The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-10-05

they were obliged to return, All OF this
crew were severely frost bitten. Des.
pairing of ever reaching their native land,
and being severely frost bitten, the cap
tiyes soon died. t...
The facts Of their mode of living and
attempts to reach England were gathered
from the lnnuits. Mr. Hall says that
the traditional histories of the Esqui-
maux are remarkably clear and explicit,
aud can be relied upon TO the greatest ex-
tent; aud / believe that those who have
been familiar with this class of people
coincide in the same opinion.
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:
While on one of his slcdge journeys
in lS6l-for he has made several--a
party of strange Innuits came to his
stopping place, and from them he learn
ed that three years ago two boats crews
came down Hudson's Straits, bound
through the straits These men, "cud-
lemas,' or white men, stopped on one of
the Lower Savage Islands (Which lie
near the mainland, on the north side Of
HudsOn's Straits and here he left what
the lnnuits called "sOft stones" One Of
the natives, whc knew the use ,of fire
arms, saw the "stones," aud pronounced
them TO be leaden bullets. All traces of
these men were subsequently lost, and
Mr.. Hall, not knowing that the Kitty, a
Hudson's Bay Company's ship, had
been lost there five years, prcyi0u sly
supposed these two boats crews to be
portion of the Sir John Franklin expc-
dition, from the fact that that regretted
explorer, not knowing how long he might
be detained in the ice, had laid in a very
large supply of ammunition and leaden
bullets, and that quantities had been
taken in the boats when they left the
larger vessels; and in their endeavOrs to
get through HudsOn's Straits, and on 10
Labrador, they had thrown away all
cumbersome articles, and thus the bullets
came in this place. OF this matter Mr..
Hall will make some further search in
history before he will permit his infer
ences to have too great weight in his
narrative.
Mr. Hall has discovered a very large
and interesting mountain of fossils at the
head of Frobsher's Bay, which. has fur
nished him the materials for an extensive
scientific article on that abstruse subject.
He also discovered an immense CLAM
cier near Queen Elizabeths Land. This
he named the Grinnell Glacier" in
honor OF Mr.. Henry Grinnell. 1t exceeds
three thousand feet in height, il one
hundred miles long and fifty miles in
width.
Mr.. Hall has brought with him very
interesting family of lnnuits, or Esqui-
maux E-beir- bing, the husband, is a
fine looking fellow, about twenty four
years of age; but he is not so large and
good looking as was Cabbage.
Tuk-oO- -h-tOo, the wife, is about the
same as her husband, and is the inter-
prefer
Mr.. Hall informs me that she is the
best Interpreter in the Arctic regions.
Her knowledge of the country aud its
traditions is wonderful, and any eN-
plorer would feel justly proud Of her SER
! vices
Tux k-er-lik k-e-ta, the infant child is
one year old and is a fine child.
The father and mother went TO Eng
land some years ago and were presented
to the Queen. They, of course, are not
so much surprised at seeing a civilized
country.
In addition to expedition relics, Mr.
Hall has large collection of memorials
of his social sojournings among the In
NUTS. They consist of a variety Of arti-
cles, cut from bone and ivory, represent
ing polar bears, seals, walruses, ducks
| &c. They are very interesting speci-
mems of workmanship, and coming from
so remote a region, are doubly valuable
According to MIR. Hall, life in these
! high lattudcs is not so difficult Of pre-.
seryation as is generally supposed, the
snow and ice houses Of the lnnuits being
exceedingly tight and comfortable, aud
their coarse animal food rendered palat-
able by the sharpness Of appetite, cngen'
! dered by the keen atmosphere Of an eX-
treme northern climate.
Mr., Hall states that to Capt. Budding
ton he is indebted for much very yalua.
bic assistance, aud further states thai
the Captain is an accomplished navigator
and explorer.
The EsquimauX family went over Il
Capt Buddington's house this evening,
Mr.. Hall will go to New York tonight
As some of our readers may not bC
wholly familiar with the expedition oI
| Frobisher, we append a few facts ia 70.
lation to it, which will serve to explain
a portion Of Mr.. Halls account
On the 9TH of June, 1876, Capt Martin
Frobisher sailed from Deptford, England
with two barks and pinnace for IN,
purpose of discovering northwest pas,
sage TO China along the northern coast o
| America. Great interest was manifested
in England in reference TO this eNpedi
ton. Queen Elizabeth, then on Ia,
British throne, was present at the sailing
of the vessels.
After passing the coast Of Labrador
Frobsher kept northward until the lOtl
of August, when he landed on an lslauC
where many natives were seen with boats
| The narrator continues: The next day
we weighed and went Ia the east shOr
of the Island, and / and the captain
with four men, went on shore, and Their
we saw their houses.
The people called 10 us
aud we roWed TO them, aud one of thei
company came into our boat, and W,
carried him on board and gave him bel
aud a knife, 30 the captain and / willcC
five Of our men 10 set him ashore al
rock, and not among the company tina
he came from; bat their wilfuness wa
such that they would 20 10 them, aud 81
were taken themselves, and our boat wa
lost. The next day we stood in near IN
shore, and shot of gun, and sounde,