Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-09-27
MISCELLANEOUS.
MEs. EEAR.E's ARCTIC EXEsEDE.
VE0N.
Return oGhis vessel 10 New London
-HntcrcssinS IbiscOYcrics-Narr
tive Of tiic Voyage.

Mr.. c. T. Halls Arctic exploring vessel.
the bark George Henry, arrived at New
London, Connecticut, ON Sunday, Mr.. Hall
having safely accomplished his voyage. The
narrative Of his explorations in the Arctic
seas is interesting.
Mr., Hall arrived in the Arctic regions late
in 1860, and as the seas were free from ice,
he was anxious to proceed Immediately
with his mission but he took the counsel
of the Esquimaux, who would not consent
to make up boat party for the purpose of
prosecuting the work. The intervening time
was occupied in learning the Innuit or EsQui-
mauy language from the natives, whom he
was enabled soon to understand
DISCOVERIES.
During the winter months Mr.. Hall was
not idle. for with his boat he settled the fact
that FrobshCr's Strait was only deep in
dcntation or bay. On the 21st of August.
1861. he stood on the high land at the north
crn shore, and saw the whole sweep of land
around the bay. On the 2ith of September.
1860 the trail boat upon which he so much
depended was totally lost Fortunately. at
the time two English whalcrs were in the
bay--latitudc GO degrees 80 minutes. longi-
tudc 81 degrees minutes wcst-and Cap
tain Parker who commanded one of them,
promised Mr. Hall boat. which he was to
leave at designated place for his use. 1t
was not left. however. and Mr.. Hall thinks
the ships were blown out Of the bay.
Mr. Hall returned to the George Henry.
and learned that the schooner Rescue or
"Amarct,' Il tender to the bark, had been
lost in the gale of the 21th September. In
reference to FrObishcr's discoveries. it APP
pears that the ancient navigator and cX-
plorcr entered this bay, and, finding that
his progress was impcdcd by fixed ice, sup
posed that it must be an open strait frozen
over, and the British government have never
since pushed its further exploration. The
lay of the land is very different from the
line laid down upon the charts now in use
This fact is and has been known by the
whalcmcn who frequent its locality but they
supposed it to be II strait. But no official
change has been made 10y any government
Mr. Hall la, a very large and carefully pre-
pared chart of this bay, and will in due
time publish it, but the present time he
deems it proper to withhold its features.
In 1861 his explorations were renewed
with energy. He had become acclimatcd
and was fully alive to the amount of work
which was before him. 4 whalcboat was
procured from the George Henry, and with
Il crew Of six InnuitS male and female. he
started on his northern Journey to Countess
of Warwick Sound. and after much difficult
~ succeeded in discovering the place where
Frobi,hcr attempted to plant Il colony \
considerable time WA, spent here in obtain
ing relies Of that ilI-iated colony. At near
ly every place Of their dcbarkation relics
were found, consisting of pieces of coal,
brick, wood, and "A portion OF cannon shot
which might have been used a. boat ballast
The coal had been ovcrgrown with moss and
dark vegetable growth; the brick looked
quite fresh and new; the wood was simply
chips, which, although embedded in the
coal dust for nearly three hundred years,
are well preserved. The piece of iron is well
worn with the rust of 50 many years.
One of the facts in connection with the
discovery Of these people is, tlEt Mr.. Hall
discovered trench twenty feet deep and
one hundred feet long, a species of dry dock
leading down to the water. In this cXcava-
ton the party of Frohishcr's men who were
captured by the EsquimauX on his first voy-
age, with the assistance Of some of their
captoTS, built a small vessel, in which they
were to embark and sail to England. In
due time she was completed and put to sea,
hut heavy weather coming on, and their YES
sci proving unscawonhy, they were obliged
to return. All Of this crew were severely
frost bitten. Despairing of ever reaching
their native land, and being severely frost
atten, the captiycs soon died.
TRACKS OF FRANKLIN's EXPEDITION.
The information respecting the fate of
two of the boats crews of Sir John Fraklin's
expedition is not yet as clear as could be
desired. The facts are these While on one
of his sledge journeys in 1861 a party of
strange Innuits came to Mr.. Halls stopping
place, and from them he learned that three
years ago two boats crews came down IIud-
sons Straits, bound through the straits
These men "cudlcmas, or white men, stop
ped on one of the Lower Savage Islands
(Which lie near the mainland on the north
side of IludsOn's Straits), and here they left
what the Innuits call 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 were subsequently lost, and Mr.. Hall,
not knowing that that the Kitty, iudson's
Bay Company's ship, had been lost there
five years previously, supposed these two
boats crew to be portion of Sir John
Franklin's expedition, from the fact that
that regretted explorer, not knowing how
long he might be detained in the ice, had
laid in 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 IIudson's Straits, and on to Labra-
dor they had thrown away all cumbersome
articles and thus the bullets came in this