The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1859-10-21

hfink MhlAc ptopio nolofes lucy were
most willing 70 Communicate all their
knowledge, and barter All their goods, but
would have stolen everything had they
not been closely watched Many more
relics Of our countrymen wore obtained-
we could not carry away on We might
have purchased Thoy pointed TO thein-
let we had crossed the day before, and
told us that one daye march up Il. and
/ rom thence four days overland, brought
them 10 the wreck, None OF these pco-
Y pie had been there since lS57-8a al which
time they said but little remained, their
oountrymen having carried away almost
everything.
/ "Mosi OF our Information was received
from an intelligent dld woman, She said
Il was intho fall ofthe year that the ship
wua forced ashore. Many Of She white
men dropped By thc way AZ they went to-
ward the Great River; but this only known
70 them in The winter following, when
their bodies were discovered. Point Orle,
Montreal Island, and arrow Island, were
searched without finding anything except
a few scraps OF copper and iron Ia an
Esquimaux hiding place.
"Re-orossing the strait 10 KinR William
Island we continued the examination Of
its southern shore without success, until
TIE 10th Of May, when, about ten miles
eastward Of Cape Hersshcl, bloaohcd
skeleton was found, around which lay
fragments Of European clothing. Upon
carefully removing the snow, a small
pocket-book was found continuing few
letters these, though much dscayed, may
! yet be dcoiphered. Judging from the re-
mains Of bis dress, this unfortunate young
man was a steward or officers servant
and his position exactly verified the Es-
qq9ima'cS' assertion that they dropped as
they walked along.
"On searching Cape IIcrschol next day
he examined Simpsons CgirE, OF rather
what remains Of i, which ia only fonl
feet high, and the central stones have
been removed, as ifby men seeking some.
thing within Il. BY impression al the
time, aud which still retain, ia, that 70.
cords were deposited there by the retreat
ing crews, and subsequently removed b,
the natlvos.n
"Aiter parting with me at Cape Vioto.
ria, on the 2sth Of April, Lieutenant Hob.
son madgfor Cape Felix; at a short ais.
tanco wfstward Of u ho found a very
large cai<n, and close 10 Il three small
tents, witR blanketa, Old cloths, and 9th.
er relies q a shooting or magnetic station
but althoukh the cairu was dug ppdag,auI
a trench dc ulLU, ,Rssf3 "a dstanc,
Of ten feet, no rrooro v - ,s,so,.,>,. I'D
"0n the 9th Of May, Lieutenant Hob.
son pitched his tent beside large CARR
at Point Victory. Lying among somt
loose stones which hud nllen from tht
top OF this cairn, was found small tir
case containing record, the substance
Of which is briefly as follws:--This cairr
was built by the Franklin Expedition up
on the assumed site Of James Ross pit
lar, which had been found. The Ere6u
and Terror spent their Rrst winter a
Beechy Island, after having usccrded Wei
: lington Channel to lat. n. deg. n, ant
returned by the west side ofCornwa lli
Island. On the 18th Septembcr, lo4l
, they were besct in lat. 1905 ~, and lon
/ 9S.a3 w.
, "Slr J. Franklin died on the nth Jun,
, lS47. On the 92d Of April, lS4s, IN,
chips were abandoned five leagues TO IA,
N. N w. Of Point Victory, aud the sur
yivors, hundred and Eve In cumberland
ed here under the command Of Captain
Crozier. This paper was dated Goth o.
April, l64Si and upon the following da,
they intended 20 start for the Great FISH
River. The total loss by deaths in the
expedition up 10 this date was nine Off.
oers and fifteen men. A vast quantity o
clothing and stores Of all sorts lay strew
ed about, us if here every article wal
throWn = away which could possibly be die
pensed with; pickaxes, shovols, boats
cooking utensils iron work, rope, blocks
canvas, dip circle, sextant engrave,
Frederick Hornby,' r. NJ, a small medi
cine chest, oars, &c.
"A few miles southwark, across Bacl
Bay, u second record was found, haVinp
been deposited by Lieutenant Gobe anS
, NJ. Des Voeux, in May, Lieutenant Hob,
son continued his search until within !
! few days march Of Cape Herschel, without
finding any trace of the wreck OF of ma,
tives.
when in lat. 66 deg. 90 ~, and long
80 deg. ~ W., we came 10 large boat
discovered by Lieutenant Hobson few
days previously, as bis notice informed
me. II appears that this boat had been
intended for the ascent of the Fish River
but was abandoned, apparently, upon q
return journey 10 the ships, the sledge M.
on which she was mount d being pointst
In that direction. She measured twenty.
eight feet In length by seven and hall
feet wide, was most carefully fitted, ant
made as light as possible, but the sledPG
was Of solid oak, and almost rs heavy a
'tthe boat.
"A large quantity ofelothing was found
within her; also two human skeletons.-
One Of these lay IN the uitor part Of the
boat, under a pile Of clothing; the other
which was much more disturbed, Drobab' y
by animals, was found in the bow. Five
pocket Watches quantity of silver spoons
and forks, and few religious books, were
also found, but no journals, pocket-books,
or even namos upon any article Of cloth.
ling. Two double-barreled guns stood
upright against the boats side, precisely
as they had been placed eleven years be.
fore. One barrel in each was loaded and
cockedi there was ammunition in abund.
anoei also thirty or forty pounds Of choc-
olate, some tea ana tobacco, Fuel was
not wantingi drift tree lay within one
hundred yards Of the boat.
"Many very interesting relics were
brought away by Lieutenant IIobson, and
some few BY myself On the fifth Of
June reached Point Victory with, at hav-
ing found anything further. The cloth.
ing, &C., was again examined fer docu-
ments, notebooks, &c, without success;
a record placed in the cairn, and another
buried ten feet true north Oft. Nothing
worthy ofremark occurred upon my re-
turn journey tothe ship, which we reach
ed on the 18th ofJune, five days after
Lieutenant Hobson.
"The shore Of King Willians Islard