his party rs living in tents, with.
in snow.houses, smoking pipes shooting
reindeer dc. None died. hey remain.
ed there only one Winter
No rumor Of the lost expedition ha9
reached ttcm. Within Ponds Inlet the
natives told rs The ic" decays away every
year, bu. So long ~ any remains, whales
abound. Several large whales were seen
by IL, aud We founl among the natives
considerable amount Of whalcbone and
many narwhal, hOrus. which they wero
n"A'o''' 10 '@,t'f 'or Nni'eS' H''s' saws r.
tles, aud wool; they drew US some rude
charts of the inlet, showin. that it expands
into m extensive channe' looking westward
into Prime Regents Irlct
We could not but regret lha, none Of
oar own Whaling frienj5-lron whom we
hai recently rec lived so much kindness
w"rr h''c to profit by SO favorable an op.
no' '"nuy Leaving lona me. on lhe
w" VI 5"A'' "o ''hCGeu Deech; isiaho
~ p,' vac ''"' ""' '"h"eo hahuso'ho mar
''"'y', N'"' =" oo"o LOT 'hs purpose
- ''''G''''' oc'''"9 uHo 'iPfoP'"tc
'i'''"" - ~ ','''''t q, our '''. cooh-
~ ~. ,,.'" !" ~" l'''On' anu i'rfor'
~ !'o'','.','' '''' N'oF'S s','n'd II per
'l', -, "'",'' 'o' s.''''' "oat was hi"cE
""n'"Tt' from Ea''iE peGh 'urne" over
@I'' ,,'' ''l'',. "ohS ,"' 'eac" ~ s'os!"'-
''' 'o.' u mo mouse 'cecNed some NC
'''["! 'ri""'' having choArN'a some
'"'I ana ',o''' We s'ooH IN ,e'u ',' ana
''o'l,'' at ape Iiotham on '"' ION, we
''.,'' "o"h LceI 0lra,' Tor twch'y'hvo
mics on ."' ! 'Vh' ONT hhG'ng thc remain
w. ''.', ,':,'"t't' I'et "i,, =, HnoIoAen
~ =, ''',,o ,i''"e'. ~ 'i'"Nc 'or h'.io' ouait
y" NV i''" .! Au9",, eA"'"''eu !o'9
IuPpl'' remaining "t rort Leopold ana
49, '',,'' wn"'tIon,' "h.ch we orough,
'""Y ''o"' C"P' II '"d'h 'or ,ie purpose
- - - ''i'I }" orr r tr'at should we DC
gT'St' ,}I e'e,I'u'',y I" ABANDON 'he roS;--
i''' >, d" I'"'cn "h' p'eh ,"rceu higt et
up u INC o''on, "'' somewhat damaged
=; , 81, It'' I'','' Veg h'S ihIc' "a7
I"us'''' i'. '''' ''""' 'c'i ou' very iit'ie was
uH''12 ,','.3 or 'u'i do"n To bren,toIa Bay
', m'Ii'n ni We ''''"' ",' we Z''h ~ August
,e"ou 9'i"'' WHi'h communicates with
.,;J ., p" "IS'c,u ''', averages one 'hi'e IN
,;';' T'"'n y - ot iliGs !" ,'ng'h; Al
,''' '''''' = "'' '''y" WIN u'iI' Ice, out as
:. .''' 'I'So'' ".''at'c'" became ''cc'!y clear;
.,' II, N,'o.eS a'' III many Par, laced win
I: ~: ioI.! E'"''''e GINS, ana some OF the
,'oa's,' ''''' '.'' i'ooo 'ro' 'he t'aeS arc
a. ".:""E '@,l",nS ,' c.S c,H VI st'," kno'' At
'''e ny y" - '''g o'il o' september Wo
P'oS': '"''"7 ;" ne''o' ot'n't without op'
80 '.''?.'' "''. '''"'eT '"' snip 10 iiAea 100
~ ~ 49, ,I -, ON "G''s, o",e'' rl'', "'fe' Uu
'',5 ', wv; u'''"eu IL necessary
'I,.,", IJ '",J " ,"'sr lu'r'er'' we con
" WV
IN the western sea or channel. In mid
ciauuel it was brokou up AMI drifting a.
bout; gradually the proportion Of water
increased, until at length tn ice which iu-
tervenod wa, reduced to three or four miles
in width. Bat this was tiymly hell fast
by m acrou+ sIols, anl wi,hstool the VIC
'enco Of tha Autumn gales. 1t was tan.
aliliz,ng bcyond description thus to watch
'."a day to day tie free water nhiel We
could not reach, and which washed the
rocky shore a few miles to the southwarl
u -?
Duiug the autu nn attemls were made
to carry dcpots Of provisions towards the
magnetic pole, but these almost entirely
flil'i in consequence of the disruption Of
the ice to the southwark. Lieut.. IoLson
returned with the sledge parties in
November, after much suffering from So
we're weather m! imminent peril on the
occ'slon' when the ice on which they wcr'
encammd Ogcama detached trom the shoT
a"d drItied oil to I'eward with them.
Our wln'orIng position wa at the rrc'
ne To Bo'iot strait, IL s@ug IlariiH, %
! hJv' named PoIt kcungli. II