Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-10-02

Martin Frobisher sailed from Deptford,
England, with two barks and ! pinnace
for the purpose Of discovering north.
west passage to Chins along the north.
ern coast Of America. = Great interest
was manifested 10 England in reference
to this expedition. Queen Elizabeth.
then on the British throne, was present
at The sailing Of the vessels.
|, After passing the coast Of Labrador.
Frobisher kept ,northward until the
10th Of August, when he landed on an
island where many natives were seen
with boats. The narrator continues:
"The next day we weighed and went
TO the east shore Of the island, and I
and the captain. with four men. vent
on shore, and there we saw their hous-
es.
The people called TO
Us, and we rowed to them, and one of
their company came into our boat, and
We carried him on board and gave him
bell and knife. so the captain and l
willed FIVE Of our men to set him ashore
at rock. and not among the company
that he came from; but their wilfulness
was such that they would go to them,
and so were taken themselves and our
boat was lost. The next day we stood
in near the shore. and shot of a gun
and sounded trumpet; but we could
hear nothing Of our men. This sound
was called the Five Mems Sound. -
The following morning the snow lay
foot thick on our hstches."
The vessels lay off and on for seve.
raj days. and. although they saw many
OF the native boats. they could learn
nothing Of the fate Of the Eve men
They then sailed homeward. and ar
rived In Yarmouth. England, on the
lst Of October. ..
The following year (I577) Frobisher
again sailed with three small vessels and
provisions for a year, "For the further
discovery Of the passage to Cathay and
other countries thereto adjacent"
The expedition reached the islands
near the entrance Of which is so-called
Frobisbrr's Strait, which was the place |
Of their former visit. They saw many
Of the natives. who led Frobisher 10 be-
lieve that three OF his FIVE men. left
there the year previous, were still liv-
ing. The natives tried In various WAYS
to entrap the Englishmen, but they
were not successful. They undertook |
to carry letter from Frobishrr TO his
missing men, but nothing came of it. |
The following is copy Of this letter:
In Tie name OF God, in whom we all
believe, who, ! trust. hath preserved |
yonr hodips and souls among these j, e.
dels. commend me unto you. I viii
be glad to seek nv all means you can
devise for your delivrrance. either with
force or with any commodities. within |
my ships. which l will not spare for
your sakes. or an;thing else ! can do
for you. have on board Of these a
man, woman. and child whom ! carried
away hence last year. Moreover. you
can declare unto them that il they de-
liver you not. will not leave man
alive in their country And thus unto
God, whom I trust you do serve. in
haste leave you. and to Him we will
daily prav for you. This Tuesday |
morning, the 7lh August. 1877
Yours, to the ut,ermosf of nv power.
ca 4-oIl MARTIN FROBISHER.
The men were not delivered. and
their fate has always been sad mys- |
terry. Mr.. Hall promises TO unravel the
past and the fate Of these men, lost
three hundred years ago.