The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-29
THE ARCTIC REGION.
Interesting Letter from Cap
tain Hall.
Three Of Sir John Franklin's Men
Supposed to be Alive.


HAN wrote to Captain Chapel 70 be forwarded 70 Mr.
S,rapell from which We are permitted to extract
WINTER QUANTITIES IN IaLoO. Dec 10, 1854,
Moo wooE wEsr END ROWS WaconE
Latitude 81 20 NJ, longitude u 20 W.
praR FRIEND CHAPEI-In this letter l have some
>seeply interesting Intelligence to communicate 70 YOU
Since falling in with the natives have mot been ,dle
Tho discovery Of the northwest passage relating TO the
Esqumaux Winter Island and Igloolk but these ma
superior interpreter Too koo too, that many deeply
Interesting incidents occurred at both named places that
.eyer found their place Parry's Lyons works But
the great work already done by IS gaining little by
htle Of these natives through Too and Ebier
YOU know. Was the great object Of my mission to the
North Icannot stop 70 tell you now all have gained
Of this peopleno not the one hundredth par-most OF
n relating TO Franklin's expedition.
Ihe natives are loading sedgo-t is seven o'clock
thirty minutes A. NJ
and America will be most interested to learn. When
down shall bring my dispatches and journals up
your care for transmitting TO the States The i'm
matter that have acquired relates 70 the fact
that Mes "Sy y % S'st e.. M os% IN 1,amns
81 John FraNktn his death. The details deeply
interesting, but this must sufrce until come down.
Crozer and three with him were found by cousin
Of Ouela Abert Shoe she ark nuhi John and Ar too
Frank), while moving on the ice from one igloo to
another this cousin having with him his family and en-
gagged in sealing. This occurred Neitchille fBou
tina Felix Pennsula) Crozier nothing but ''skn
Che three men with him were fat. The cousin
sson learned that the three fat men had been
living on human eshon the flesh of their companions
Who all deserted the two ships that fast In
tains Of 'cswhile Crozier the only who would
not human flesh, and for this reason he almost
dead from starvation This cousin, who has two names
out ca,not stop to give them now took Cro-
xier and the three men at once in charge. he soon
httis piece which raw-enly mouthful the
Arst day The cousin did not give the three fat men
my % '1ay Dss dave the cave
little larger piece Of same seal BY the judcious
care Of this cousin for Crozier his life was saved In
Decd Crozors own judgment stuck TO him In this ter
Tble situation for he agreed with the cousin that
little bit all he should have the first day When
The cousin first saw Crozers face 1t looked so bad-his
eyes ell in skeleton like and haggard-
that he (he cousn) did not dare TO look upon Crozers
face for several days aaer; it made him the Cousn)
civilized world will remember for humanity, took
care Of Crozsf and ms three men, save one VINO ded
short time after the cousin found themnot because he
starved, but because he was sick In the spring Gro
cousin on the Boutha Felix Peninsula to Neitchille,
where there many Innuits Crozier and each OF
pretty things a they Eed great many aucE. %
yers, &C. with their guns Here they lived with the
rood health Crozier told this cousin that he was once
81 lnnOil e (Repuse Bay, at Winter Island and 1gook
years before and that at the two last named places
he saw many Innuits, and got acquainted with them.
This had heard Of Parry, Lyon and Crozer Of his
lnnuit friends tRepuse Bay some years previous and
therefore when Crozer gave him his he rec0lected
H. The cousin Croxier year before he found
him the three where the two ships in the
ce was there that the cousin found out that Crozier
had been 70 Igi0oik.
Crozier and the two lived with the Netchie In
NUTS time The Innuits liked him &C. very much,
and treated him always very kindly A. length CrozeT,
with his two and one Innut, who took along
kiak (SIan India rubber boat, Ebier bling thinks
was for ell along the ribs there was something that
could be filled with arEleft Esitchlle 10 try 10
the Kob-lu mas country, taking south course.
When Oue-la tAbert and his brothers, in 1854, saw
this cousin thai had been good TO Cr0zer and his
men, a. Pelly Bay (which s not far from Neitchel the
cousin had heard whether Croxer and the two
end Neitchille lnnuit had come back The
Innuits think they dead-do not believe they
Crozier offered TO give his gun 70 the cousin for
saving his lfe but the cousin would not accept it, Tor
- afraid II would kin him (the cousin. 1t made
Gsch great and killed everything with nothing.
1hen Crozer gave him 1.-THE cousin long, curious knife
tsword, Ebier bling and Too koo ltoo say was) and
gave him many pretty things beeides THE dogs all
In harness. and sedges loaded and 1nnuits waiting for
my letters ! promise TO be ready in thirty minutes
Croxier told the cousin Of fight with band of In
aians-not Innuits, but Indians This must have &C.
Cured the entrance OF Great Fish or Backs river
More Of this when ! you
God bless you G. F. HALL