Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1860-03-16

across the valley--a probable width of 800
or 400 yards-was qrite perpendicular. and
fully 100 feet high. All last winters snow
had thawed away from off it, and exposed
q surface of mud and stones, fssured by
innumerabe small rivulets, which threw
themselves over the glacier cliffs in pretty
cascades, or shot far out in strong Jets from
their deeply seried channels in its face
while other streamlets near The base burst
out through sub-gacal tunnels of their own
forming.
What strange people, TO confne them
selves TO such mere strip Of beach! Up
on each side they have towering rocky
hills, rising SO abruptly from the sea that to
pass alorg their bases or ascend over their
submits is equally impossible; while
threatening glacier Immediately behind.
bears onward sufficient amount of rock
and earth from the mountains whence il is
sues, TO convince even the unrefccting saw
age OF lis progressive motion"
Having heard from the natives that
ship had been crushed by the ice, out at
sen. west of King Williams Island, and
sunk, Captain McClintock determined 10
explore that region, and while so doing
learned that t'c0 ships had been seen there
by the residents Of the island, one of which
| sunk, and the other was forced on shore by
the ice at Oot.loo-lik, where it was sup
posed they remained.
| We have not space TO give the continu-
alton Of the search in detail, but so import
ant was this information supposed to be,
that it was determined, if possible, to reach
the stranded ship. After few days trav-
cl they fell in with an inhabited village of
natives Of King Williams Island, who had
in their possession many relics they had
taken from the ship, and who were able to
give considerable Information. One old
woman said the white men went toward the
great river, and that many dropped by the
way-some were buried some were not
but she could give no idea of their number,
or the time that had elapsed.
While Capt. McClintock with his party
were making their exploration, Lieut.. Hob
son, with party, was searching for the
wrecked ship by another route. AT point
/ Victoria, on the northwest coast of King
Williams Land, he hal found record
he record so ardently sought-of the
Franklin expedition. This was 10 the ef-
feet that the ships Erebus and Terror win
tered in 1867 (845-6 p in the ice at
Beechy Island-all well. This record
bore date May 28tb, 1S47, but later date
April %, lS4S-on the same paper, an
nounced that the ships were deserted on the
22d, having been beset since Sept. -, 1916;
that Sir John Franklin died June IL, 1917
the total loss by death was "a and that
lO5 remained under command of Capt. f.
r. Nj. Crozier, and we're to start on the
morrow for Backs Fish River. Coniinu-
ing the search they found large boat, con-
taining two skeletons, near which were
many relics. such as articles of clothing,
watches. guns, books. articles of plate bear
ing the crests of the officers etc, but no
record, paper, or memorandum of any kind.
Enough has been found, however, to give
knowledge of the fate of the expedition,
to discover which so many lives have been
lost and money expended. That most COM
prising the crews of the Erebus and Ter
ror, died is certain, that none survived is
almost as certain.