The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-01-18
land Of the Iccbergs.

DR.. Isaac I. Hays, the renowned Arctic Ex.
Rlorer, lectured before the Y. NJ. G. A. Of this
.city recently, too large and appreciative audi.
ssnce He spoke substantially ~ follows;
The name Greenland il a misnomer; there il
nothing green about it, nor anything to suggest
sucA name. It was probably 80 called Is IT.
tract settlers thither. In 1871 the first colony
vas founded now numbering ten thousand souls.
Ihs,speaker described tho colony of Upsrnsvisk.
IN lat. TO- NJ, the most northern settlement q
the Globe, after which he described journey b.
Sook to the interior, coursing along the fords -
inlets, in penetrating which, he saw cli&s OF ice
towering aloft into the azure Of heaven, with
vast cavsrns in their sides, and huge bsrgs, feat.
ing singly and in groups, resembling in shape
searlions, serpents and bears, and assuming vari.
eus fantastic forms 40 fragment ON fragment
'eeoke away, producing noises like distant thun.
Der, or the discharge of park Of artillery Al.
sr sailing along for several days, they made land
and climbed to the top Of . mountain IRON
whence was seen the Great Northern Theod or
GRAND Glacier, which throws off the ,bergs met
With below. He argued that it had been in pro-
0cess Of formation for centprirs; snow nslts and
forms ice, adding layer ON layer to its bulk and
anon mass breaking away, thus by the law Of
compensation, Natures equilibrium, tearing
down what would otherwise pile up to enormous
heights. glacier is q stream Of ice fragments
Mswing down the gorges, seeking lower level
nm the valley or sea below. He measured an loo
0erg and found it three miles in circumference.
'SoOOO feet thick,-a little lump OF 1000 COZ, 900
nons, enough, if transported to N. T., cut up and
cold at ice rates, to pay the National debt with
. largo surplus beside. Yet this was but one Of
hundreds in sight. Icebergs are formed If fresh
water, not salt, and their tops little lakes or
pools OF fresh water are often found
AT the mouth OF Smiths Sound, the ice broke
sway and the vessel came down with il, much
crippled, and went into winter quarters. Dur
ang their explorations they found small island,
ond on II live family--a man clothed in furs-
'cipsoo'' the Savage known as tho ce.King,)
and his three wives, seven little Sipsoos, and :
troop OF dogs. Their faces were the color OF In.
dians, round as full moon, fiat as a tub. with
huge ditch under the nose, and small, narrow
eyes. The Drs accound OF his interview with
.Slps@o vas very humorous When told that
itat usen WANT to not place after DEATH he said
That's where We want to CO. Their heaven 10
. happy island covered with grass and pots Of
food, and the good hunter has naught to do but
10 eat while the bad hunter goes to the bottom
Of the sea. The speaker described funny court
scene in which the plaintiff and defendant told
stories aud painted in eloquence the dreariness
Of the Arctic winter, the beauties of the Aurora
Borealis, and the solemn stiffness Of the Arctic
night He concluded by saying that, inaslnuch
rs the flag of our country had been unfurled on
the most northern country in the continent, he
Thought it ought not to stop until it aoatsd over
The North Pole. a