The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1873-06-18

ammunition. In the morning, knowing
that had
NOT PROVISIONS ENOUGH,
and other articles of food, clothing, COM
passes, &c. on the abatement of the gale
| endeavored to shoot as many seals as
possible, both for food, light and fuel, but
could only get three, owing to bad weather
having set in. supposed the wind TO be
about southwest. On its clearing up, l
found myself within about eight miles of
what supposed to be the east coast, and
about thirty or forty miles below the ship.
The ice being weak, / could not transport
boats and provisions to land until it grew
stronger. While here, discovered my
other boat, bread, &c, and saved all.
THR ICE GREW FIRM.
/ made another attempt to reach the
shore, carrying everything in the boats
and dragging them on their keels. The
ice being exceedingly rough, we stove
both boats. We succeeded on the LIST of
November in getting about
HALF WAY TO SHORE.
Night came on us, and very stormy
weather. In the morning the ice was
broken, and we were drifting southwark
very fast. We saw no more land for
many days, bad weather continuing all
through the month of November. We
built snow houses, and made ourselves as
comfortable as we could. We were ten
white men, two Esquimaux, two women
and five children in all. We succeeded
in killing few seals, which furnished us
with light and fuel with which to warm
our scanty allowance of food through the
darkness of the Arctic Winter. In the
latter part of February we lived princi-
pally upon birds, and in March COM
menced to catch seals. Through that
month we supported ourselves
on BEARS AND SEALS FLESH,
wasting neither skins nor entrails. We
collected enough food in this way to last
us until the middle of May. On the 2lst
of April we sighted polar bear. Every
person was ordered to lie down and imi-
tate the seal, while the two Esquimaux
secreted themselves behind a piece of ice,
enticing the bear near enough for us to
kill him. a few days after this we got
our boat in the water and worked our
way west and southwest, and continued
to work every opportunity to the west
ward, in hopes of reaching the Labrador
coast and getting temporary relief. We
were
PICKED UP BY THE STEAMSHIP TIGRESs,
Capt. Bartlett, on the Both of April, in latitude
1895 north, longitude So west, or near Wolf
Island. and about forty miles from land The
Polaris is now without boats, having lost two in
trying to get North in the Spring of 1872. The
Tigress fell IN with the party in dense fog, and
providentially struck the very foe on which they
were. otherwise they must have persisted. They
all seem tOlerably we'll Capt. Tyson complained
OF swelled legs and feet bat nothing serious is the
matter with him. When they left the Polaris
all on board were in good health.
HOW THE Po1ARIs LEFT THEM
In reference to the way ia which the Polaris
got away from the party which was rescued from
of the iceberg, Capt. Tyson says he felt little
anxiety at first, thinking she would soon come
to their relief set my colors, he said, as she
steamed down along the shore, but the vessel
was soon lost to sight in the bend Of the land,
and behind what took to be Northumberland
Island. The piece Of ice | was on commenced
drifting southwark as the wind hauled 10 the
northeast, opening little bay TO the northeast
of Northumberland Island. l saw the vessel in
the harbor there; her sails were furled, no smoke
was issuing from her smoke-stack that / could
see. then attempted TO bring my boats across
the foe in an easterly direction, hoping to find
water and reach shore. | succeeded IN dragging
one boat across, took the water and attempted
to reach the shore some distance below the
vessel. We we're then drifting very fast, and
the gale was blowing with great violence from
the northeast, and showing very fast and drift
ing. ! was driven back on the ice again and
to haul my boat out Night closed
on me, and carried us to the southwest. In the
morning we were about thirty miles southwest
Of where the ship went in harbor. A heavy sea
was running, which broke up my foe piece, sep
arating US from six bags Of bread and one boat.
| saw a vessel under steam and canvas rounding
q point to the northwest. Thinking she would
come TO our relief, gave myself no extra anxiety
but soon we were doomed 10 disappointment and
from that time until the 1igress rescued us, We
never got glimpse of the Polaris.
Death OF Captain Hall.
NEW YORK, May 21st
John Heron, steward of the Polaris, makes the
flowing statement concerning the sickness of Capt
Hall: capt. Hall had good health mp TO the time
Of returning from the sledge expedition. He was
not sick when he came board, but complained
soon afterwards, and said the heat of the cabin |
affected him. | asked what he would have as was
anxious TO get him something nice. He did not
care about anything but cupof coffee, and didn't