The sun., 1861-10-25
Dr. Hayes, Arctic Expedition.

btr. Henry Gfinnell, OF this city, through
whose liborslity tho expedition was chiefly
fitted out, has received . lotter from DR.. Hayes,
giving a de allied statement Of his movements
since ho loft pernavk in August, 1860.
Af'or pas ing Melville Bay tho vessel stood
81 ~ to G. apo lOfI where they saw group Of
E-qu'maut, And ID. Hayes ON going ashore
met Hans, DR.. kanos runaway boy, AMI other
natives. lie recognized d. Hayes and Dr.
S,nntap, and expressing vish t0 accompany
them, ho was tSkon nj GARD with his wife, child
and hunting equilRo.
On tho 2Gth tho schooner enc1untsrcl q
heavy /, O. pack % miles soutu ut Smith, STRAIT.
They rounded tho ice, m shoe, and IN tle con-
trs Of the Strait met n heavy ice pack through
which lead WAS visibb.
On the jOth they dropped anchor near tipc
Alexander, where from an elevation Of 200
foat tho Ice pack appeared imponotrIble.
galo set in aud drove tho schooner from her
mornings the noVt day, upon group OF ice
berg which carried away hor jib boom. The
wind mOJoratd for awhile but again blew
violently and drove tho little schOonN for
the third timo from tho Strait for refuge
brl ird Cape Al Jxauler. They pl'sel Lit
tlston'a ] land and anchored In llirtstein's
Bty tho schooner during tha passage coming
in coll ton with ice-f,l "a twenty and thirty
E ot 'nlck, which rr,yi away the iIon p'atipg
lr,ra her 'cr and 'O-g ay " her false stern.
y
! Littlc'on's I,land, but two hhyI had changed
the character OF the i'n Fiom the top OF the
| iflanl thoTo WAS no opel w1tcr visible q tho
northwest west or sou Invest AMI fel1ul OF
heinr fr II in, they wero Dced to return TO
Hirtstein liay.
There everything wore 4 wintry lo,k. Tho
decks were covered wi h leo ani tho rigging
was frozen siH. The nayisahle season wHs
clearly at onl, and they wen' into wln'er quar-
tens on the 9lh, mOOriug tno schOonor 10 ya-ds
from shore in f,thOms Of water. The stores
woro deposited IN hut built !of tho purpose On
shore and the hold and uppir deck uIale COM
luftt1lc for tho men, Thelr wnJnr h rhor was
named Port Foulke, in honor Oi Mr. Foulho, Of
Pm tdclphla.
Tic win er p,ssel pleasantly. Two hunlred
reiud6ers which werG yip.ured kept the party
10 fresh meat A d 'cuso, however, broke out
among the dogs which reduced th'ir number
10 nine.
Ia this extremity d. so1nt,g volunteered TO
go south 10 Northumberland Island 70 pto-uro
lu,s from the E'luimIuN, sud on the 2h Of
D,comb,r hl s0t uut win lilus, in a slsjgo
dswn by nine dogs. Ga ths eSp'ditiol DR..
Som tag did Of cod.
While waki1g in advance Of tho sloigo he
f-ll through the thin Ice aui was helped OUT ny
Hans but died soon al er. Hans reached the
E.qumaux, but by over driying killed five
dog' and Injured the o'hr four. But some
We ks ldtor tho E.quimluX came TO the " sol
and II dogs woru purchased Of them.
| ate IN March DR. Hayes m,do a sl,dgH jour
ney n,rthNsrd, visiting Rcn'Selisr h,rh1r Or.
Ksno's wRi.r quarters. No trace OF tho Ad-
yanss was found, ste probably having drifiei TO
| sea With iho leo Ga ,his iJurncy tho theTmo.
| meter sank " Go' below Zorc.
On the ith Of April tae whole crew. exrpt
| thres, NIrei oIg 10, saypsd.'ion 10 ihs nor n
| raid The hun norkod les was 20 thick tha'
passage hal 10 bs dug thr ugh with aN'' and
ssoyels, and il became apruon' that the whole
ruuref would la consumed In reaching the
west land. il a. oll, AMI ~ boat could no, b'
tran ported. In this pre- lc1nant DR.: HAye'
-oht back the nGin party AMI cpn'inlei north
ward with three comptn inns au1 two lodges.
The ice was so 70 1gh tina it took lIr. Have
| fouIt. en- dlNs 10 travel forty 'es, ant tn, x
we've so broken down thai Ee haf 10 servo then
| double rAliors. Reael ~ the west coast a
| Cape Hayes, thew travelled lCng 'he lan'
| through Kcnnrjy's channel till the 18th o
| NAV, when they were red to return for wan
| of Provisions Tho Latitude attained was 81
| 35' degree Of northirg only equalled b.
| Captain Parry. Tho land was taken po'sessio
Il In tie name Of tho United States governm en-,
Before reaching the vessel DR.. IIsyes lost q
but saven dogs. On the 1ith If July, the ic
having broken up at Port Fuulke, lh y pat
sea ard reached Upornaylk on the 18th
Augr at.