Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-10-22

the floor Of which wae completely covered
with the remains of white men. Close by
were two graves. This tent WAS little way
,ulaud from the hesd Of 'fsrror Bay.
IN III. spring Of |, Gl, when the snow was
nearly al! gone. NJ Esqumnux party, con.
ducied by i. native well kanw, throughout
the north IA regions, found two boals, wi h
t.an} Skeletons in and a,out them. One
O. these boats had bren previously found by
MtCtinlo@l The o'her vas found lying from,
ont-quarlee to one.hi mile d,ian', and
must naYe been co pl:iey eniomued in
snow at The time NJ McCiintock's parii-s were
'here, nr HEY most assurelly would have
sern ii. In and about this boai, beside,
the many skeletons alluded %. were found
maEy relics, most of them similar in chn-.
ter 10 those MrClintnck has enumerated rs
havi, 2 been unnd in the boat he discover
ed. The native who cunda ted this native
party in its search over King William.
Land. is the same individual who gave Dr.
Rae the first information about white men
having died to the westward of where he
| tDr. Rae) then was (Pely B,y,) in the
spring nf 1851. His name is In-aook- poo
zh- ,uk. and he is native of Ecitchillp, Il
very great traveller, and very intelligent. tie
is, il fact. walking hist' ry Of the fate Of
Sir John Franklin's expedition. This ma.
tive l met when within one davis 81 dye
| journey OF King Williams Lan1-oT poin,
Dryden-and after stopping few DAYS
am ns his people, lie accompanied me to
the places visited on a, d about King Will.
iams Land.
| THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE.
| The same year that the Errbus and Ter
ror were abandoned, oe Of them consum-
mated the great Norlhwrs, Passage, having
| five men aboard. ] he evidence uf the TX.
ACT number is cirrumsantial. Everything
about this Northwest Passage ship Of Sir
| John Frauklin's expedition WAS in com.
| pltte order; four boats were hinging high
up al the ships sides, and one WIS on the
| quarter deck; The vessel VAS in its winter
| housing of sail or tent clo'h. Til, vessel
Was found by the D .k.jnn.lik natives near
O'R"'ily Island, latitude 5s degrees 80 min
utes N, longitude SO degrees s minutes w
early in the spring Of 1919, j, being froz-l,
in, in the midst Of smooth and unbruk.n
foe of ice Of only one winters f, nation
From certain evidence I have gained both
AT I-,-loo-lik and King Williams Land,
here mus, have been q dog Of the gray.
hound specira he onying to Que or the ether
Of The two sh,ps. only know this through
native testimony. 1t is quite lik' 'ly thai
some one in E gland call tell wheth..r there
was dog ON board ei'her ~ the ships
when Sir John Franklin left III 1915
To complete the history Of Sir JohH
FrankliL' last EXPEDITION, one must spend
y summer on King Williams Land, with
considerable p rry. whose only busines,
should be to make searches for records.
which beyond doubt lie buried ON thai
island ] Am certain from what | have
heard the natives say, aud from wha, saw
myself, that lille or nothing more can h-
gained hy making searches Their. while the
Ia Il is clothed in winter ,rb, for the Es-
qaimaux have made search after s-arcI,
over all the c,as of Kmg Williams Land
IN either side. from lis southern * rem. IN,
to Cape Felix, the northern point, t",
anything aud everything that brlonged 10
the compani ions of SIR John Franklin, and
snow had nearly all disappeared from ,he
land.
WHAT REMAINS TO he DISCOVERED.
Ny sIrhge company from Rrpulse Bay 10
King Williams Land consisted OF clever,
snnl,, all L Eqmimaux, Although they ar
| as u ,larnahle IS eagles by nature, yet by
heir aid alone ! was enabled to reach
points Otherwise Inaccessible, and WIN,
III RI 10 gaiu much i,npprt,nt information
| relative. to the tate OF Sir rhu Frauhiln'
rxpeditou. | rrled hard to accomp pii>h ta'
Iii re than | did. but not one oi the COM
| pAuy wcud, on any account whatever. COZ
| sent to remain with me in that cou' try aud
na.e q summer search over ihat Island
| Viii h, from luf ,rm,.lipn had gained "i
| the natives, had reason 10 suppose would
| Is rewarded hy The discovery ot tie whole
4 manuscrlIt rvcogls that hr! acrrhpIaird
! 10 tL.r great t. .prdltiOu. aaa been deepest
| ted in a r,..it . iu's way inland or east
ward Of Cups VICTORY. Knowing y, | naw
do. the character Of the E,qnln lux in tina
! part ot he country in winch klng VII
/ linm's Land il stu ted cannot wmi!rr ~
nor bl.nr the RrpuI-e B.v natives f,r lheu
refusal To say ihtre desired. III
| quit- probable lhet. had we remained ~
wished. no one o. us wluid ever have go'
| out Of the county ali.r. How could v,
-Xperl, il we got into s,ratenrd circusla'-
ccs that we sh ,uli receive better ,rr.,;n II
from the Esqnimaux of ila, country ih !,
| the los souls who We're unier the comm md
! Of the heroic CroZ"r. some imr after land
ing on King W, Iitn's l. L,nd? Cunld !
and my parte, with reasonable safety, hay,
remained to make a summer search OF
! King Williams Land. il is not only pruba-
| hle that we should have recovered the logs
and journals of Sir John Frankilns exp,
lirion, but have gathered up and entombrd
| he remains Of nearly l0I OF his compan
ions. for they lie nb"at the places wherr
| he three boats have been fou"d, and at the
barge camping place at the head of 'r.rror
! Bay. and the three other places that have
already mentioned. In the Cove. west side
of Point Richard son, however, Nuure her
sc { has opened er bosom and given semi
,ure TO the remains OF the immortal heroes
,ha, d..d there Wherever the E~quimaux
have found the graves of FiankIiE ) CON-
paniuns. they have dug them open aud rob
bed the dead, leaving them exp srd to the
ravares Of wild beasts. On rodd's Island
the remains OF FIVE men were not buried,
but, alter the savage, had robbed them nt
every nrlich. that could be turned to any
account for their use. their dogs were allow
ed to finish the disgusting work.
Wherever | found tha, Sir J hn Frank
Inns companions had died, | erect"d mona-
ments. then fired salu'es and waved the Star
Spangled Banner over them, in memory
aud resppci of the great aud true discover
ers of the Norlhw, 81 Passage.
RELICS or FRANKLIN.
could have gathered great quantities
"a very great varietv-of re les of Sn
John Frankn's expedition, for they M,
now possessed by natives all tver the Are
tic regions ,ha, v,si.e or heard ot-rnn'
Ponds B,y 10 M.ckensie River. As twas,
had To be satisfied with taking upon onr
sledges about l25 pounds total weight OF
relies from natives about King Williams
Land. S me at them | will enumrrale
lst. A portion of one side tsrvcral planks
anl ribs fastened ,og' thcr) Of boat. clhk-
ewbuilt and copper fastened. This part Of "A
h,at is of the one {, und near the boal
found by McClin'ock's party. I'd. A
small oak sledge runner, renuced from the
sledse on which the boat rested. 81. Par'
Of the mas, Of the Northwest Passage ship.
4 h. Chronumeicr box. with its number,
name oi maker, aud the Q"ee' y broad ar
row engraved upon it. 5h. Two long
heavy sheets Of copper, three aud four lnch-
es wide. with counter sunk holes tor screw