, 1865-11-01
Additional from Capt. Hall. the Arctic
Explorer.
tston The New York Juu,nal Of con,mero.. sash
Me havo been favored with another letter
70 $ aenry Gfinnen. from Capt. c. F. Hall, the

Additional from Capt. Hall. the Arctic
Explorer.
letotn ihe New York Journal Of Commerce, ssh I
=. Me hare been favored with another letter
~ aenly G1nneil, from Capt. G. F. Hall, the
Arctic explorer, dated
Rnr1sa BAT, Aug. 20, 1865 1
Capt. 2. " White, OF the Black Eagle, Of
NJ D., VIII be the bearer Of this letter at nv
earnest request, a. an deeply anxious he
that shall not have time 10 write.
~ winter quarters were on the west coast
OF Sly Thomas Rowe's Welcome, lat. B4.47 n,
1on. oS.l8 w, among 8 community Of EsQui-
man1, numbering ~ souls. These natives
really belong to Rspulse Bay We al made
SMIedge M Journey together, first inland to the n.
connection with Inc Welcome, and thence BY
ooats IN Jttnf to Repn1se Bay, where We hare
remained ever Since To make our land 1our-
ney Of some 81 miles from our winter quarters
20 poant indicated up the Wager, We were
hig 09hnged to travel over tie ground eight times,
o,,r mn'ea aoaa MADE o7er Peg miles In doing thts
which came nenr sweeping them all of. Be.
sslaes, al ct Us got Into starving condition;
put as a PEoTidential Hand would haYe it, no
AFcs we're lost. Just as We CANT to the
mead l1cs I q the open WaIers Of Wager Bay IVA
ges h5sy n never iFeezes up, even IN the coolest
where It uu1tes with the We1come) my man
Friday" that ts E bfrn bInE, shot a fine rcin-
deer. This We (forty-tWo oi ns,) dispatched
almost instantaneously, OF course, not leaving
particle of the meat, sinews, blood, pauncE,
&c., for the poor hungry wolves that weree
Last winter I made a sledge Journey, having
some seventeen 1unu1ls with me, from my
winter quarters down the Welcome to lat.
G3s:47 N. Ion. a:5S W., distance OF 150 miles,
to where found five American whalers win.
tczing: There first met the bearer Of this,
Capt. White, who presented nc with several
articles from his vessel that have proved what
knew they would, blessings Of incxpressib1e
ytlue to me and my Innuit companions.
On the 9Th Of this month, Capt. White, in
Lis Black Eagle, came into this Lar with
Capt. kilmer with his Ansei Gibbs. Since
then there il seemingly no end to his favors,
which he has showe1ed upon me. He and !
aud needs In every way possible, leaving Us
hardly chance to express wish. Our re-
turn las been to employ all our hunters In
getting fresh ycufson for their ships CON-
panfcs, which meat IL indeed q luxury to them,
but alnost as drug to us, so abundaptly aud
constantly do We hasc it,.
For over tWo months now, Too-koo-li.too,
the superior fnnnlt Interpreter, has been DIM
yerously sick With fneumo0Ia, the same con-
plant she had when In New York. have, OF
course, given her almost my undivided atten-
ton: knowing that her cooperativet talent is.of
great, yefy great importance to my complete
Success In finding out. all the facts from the
natives Of all that PERTAINS to Sir John Frank
Inns expedition. E-bier-bing and Too-koo:li-
too are Indispensable aids to me. The Innuits
here think even more Of them than they
do Of their own people. Too-koo-u.too
has lcatned the. tats of her sister, |
Who removed from, Northumberland Inlet |
with large company Of other Innuits Of the
Easne place several yeass ago, to Ig1oolik, she
Was murdered, IS well as nearly al the others
Of this party, at the time terrible fight &C. |
cured between clans that made up said com
pany from Northumberland inlet. This &C.
counts for tho fact that no news ever rot back !
10 said inlet Of the fate OF thht company. /
.McClmto ock mikes mention Of this sister ia I
tis narrative Of the voyage In the Fox. You |
xill recoiIect that Too koo-li-too Is sister Of I
E*-noo.}qo-a FIX now dead, who visited Eng.
and when living in the same party that CO. |
operated with Capt. Perry In making the |
hart Of his native country, which the brithh !
admiralty published.
E bies:bing and Too koo-n too join In send. |
ng our nycllest regards to yoa and family.
Yours in great hastc, G. F. Hail.