Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-10-02
JAMES HARPER, EDITOR AND PRopRIEToR. !.

connection With the discovery Of tbes
. | people Of eye olden time" is, that Mr.
+ Hall discovered q trench twenty fee
. deep and one hundred feet long. 8 spe
= cies of dry dock. leading down to tb,
Q vater. In this excavation the party o
Frobisher's men who we're Captured b,
the Esquimaux 90 his first voyage. will
Irhe assistance Of some OF their captors
built small vessel, 10 which the,
were to embark end sail to England
In due time she WAS completed ant
put to sea, but heavy weather comm,
on, and their vessel proving unseawor
thy. they were obliged TO return. Al
Of this crew were severely frost bitten
Despairing Of ever reaching their na
tive land, and being severely frost bit
ten, the cspiives soon died. .a-
The facts Of their mode of Iivine
and sttempts TO reach England were
gathered from the Innuiis. Mr., Hal
says that the traditional histories Of the
Esquimaux are remarkably clear and
explicit. and can be relied upon TO the
greatest extent; and believe that those
who have been familiar with this class
Of people coincide IN the same opin'
ion. .a ae7d I'D a @ L
The Information respecting the fate
Of two OF the boats crews Of Sir John
Franklin's expedition is not yet as clear
as could be desired. The facts are
these: sE R 4Ha8t.
While on one Of his sledge Journeys
in i86i-for he has made seversl-s
psrty Of strange Innuits came to his
stopping place. ard from them he
learned that three years ago two boats
crews came down Hudson's Straits,
bound through the straits. These men,
"cudlemas." or white men. stopped on
one Of the Lower Savage Islands
(which lie near the mainland. on the
north side Of Hudson's Straiis), and
here they left whst the lnndi,s called
''soft stones" One of the natives. who
knew the use Of firearms. saw the
''soft stones" and pronounced them to
be leaden bullets. All traces Of these
men we're subsequently, lost. and Mr..
Hall, not knowing that the Kitty. a
Hudson's Bay Company's ship, had
been lost there Eve years previously,
supposed these two boats crews to be
portion OF the Sir John Franklin expe-
dition. from the fact that that regret
ted explorer. not knowing how long he
might be detained in the ice. had laid
in very large supply Of ammunition
and leadrn bullets. and that quantities
had been taken in the boats when they
left the larger vessels; and in their en-
deayors to get through Hndsnn's
Straits, and on TO Labrador. they had
thrown away all cumbersome articles,
and thus the bullets came in this place.
Ofihis matter Mr.. Hall will make some
further search in history before he will
permit his inierences to have too great
a weight in his arra'ive.
| Mr.. HILL has discovered very large
and Interesting mounta;n Of fossils At
the head OF Frobisher's Bay. which has
furnished him the materials for an ex-
trnsive scientific article on that abstruse
subject.
He also discovered an immense gla-
cier near Queen Elizabeth's Land
This he named the "Grinnell Glacier"
in honor of Mr.. Henry Grinnell. II
exceeds three thousand feet in height,
is one hundred miles long and City miles
in width. ..ts.. ......,.t E.- D. -..
Mr.. Hall has brought with him
very interesting family Of Innuiis. or
Esquimaux. E-bier bing. the husband.
is fine looking fellow. about foriy-four
wears Of age; but he is not SO large and
good looking as was Cad ls go.
\ Tuk-oo h-too. the wife, is ahou' the
same as her husband, and is the inter.
prefer. -as5t.r-. r,. -
i Mr.. Hall in forms me that she is the
best interpreter in the Arctic regions
Her knowledgei of the country and its
i traditions is wonderful and any explo.
rer would feel justly proud Of her SER
vices. .....a .i..yagr: s= --s.--r.-
4 Tuk-er-lik,e-ts, the infant child, is
one year old, and Is a fne child. sl
i The father and mother went to Eng
land some years ago and were prescott
ed to the queen. They, Of course.
are not SO much surprised at seeing q
civilized country. ..s.,.. = n
I In addition TO expedition relics. Mr..
Hall has large collection Of memori-
ais Of bis social soj"urnirgs among the
Innuiis. They consist Of q variety of
articles, cut from bone and ivory. rep
resenting polar bears, sesls. wslrusts.
ducks, DC. Thry are very interesting
specimens Of workmanship. and COM
ing from so remote region are doubly
: valuable. q 90 .nrs9 -. co i-r
!, According to Mr.. Hall. lie in these
high lstnudes is not so difficult oi
preservation as is generally supposed.
j the snow and ice houses Of the lnFui,s
being exceedingly tight and comfort
able. and their coarse animal food rem
dered palatable by the. sharpness Of ap-
petite engendered BY the keen atmos.
phere OF an extreme northern climate.
/ Mr.. Hall states that to Captain Bud.
! ding,on he is indebted for much very
! valuable assistance. and further states
: that the Captain is an accomplished nav
,tigator and explorer. 's;r ro,,-;-..-s
Il The Esquimaux iamily went over to
4 Captain Buddingtop's house this eve.
, ming. q b4its 4 va
Mr. Hall will 60 to, New York to.