The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-04
THEAMeHrHMosT No1air14.s
r1rther. Pal4fculars Coneerns.sR St hc
Tate OF SiNTohn FrankIiu-Latcir IRON,
.tho1ey Nofth-A Ship Found Complete
snGd Large Numbers OF Human skeIe-
unns.

Nhe following are tho most interesting !; arts
OF r letter just received from; 3ir. o. FIIall,
iile Arctic explorer, by Mr.. Henry Grinnell, OF
New York: 49,
The result Of my aledge Journey to King
Wfh!anl's Land may be summed up thus Hone
of Sir John Franklins companions ever reach
'U,t}y l84e, that Crozicr and Ills party Of about
foItY-fve passed down the west coast of King
WiiHani's Land in the vicinity of Cape Her
:thesea,ice; ;rstncfrwas neSay N It's last Stage
ofdhssolutfon-one O larges HlCdge ladenrVith
AN awning covered boat, and Gle other small
toneiaden with provisions and camp material,
Heftrhel. they were met by four famiISes OF
nafiuss, 'and iboth parties went into eemp
nSaT .esoii Io:her. Two IRs4uimaux men,
,a.S, who Were sa of Of the native party, gave me
tion. Some OF 1t stirred my heart with sad
nese htermingled with rage; for It was con
ieeion that they with thelricompanions xlil
paftyto snffcnaFd die for need Of fresh prsvi.
saons, when, intruth, It was in the power, OF
NE :nmives.t to save every man alive. ,4he
ns tTace Of Srszier and his earty Is to Ae
covered o. aittlesb below, to the -southward an i
eaetwa,sl Of Cape Herschel; thisMas never fona d
by the natives. The next trace is a campiaf;
about Ghree- miles oastwardof Pfeiffer River,
where two men died and received Christian
burial. Atthls place fish bones were found by
the n.ttxes, which showed them that Crozief
eies Of asa excellent f5r food, ,>twiHl which th0
aea there sbounus. Ghe next tracA Of this par
ty occurs somc five or six miles eastward, on
long, asw point Of King Williams Land,
w6ere one man died and wasjburied. Then
aSeIt 8. g. E., 'aboslt two apd,sa half miles
further, the next :tRlce occurs, on Todd,s
Inietr where the reunins OF five men lie.
the vest Ode Of the Inlet a Weitp 81 Poine M
Richardson, On como !lsT land that is an Is
land, or part Of the main land, rs the tide
may be. Here the awnisg-covered boat and
crozers party sers oand BY Il tie Rssiya poo- o.
yet-ta, OF whom Eir John Ross has gtgen de-
sGr1ption IN the account ,af. his voyage in the
,yso is,t ls2s sa,,d r III the spring lsa
whom ssw, the f0Or OF which was eeEaplete-
ly covered with the remains Of white men.
iSlose by were two graves. The tent eyas
In the spring or 1851, when the snoy was
,peerly all gone, an Espiiaau& party, CONDUCT
.attby native well known fhroiighnnt xhe
naythern regions, found two boate, with many
h0Ate had been previously found byAcC Cllatook:
the, ,gtfler was found lying from one Quarter 10
oHe.helf mile distant, and must have been
cSsAntsfely entombed In snow at the time Nc
suEeay would have seen It. ~,
Tue zane year that the EfS6us and Tcrror|
were sbAadoned, one ofthein consnmmated thei
great RaHhwest passage, having fvo neni
aboard. The evidence q the enact 1uaber Is
west passsse ship OF Sir John Frankifas s4pe. Do
Sitioa was s, y complete order; four boat. were
was on tho gnsiter- deck; the vessel Wa in lis
winter housing OF sail or tent cloth. THIS YES.
sol was found by the 0ok-joo-lik nativeS near
9.Rsilly Island, la4itnde Sc, degrees 90 minutes
north longhdeGe9 degrees SO minutes west,
carly n the spring Of l849, itbeing frozen m,
tp tie midst Of o smooth and unbroken fow oil
ice of only Qns ytnters formation. From cen
tain eydence have Ratned both at Jpioo-aE
snd K!eg Williams Land. thore must have
oeep dog OF the greyhound spscies belonging
20 one OF! the Iother Of tho two ships. only
a,S,s srS. n t9ls through native testimony. e 6
whether there vas q dog on board either 81
the lhip, when gr John FranklIH lefS inrl8i5,
n ~ complete the listory.pf af9 John Frank.
Inns AS expedition, ons mnss spande fumnier
on King Williams Land with . coaSidorablc1
SsFaes tcer r:cSsls wniioh essyuna .do,ibs s5ie 1
pPgpa.e9 en That iland; am cettsin ffoul MhAs
sAw myself that little or nothing more ed te