The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-12-08

starting, the mercury continued frozen.
ON the list OF April our long projected spring Jour-
heys were commenced; Lieut. Hobson accompanied
me as Tar as Cape Victoria, each of u1Dhad sledpe
drawn by four men, and an auxiliary sledee drawn
by SIX dogs This was all the force we could muster
Before separating We two Esouimaux families
hVing out upon the ice in snow huts; from them we
learned that second ship had been seen off King
williams Island, and that she drifted ashore on the
fall of the same year. From this ship they had OBJ
tanned vast deal of wood and iron | now gave
Lieut. Hobson directions to search for the wreck and
TO follow Up any traces be might find upon King
William Island. Accompanied by nv own partv
and Mr. Petersen, marched along the east shore of
hing Williams Island, occasionally passing deserted
snow NUS. out without meeting natives till the 8th
OF May, when OF Cape Norton arrived at q snow
village containing about thirty Inhabitants They
gathered about without the slightest appearance
of fear shyness, although had ever seen liv
ing white people before They were most willing to
communicate all their knowledge and barter all their
goods but would have stolen everything had they not
been closely watched Many relics of our
countrymen were obtained; could not carry away
all we might have purchased They told us that one
day march up the inlet had crossed the day be-
fore, and thec four days overland brought them
the wreck None of these people had been there since
1918, ut which time they said but little remained
their countrymen having carried away everything
Most OF our information was received from intei-
gent old woman; she said that it on the fall of
the year that the ship forced ashore many of the
white men dropped by the way they went towards
the Great River; but this was only known to them
the winter following, when their bodies dscov-
cred They all assured that we would find natives
upon the south shore at the Great River, and some
few at the wreck but unfortunately this not the
Only one family were met off Point Booth, and
none at Montreal Island any place subsequently
visited.
Point Ogle, Montreal Island, and Barrow Island
searched without finding anything except a few
scraps of copper and iron in Esquimaux hiding
place RecrOssing the Strait to King William s
Island continued the examination of the southern
Shore without success until the 24th of May, when
Bbout ten miles eastward of Cape Herschel, bleach
ed skeleton was found, around which lay fragments
of European clothing. Upon carefully removing the
snow, a small pOcket-book found, containing a
few letters. These, although much decayed, may yet
be deciphered. Judging from the remains of his
dress, this unfortunate young man was steward or
officers servant, and his position exactly verified the
Esquimaux assertion, that they dropped they
walked along. On reaching Cape Hersche next day,
examined Simpsons Cairn, or rather what re-
mains of it. which is only four feet high and the
trail stones have been removed, If by men seeking
something within it. My impression at the time, and
which l will retain, is that records were deposited
there by the retreatng crews, and subsequently, re-
moved by the natives.
After parting from me at Cape Victoria on the 18th
of April, Lieut. Hobson made for Cape Felix. At q
short distance westward of it he found very large
carn, and close to 1t three small tents with blankets,
old clothes, and other relics of shooting or mag
netic station but although the cairn dug under
and a trench dug all round 1t at distance of ten
feet, no record discovered. y piece of blank
paper folden up found in the cairn, and two
broken bottles, which may, perhaps, have contained
records, lay beside il among some stones which had
fallen off the top The most interesting of the
articles discovered here, including boats ensign,
we're brought away by MIR. Hobson. About two miles
further to the southwest, small cairn was found,
but neither records relics obeined About three
miles north of Point Victory, second small cairn
was examined, but only broken pickaxe and empty
canister found
On the 9th of May, Lieutenant Hobson pitched his
tent beside large cairn upon Mount Victory Lying
among some loose stones which had fallen from,ohe
top of this cairn, found small case containing
record the substance of which is briefly as follows
This cairn was built by the Franklin expedition,
upon the assumed site of Sir James Ross pillar,
which had not been found. The Ere6us and Terror
spent their first winter Beech Island after having
ascended Wellington Channel to lat. IL deg. N, and
returned by the west side OF CORVALLIS Island: on
the 18th of September, 1916, they were beset in lat
300 O5 n and long. 9Se % w. Sir John Franklin
died on the 11th of June, 1S47. On the I'D OF April
lS4S the ships were abandoned five leagues to the ~
n. W.. of Point Victory, and the survivors, Ioo IN
number landed here under the command OF Captain
Crozier'' This paper dated April 10Th, 1915,
and upon the following day they intended to start Tor
the Great Fish river The total loss by deaths IN the
expedition up to this date was nine ocers ana neen
men. A vast quantity of clothing and stores of all
sorts Law strewed about, if here every article was
thrown away which could possibly be dispensed with
pickaxes shoves, boats cooking utensils ironworS;
rone blocks canvas, dip circle, sextant engraved
60 Frederick Hornby, r. NJ small medicine chest
oars etc A few miles southwark, across Back Bay,
second record was found, having been deposited 6y
I.ieuf Gore and VI. Des Veux, in May, 1871. IL
afforded no additional information -
Lieut. Hobson continued his search until within IL
fsw davs, march of Cape Herschel without hndlng
.nv trace of the wreck of natives de eit iui III
formation of his important discoveries ior me- 'e
fore when returning northward by the west snore Vi
Kino williams Island had the advantage OF KNOW
-: .hat had already been founT Soon after leav-
inc Cane Hersche the traces OF natives became ess
numerous and less recent, and after rounui"s III.
vest oint of the island, they ceased aitogether. @
shre ia extremely low, and almost utterly destitute
81 ,.,,a,a,;on Numerous banks of shingle and low
;sets lie off it. and beyond these Victoria STRAIT Is
covered with heavy and impenetrable pacKed W ice
when in lat 62e 09 n. and lon. ". - W., VIC
came to a large boat, discovered oy Lieut. nooS t.
90 davs nreyiously as his notice informed me- II
- that this boat had been intended Tor the as
~ ~ the Fish river, but was abandoned apparently
80 80 ro,urn tourney to the ships, the sedge upon
vhcb sbe was mounted being pointed III ,a ~ vi a.,
Sh. measured % Seet in length py "a iee'
.Ja was most carefully fitted and made as hgn' as
nss;hie hut the sledge Of solid oak anu aI,.os'
r. heavy az the boat. large quanei'y VI ,I.ns
no. found within her, also two human ',,der
One of these lay in the after Pahi was much
S;ip.rrted probably by animals, was iouna ~ , .ns
80 five pocket watches, quantty VI lie
soons and forks and few religious DooHs ,.1nes
found, but journals, pocket DCoAs anhs> >barreled
upon articles Of aaai oa1s E. bosss sds precisely
guns ss1oa Ssd been placed years before One barrel
=. a. .sh vas loaded and cooked. Ihere was n..I.,e
IN oa1a abundance also 80 40 pounds Of
and sSasSo hundred p"s ysrds Of the
drt tree Lay ;,eresting relics brought away oy
T:a.,, Hobson. and some few BY myself 81,
a.. XII of June, reached Point victory, Will
On h.1Ss ,Gs found anything further The
&c. again examined for s.Ssd psssd in the
&C.; wtnou; ,r;ed ten feet true north Of it No.n-
and orby Of remark occurred upon my sss b Of
ing vU The ship, which We reached on the i''n y
9sy 9sgs % Eve , days after Lieut. Hoos0n, -, i.
The shore Of King wIls" v.. ,si.1a and crosisr has
north end west extrenes, CaP s;noe the abandon
not ben visited q 1eae.@-,--