The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-10-07
The Arctic Expeditions.

The Arctic Expedition.
Henry Gl1nnell, Esq, has received q letter
which Mr.. Hall wrote to Capt. Chapel to be
forwarded to Mr.. Grinnell, from which we
are permitted to extract: .as
WINTER QUARTERS, IN IeLoo, Dec, 10, 1864. !
Noo-Wook West End Roves Welcome, !
Lat. GAG n, lon. 1920 W.
/ will give you very briefly what the people
Of England and America will be most inter
ested to learn. When / come down / shan
bring my dispatches and journals up to the
time of writing you. These will be commit
ted to your care for transmission to the States.
The most important matter that have &C.
quired relates to the fact that there may yet
be three survivors of Sir John Franklin's ex-
pedition-and one of these Crozier, the one
who succeeded Sir John Franklin on his
death. The details are deeply interesting
but this must suffice until | come down:
Crozier and three men with him were found
by a cousin of Ou-e-la (Albert,) Shoe She
ark-nui John, and Ar-too Frank while
moving on the ice from one igloo to another,
this cousin having with him his family and
engaged in sealing. This occurred near
Neitchille (Bothia Felix Peninsula.) Gro
zier was nothing but "skin and bones''-was
nearly starved to death, while the three men
with him were fat. The cousin soon learned
that the three fat men had been living on hue
man fesh-on the flesh of their companions-
who all deserted the two ships that were fas,
in the mountains of ice, while Crozier was tht
only man that would not eat human flesh, and
for this reason he was almost dead from star
vation- This cousin (who has two names,
but cannot stop to give them now,) took
Crozier and the three men at once in charge.
DE soon caught a seal, and gave Crozier
quickly lttle-a very little piece, which was
nearly raw---only one mouthful the first day.
The cousin did not give the three fat men
anything, for they could well get along, till
Croziers life was safe. The next dav the
cousin gave Crozier little larger piece of the
same seal By the judicious care of the cous-
in for Crozier his life was saved Indeed,
Crozier's own Judgment stuck to him in this
terrible situation. for he agreed with his
cousin that one little bit was all he should
have the first day.
When the cousin first saw Crozier's face, it
looked so bad-his eyes all sunk in, the face
so skeleton-like and haggard, that he 1.-THE
cousin) did not dare to look upon Crozier's
face for several days after; it made him 1.-THE
cousin( feel so bad /! This noble cousin whom
the whole civilized world will ever remember
for his humanity, took care of Crozier and
his three men, save one, who died, during the
whole winter One man, however, died a
short time after the cousin found them. not
because he starved, but because he was sick.
In the spring Crozier and the remaining two
men accompanied this cousin on the Boothia
Felix Peninsula to Neitcheila, where there
were many lnnuits. Crozier and each of his
had guns:.and plenty ofammunition, and mapv
many pretty things. They killed a great many
ducks, nowyers, &c, with their guns. Here
they lived with the Innuits at Neichelle. and
Crozier became fat and of good health. Gro
zier told his cousin that he was once at In
nellie, (Repulse Bay,) at Winter Island and
lgloohk many years before, and that at the
two last named places he saw many Innuits.
and got acquainted with them. This cousin
had heard ofPary. Lyon and Crozier of his
lnnuit friends at Repulse Bay, some years
previous, and therefore when Crozier gave
him his name he recollected it. The cousin
saw Crozier one year before he found him and
the three men where the two ships were in
the ice. 1t was there that the cousin fonnd
out that Crozier had been to Igloolik.
Crozier and the two men lived with the
Neltchllle lnnuits some time The limits
liked HIM (Crozier) very much and treated
him always very kindly. At length Crozier
with his two men and fnnuit, who took along
ki-ak 90 ian India rubber boat, as E-bier,
bIng thinks it was, for all along the ribs there
was something that could be filled with air)
lett Nelchelle to go to the Kob-lu-nas coun-
try, taking south course.
When Ou.e-la Albert and his brothers. in
1904, saw this cousin that had been SO good to
Crozler and his men at Pelly Bay, (which is
not far from Neitchille,) the cousin had not
heard whether Crozier and the two men and
Eeitchille Iunuit had ever come or not. The
innuits never think they are dead-do not be-
heve they are. Crozier offered to give his
gun to the cousin for saving his life, but the
COUSIN would not accept it, for he was afraid
At would Kill him, the cousin), it made such
a great noise; and killed everything with moth
ing. Then Crozier gave him 1.-THE cousinl a
long curious knife, (sword as E-bier- bing and
loo, kee lll-too say it Isl and gave him many
pretty things besides, 1.-THE dogs are all in
harness and sledges loaded and Innuits wait
ing for my letters. Ipromise to be ready in
thirty minutes. Crozier told the cousin of a
ahght with band of lndans-not Innuits-
but Indians. This must have occurred near
the entrance of Great Fish or Backs River.
More of this when l see you.
Uod bless you {. F. HALL.