The Portland daily press., 1865-12-14
HORTLA AND.
Thursday Morning, Dec. "A. 1865
Terms : 90 per gear in aaro,..
Halls Arctic Journal.

nB- Reading Matter on all -Four pa,e.
Halls Arctic Journal.
In the New York papers we find copious
extracts from the journals Of Captain G. F.
Hall the Arctic explorer, recently received by
Mr.. Grinnell These extracts are very inter-
esting and bring out with much cireumstan-
tiai distinctness the traces of some members
of Sir John Franklin's company. The evil
dences all tend to favor the idea that Crozier
and two OF his men are still alive. The Trib-
une thinks this last evidence must clear the
remaining doubts of English navigators as to
the possibility of learning further from the
Esqulmaux, and discovering any remnant of
the lost captains comrades. .las sal a
II would seem that these Esquimaux, like
all simple savage races, show wonderful per-
sistence and tenuity in their oral traditions,
and that these stories relating to the ship
wrecked and wandering "Koblunas," as they
call the white men, are passed about from
mouth to mouth till they spread themselves
over surprising extent both of space and
liiiSs OdPtein hdu IcludThS.
1t is evident the Innuits far and near are
conversant with all events OF this nature that
take place in their country. The Pelly Bay
lnnuits, from what had been told them by In
NUTS who had seen Crozier, knew that he
(Crozier) was not an Esh-e-mut-ta (captain)
when with the two ships that visited Igloolik
and the other places. But they knew, he (Cro-
zier) was Esh-e-mut-ta when at Neitch-i-le-
The fact that Crozier was not an Esh-e-mut-
ia when at IglOolik was well known to One
la, Shu-she-ark-nuk and Ar-too-a when they
were boys. Erk-tu-a knows this well, aud so
it is known all the way from here to Igloolik,
and even Ponds Bay, 1 doubt not. -,
How remarkable it is that such matters are
perpetuated by people that have no knowl-
edge OF books and writings. But these facts
which now give record to cannot be learned
in a moment. Friendship and confidence
must be established first, and even then there
are obstacles ever in the way, which prevent
rapid acquisition of knowledge among this peo-
pie. l am blessed with having E-ber-bing and
Too-koo-li-to for roy company and interpret
ers. taa 'A9 A--il+ & ll ~ aa I.d-- a
We append such extracts as we have space
for:
tA NEWS ABOUT CRozIER .
December 6, 1S64.-This night have had
deeply interesting interview with several of the
natives here. E8 p .l1+au Nw JeEssHu Hi- e
On the return of the walrus hunters. they
almost uniformly call at our village during the
evening to see and talk with me. This even
mig Ar-mon first comes in. l asked him when
he was at lgloolik few years ago (Too-koo-li-
to was my interpreter in this important mat
ter,) what names OF Kob-lu-nos he heard of
that he remembered. The answer was Par
ry, Lyon and Cro-zier-the first two were Esh-
e-mut.ta (chiefs or captains,) but the latter
one was not.
Ar-too-a, the An-not-ko, next came in. 1
may say here that this party had never been
to Igloolik, but he has seen and is well ac-
quainted with many Innuits who have been.
He has been to Pelley Bay, which is near
Boothia Peninsula. While at my house Ar
too-a once told me that he had heard of Gro
zier when at Pelly Bay, that he (Crozier) was
one of the Kob-lu-nos belonging to the two
ships that were in the lee near Boothia for
two years before the white men lett them.
Z l proceeded to ask Ar-too-a the questions OF
the names ofthe white men he had heard OF
from Innuits who had been to Igloolik. He
said Crozier, Parry and Lyon-he had heard
ofothers, but could not now remember them.
l asked him if he had heard of great deal
about Crozier, and he replied with great
warmth that he had, and then went ON talk
ing with Ar-mou and E-bier-bing telling them
how much he knew about Crozier. -
Ah -tx - ~ " l
Too-koo-li-to's face glowed with delight as
she said: "That same man Crozier. who was
in Igloolik when Parry and Lyon were
there, was Eshemutta (meanins captain in
this case, literally the Chief of the two ships
lost in the ice at Neitch-il-le Crozier was the
only man that would not eat any of the meat
of the KOb-lu-nas, as the others all did. Gro
zier and the three men with him were very
hungry, but Crozier, though nearly starved
and very thin, would not eat bit of the kob-
lunas-he waited till the Innuit (who was
with him and the three men) caught seal,
and then CrOzier only ate one mouthful-one
little bit first time. Next time lCrozier ate of
! the seal he took little larger piece, though
that was little bit, too. One man of the
whole number There were four, including
Crozier) died because he was sick. The 9TH
ers all lived and grew fat, and finally Crozier
got one Innuit with his Kiall to accompany
HIM and the two men in trying to get to the
Kob-lu-nar country by travelling to the south
ward. The Innuits here think these two men
and Crozier are alive yet; think that they may
have returned to Neitch-il-le if they found
they could not get home to the Kob-lu-nar
country, and lived again with Innuits. ,,.s-
Still another narrator told a similar story.
Mother Ouk-bar-loo continued: ,f'One man
would not eat the flesh Of his frozen and starv-
ed companions, and, therefore, when her neph-
ew, Too-shoo-ar-t tar-ri-o, found Eg-loo-ka,
(Crozier) and three other Kob-lu-nas with
him, Eg-loo-ka, who was the one that would
not eat human flesh, was very thin (poor) and
almost starved. One of the three men with
Eg-loo-ka died, for he was sick. He did not
die from hunger, but because he was very sick.
The Inlluits all believe that Eg-loo-ta and t,co
men seith him are still diice. Eg-loo-ka was
the same man she had before heard of as hay-
ing been at Igloolik which two ships were
there" r
..s...s SEVERE WEATHER. i.
The same Innuits told them all about the
two ships, and how they were deserted; how
most all the Kob-lu-nas starved and ate one
another The two Winters, the two ships
were in the ice near Neitch-il-le were very cold.
The Innuits never knew such very cold
weather-there was no Summer between the
WiDters-could catch no seals or kill any
reindeer at most of the usual places where
they were wont to find them. '' at
CRozIER SETS OUT FOR THE SOUTH.
The story now is that Crozier with his two
men and Neitch-il-le Innuit started from
Neitch-il-le-started in the Summer or Fall
for the Kob-lu-nas's country, travelling to the
southwark on the land. They had a small
boat that had places in the sides that would
hold wind (air). From their description, the
boat must have been an India rubber one, or
something like it, with no low places in the
sides for wind (air) to hold it up when in the
water. BY this it would seem that Franklin
may have had in his vessels boat or boats
called Hanketts (air boats) or its equivalent
But do not recolect Of ever reading or hear
ing about this particular; however, I believe
| he tFranklin), must have had something OF
| this kind aboard his shipl. There were sticks
or holes for this boat to keep it open (spread)
when needed. e.,, f,,ee 4 ,'t-...l .
| This small boat was wrapped or rolled up
! in a bundle or pack, and carried on the shoul-
I der of one of the men. The sides of this boat
had something like Innuit ''drugs," that could
be filed with air. - s5e... ~ -.gn -d-fT
! Crozier cd THE cousin about fight he an6
many of his men before they died) had had
| with the Indians. Crozier used afterwards tC