The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-10-10
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FROM the vInclnity Of the North
Pclc-WfnGer Quarters Of Cap-
tain RsalI, the ArtiC Explorer
Ttis search for tile Remains OF
SlF JOhn Franklin-P'OOT sue
cess Of the Whaling Fleet.
REFUSE BAY, HEAD OF UrDsox BAY,
August IS. 1851.
Your readers will he surprised TO
know that the Herald has u corrcspon-
dent in this country, but nevertheless
il is so-one who has seen moro ice in
summcr than he has ever seen before
in u lifetime spent in forty.one degrees
north latitude, and larger mosquitoes
than the Mississippi II the Jersey flats
can boast of-mosqUitoes that will
draw blood like q lcech. But / nm get
ting away from what l commenced 10
write about. Well, We have paid u
visit to Captain Hall, the Artic cxplor'
er, and shall cndeavor TO tell what we
have seen in rs few words rs possible.
We found Captain Hall living IN the
rocks in exactly the same spit thar he
wiut6red in last winter. Ho greeted
rs quito cordially, and became quite
talkative when we told HIM that We
belonged to the press. Ho invited US
mp into his toopick, or tent, made oil
Eeal-skins; and badc us eli down, point
ing TO some skins that were TO furnish
rs la place of char. After talking
over homo matters for some time, h0
proceeded to give us Il snort history Of
his iourncy-not in search OF SIR John
Franklin or the Northwest Passage,
hut in search ofdogs to begin h., grand
Journey in search Of Franklin with
His party consisted OF five white men
belonging to the whnlcships in the bay,
two natives, himself and thirty dogs.
They took u northwest course aud were
gone SIX wotks. They found n small
tribe OF natives that were quite hostile
but succeeded in obtaining forty dogs
in exchange for some old knives and
tin pans.
. They suffered a great deal Of hard
ships, the cold being very intense, hut
arrived all well. On their journey
they lived on frozen deer mout. Once
3 day = spoonful of brandy was furn.
ishcd each man. Being asked how
much meat he eat IN n day, be answcr
ed nine pounds did him quite well, Tut
could eat more with ease. Ills diet il
just The same as the natives, and that
consists CT flesh Of n bear or dccr-ev.
cry thing but the hide and ZONES
Some information he got last winter
from the natives he foil in with made
HIM decide wintering there this winter.
They ioil HIM tbut some Whitn mon
bad been with them for n long time,
ard one Of them died and they buried
him with great care. Captain Hall
thinks that may he Sir john Franklin,
and has determined to Ivy and reach
the country and sec Tor himself; 50 he
offered among the whaling feet five
hundred dollars in gold per man for
five men 10 90 with him. The mon.
having wIstcred, did not wish TO stay;
but at last five good strong men Lave
Joined, and when they have done hunt.
ing this tall they will start. Captain
Hall is sure Of obtaining some relic. NJ
least. "ifI die" says he. II shalt die
doing my duty" Before parting hc
showed us some splendid iurs, skins
OF the musk OK, fox and bear.
The whaling fleet have meet with
very moor success, there being -four
vessels IN this port, and all together
have MT ono thousand bar rcls Of oil
and not over twelve thousand pounds
Of bone. The weather is warm while Tho
sun shines, but the moment II goes be-
hind q cloud it is cold as winter.