The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-10-20

The Now York World has an account
Of an interview with DIR. Hall, the Arctic
explorer, from which We extract the fol-
lowing: .... ....aa
sErE Up NORTH.
The Captain gave a vivid description of his
experience within the Arctic circle ard his
life AMONG The EsquimauN. The largest body
OF the latter he ever collected together
was only one hundred and twenty-five. This
was at a little village near Repulse Bay, and
was a rather Unusual circumstance. The sol
itary nature of the life led by the explorers
may therefore be imagined. All alone in the
frozen waste, with hardly living being to be
met with, living like moles, in underground
houses, with dogs and Esguimaux. so buddled
together that the human could scarcely be
distinguished from the brute; shut out from
all intercourse with the outer world except
the scraps of news that are brought at long
intervals by passing whale ships; such an ex-
istence only varied by occasional expeditions
into the interior on sledges drawn by dogs,
can hardly be called endurable, let alone
pleasant.
'Did you rat raw meat, Captain"
"Oh, yes, most Of the time. We some
times had it cooked, but usually liked il bet
ter raw. You have no idea how good it i. in
that way. In fact, for that country, nav meat
il almost indispensable, though / hardly
think il would do III this climate"
''Is it true that the Esquimaux like il best
when il il taintedy"
"Ycs; and the more so the better. When
meat has just been killed and is fresh, it is
not near as good, but when it has got to smell
quite bad. and especially after it has been
frozen then il tastes great deal better"
How do you find the change to this coun-
try affect you?"
oh very much! I'm all upset and can t
do anything steadily. The food is SO different
and there is SO much noise everywhere. and
feel the change i'll the Dir greatly. 1t is very
close and hot here. Why, when | FIRST got on
ship-bcard to come home, after being so much
in the open air. | could hardly sleep ct night,
and find it hard to do so now"
HIS DISCOVERIES.
"What do you think caused the loss Of Sir
John FTanklins company
"Teachery, sir; they were deserted by the
/ natives. and left without fresh provisions OF
I them might have have been saved"
What is the result of your researches in
! relation to Franklin
| Briefly this: We have settled beyond a
doubt that Franklin actually discovered the
| Northwestern Passage. On his previous yoy'
ages he sailed eastward as far Cape Her
| schel and now we have shown that b,
reached the same point going westward, and
thus completed the chain of communication
To him, therefore, belongs the honor OF hay
ing made the discovery, though Captain Me
Clure has received the reward offered 10y tn,
british Government to the person who should
succeed in The effort"
care you satisfied with this rcsult?'
well. vest considering how much we did
il is useless To think of how much NOR
might have been accomplished. Ii the Is
quimsux who went with me had not been -
tImid, or ir ! had had Il body of resOlut
white men tu back me. think might hay
gone on. We were lucky enough 10 NEE
with and capture IA herd of sCvemty-minc musl
oxen and seventeen reindeer. which wOul,
have been sufficient provisions for n month
and would have allowed Us to explore mucl
further but the EsquimnuN were afraid q
some hostile tribes of natives in the vicinity
and absolutely refused to go on
"Why cannot steam he used for Arctic eI
p!orations?"
1T can. There are large supplies of Goa
on the west side of Greenland. and thin
that with steam the entire Northwest Passag
might be made in single season."