, 1865-10-02

Interesting Letter from Capt. 11ali-IIs
Has Discovered Traces of Four o
FraMk1ln's mcn, Ono Being Cuptais
Richard Crozter. who Commanded
the Tcrror-Capt. Hall Thinks Three
ofthe>e 7ten;may be Living.
Henry Gr1nuell, Esq, has received ]ette,
which Sir. Hall wrote to Capt. Chapel to bt
forwarded to Mr.. Grinnell, from which we ast
permitted to extract:
WINTER QgAn1Ens, m 1aloo, Friday: Der. 10, 'Gi !
NooWooK WEST END RowE's WEtcoxE, !
Lat 63-a6 NJ, Ion. S7:e0 W.
Twill Eive you very briefly what the people o,
England md America Will he most interestn. to
leaf9. When come doan I shall bring my dl..
fese @ Se eomtted 70 s Joar e Msnx o1 nns 5op
hitting to the Suites, the moef important matte.
that hAse acquired relates to the fact that there
lIntE cTpedtt!on-a1d one Of these Csozler, ths
one who succeeded Sir John Franklin ori his
death. The details aEe deeply interestin.-ant
this mnst s9tfce until como down: crozier aad
c.a tAIbertD sboc- -sl,e-ark.n1i {John, and A-too
tfr,pk) Vhi,e moving oa tue les ffem one igloo to
another, this cousin having With him his family
md engaged IN sealing. This occurred near Eejtcl.
tle {Eolhia Felix Peninsula.) Croyier was nothing
hut "skin and bones s"-Was nearl: starved 10
death, while the three men with him were fat The
cousin soon learned that The three tat men had been
lisin. on human fefl-on the flesh of their COM
pnE,ons, who I'LL deserted the two sllps that were
st in the mountains Of Ice, while Crozier Wns the
This reason he was almost dead from starvation.
This eousin (uho has two names, but cannot
siop 70 give them now,) took CrozIer
ia 5es enaaht aa onse IN eee
onl5 one ,noqthful ihe afs. day: The cousin lid
moi hs ,id1E three Fl nen s3ythn for tney cepd
ncxt day the eonf1n gaze Ctoder a slittIe larger
piece Of the same scal.. By the Juaicious care Of
lhi4 coustn for Cro71cr. ls lie was sared. Indeed
enc little Bit wns all le Should have the flrst DIV
When the cousin first sag Croder's f1ce, It looked
Ike and haggard that b tths eousfn] did not ds1e
to look upon Croziers taea for several days after
It made him (the eorsinl feel 80 bad ! This noblc
cousin whom pa. the t., whole civilized world viii
care Of Crozier and Ills three men, saye one.
who died. during. the whole winter. Ons man,
however. died aehort time altes the cousin found
s'ck. In the spring Crozier and the remaining Two
men accomranicd this cousin Oh the Hoothia Felix
Peninsula 70 Neitchille, where there were many
lnnlits. Crot1er and each of his men had runs
and plenty of ammunition, and nanY pretty thlngs.
They Killed great many ducks, nowyers, &c.
With theiT guns. Here hey lived with tho 1nnniis
health Croder told this cousin that be wrs once
At Innefl-le, (Repu.e Bay,} at Winter Island and
Ie1oo1k many ycars before, and that 1T the two last
01Guel plACtz3 ne EAW many 10Quttq. and rot
qux1nted With them. This cousin had hesrd
4 Fary. Lyon aul Croziez Of his Inuuit
friends NJ Rcpulse Day, some years previous, and
therefore when Crozier ga,e him bis name be 1ucpl.
leCted 1t. The couein saw CTuzier one year before
he found him and the three men, where the TWO
chips were in the Ice Il IVES there that the cousin
found ont that Crode1 haa been to Igloolik.
Crozier and the two tntn lived with the Melt
chile lnnnits some time. Tbs lunuita liked hin
fCrozier) ye1y much. md treated him always Tery
kindly, At lengh Crozier, with his two men and
lnnuif, who took along A-ak u ian India rubber
boat, as Ebte4bing thinks 1t wa3 for all along the
Ebs there H1B something That could be filed with
airl left Neitchille to ~ to 60 to the kobIu.nas
country, tal1ng south course.
When Ou-e-1a fA1bert) and bis brothers, iu 1854,
eaw thss cousin that had been 20 good to Crozier
and big men at PellJ nay, (Which Is not far from
Neitchllf, the cousin had not heard whether Gro
Zfer and the two men and Ne1ichille 1nnult had
ever come back or not The InnuIts never think
they arc de4d-do not believe they are. Crpzier
offered 10 gfse his un to the contfn for Saving his
fc but the cousin would not accept 1t, for be was
afraid II would kll bin t.he eonsin,) 4 made such
Then cro.ie3 gsse bin {the eou:in}a long curioas
i is) and gaze him many pretty things bssidsi;
md 1nnli.s yat.ing for my letter.. I promise to
in Of fight with band Of 1ndians-not limits
rance Of G1sat Fish Or Backs River Nors of this