Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1865-10-07
AN ARCTIC MYSTERY UN-


ter which Mr. Hall wrote TO Captain
Chapel to be forwarded to Mr.. Grfnnell,
from which we are permitted to extract the
the following: W 80,
WINTER QUARTERS, IN laI'oo, Dee. loY ieoa
Moo Iyon,x- WpsT END RewE's WELCOME. ~
Lat. G446 N, Ion. S7.20 w.
DEAR FRIEND CHAPEL In this letter
have some deeply interesting intelligence to
| communicate 10 you. Since falling in with |
| the natives, I have not been idle. Nothing |
in Parry's narrative Of second voyage for
the discovery of the Northwest passage re-
lating to the Esquimaux of Winter island |
and lgloolik, but these natives are perfectly
posted up. Indeed, | find through my
superior interpreter, Too-ko- oi.too, that
many deeply interesting incidents occurred
at both named places that never found their
place in Parry or Lyons works. But the
great work already done by me is gaming
little l,y little of these natives through Too
koo.li-too and E-bier-bing relating to Sir
John Fmnklins expedition This, you
know, was the great object of my mission to
the North. | cannot stop to tell you now
all have gained of this pcope-no, not
the one hundredtb part-most OF 1t relating
to Ffunklins expedition. ~ ..
The natives are now loading aledge'-h 1t
il 7.30 o'clock A. n. y.'-
/. will give you very briefly what the peo-
| PIC OF England AMI Atliclfi VIII w Iho't
4 interested to learn. When I come down
shall bring my dispatches and journals up
, to the time Of writing you. These will be
committed to your care for transmitting to
the Stats. r.
The most importnnt matter that lave
5 acquired relates to the fact that there may
yet be three survivors of Sir JoEn Frank
Inns expedition, and one OF these-Crozier
! the one who succeeded Sir John Prank
lin on lis death. The details are deeply
interesting but this must suffice till cone
down. Crczier and three men with lin
d, were found 10y a cousin OF Que. Ia tAlberU,
: Shoo-she.nrk k.nuni (Johp), and Ar-to0 a
$ (Frank), while moving on the ice from one
igoo TO another, this cousin hayiAg with
INN his family ard engaged in sealing
;. This occurred near Ncitch tile O1outtlia
Felix Peninsula), CrOZier was nothing but
skin and bones" WAS nearly starved to
/, death, while three men with him were tat.
The cousin soon learned that the three fat
men had been living on human fesh-on
the tiesh Of their companions, who all dc.
" serted the two ships that were fast In moun-
J. tains of ice, while Cr0Zier was tie only man
" that would not eat human Aesh, and from
n .his reason he WAS almost dead from starva-
tion. This cousin who has two names (hut
i | cannot stop to give them now, took
CroZier and the three men at once in charge.
Tie soon caught a seal, and gave Cr98ie7
d quickly " litlc--a very little piece, which
:, was raw---@Hly one mouthful the first day
: The cousin did not give the three fat men
anything. for they could we'll get along, til
CroZ!er's lie was safe.
Is The next day the cousin gave CrozieT {
II little larger piece of the same seal. by tht
D.. judicous care A this cousin fer Cro2icr III:
%" life WAS saved Indeed, CroZier's own judge
Il
for he agreed with the cousin that one littlt
bit was all that he should have the first day
IN When The cousin first saw CrO2ier'S face, il
locked so bad-his eyes all sunk in, the face
s. So skeeton.iike and haggard, that lie Ga,
c, cDusin) did not dare to look upon CrO2icr:
H. face for several days after; it made him 9TH,
cousin) feel SO bad This noble cousin
whom the whole civilized world will eve
remember for humanity, took care Of Gro
u. zier and his three men, save one who died
IN through the Whole winter. One man, low
ever, died short time after the cousin
IL found them, net because lie starved Dut be
a. cause he was sick.
u Ii the sprirg, Cto2icr and the lcnanip.
. two men accompanied this cousin on il,
Hauthla Felix Peninsula to Neitsliilc
where there were many IunUits. Cruz;e
and each oi his men had guns ana pient!
Of or ammunition, and many pretty Things
n Ihey Killed great many DUCKS, r0wyeIs
~ &c, with their guns Here they lived witt
le the lnnuits at Neitchi.ls and Crozicr became
ID fat and If good health. Crnzier told hi
" cousin that he WAS once at lunuuile (Re
pnise bHy). at Winter Island and Ig!ooli!
manJ years before, and that at the two last
5. named places he saw many Innuits, and go
~ acquainted with them. This cousin ha,
," heard Of Parry, Lyon. and Crozigr of hi
er lnnuit friends at Rcpulse lay, some ycag
is previous, and therefore when Cgozcr gay,
4 him his name, he rec0iCCtCd it. The cousin
saw CrOzicr one year before lie found lila
and the three mvn, where the Two Slip
- were in the ice. It WAS there that the Goa,
sia found cut that Crozier had been to II
G iooik. .....
C. Croaier and the two men lived with tn,
ie Ne!tchIiie lnnui;s somG time. The Innuit
y liked him (C) veSy much, aGd treated lin
always very kindly. At length Crozier, will
his two men and one Innut, who tool
t. along kiak ~ IAN india,robher boat, a.
Z bier bing thinks it was, fer all along tht
te ribs there WAS something that could be Gil
c, cd with air, left Nelschil!e to go to til,
koi-iu-nas country, taking II south course
1, When Gu se-la (Aibert) and Ills byothGrs
in 1854, saw this cousin that had been s,
good to Croz;er and his men, at Pelly BAY
(Which is not far from NcitcEille). the cou
siE had not heard whether Crnaier and thu
= t"o men and Neiichille Innuits had eve
come back or rot. The Innuits never thinl
they are dead DIP not believe tAcy are.
Crozier offered to give his gun to the cou
sin for saving lis life, but the cousin wnu,
not accept it, for he was afraid il woult
Kill him Uhe cousn), it made such grea,
noise, and Killed everything with nothing
Ihen Crozier gave him Qhe cousin long
curious knife Sword, as Lirrherg ant
Too-koo-l-too say it was) and gave hin
many pretty things besides. THE dogs arr
all IN harness and sledges loaded, aud In.
huitS waiting for my letters. l promise tc
u ',e ready in thirty minutes. Crozier told
ie the cousin of fight with land Of Indians
9. --not lnnni!s, hut Indians. his must hay.
" occurred hear the eatEance of Great Fish o.
re Backs river. More of this when see you.
A. God bless you, G. + HALL.
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:. FHE CINCINNATI Hoo TRApE-The Gin
IS clnnati Price Current, Of Wednesday, SAYS
,e The demand for hogs, for November, con.
/ unresr aud 5000 head sold on Monday and
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