Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-05-23
Captain Halls Arctic Expedition.
NEW YORK. MAY 10.

Captain Halls Arctic Expedition.
NEW YORK, May 10.
A DISPATCH from St. Johns, n. F., of
MAY 9, SAYS: "The steamer Walrus ar
! rived from the seal fishery at the port OF
st. Johns this morning bringing the news
that the steamer Tigress had come into
Roberts, Bay, eighteen miles from here,
having on board nineteen survivors OF
Halls Arctic expedition"
| The following are the names OF the res
cued: H. c. Tyson, assistant navigator;
Frederick Meyer, meteorologist; John
Heron, steward W. c. Kruger, seaman;
Frederick Jamka, seaman, William
| Nindeman, seaman; Frederick Antlng,
seaman; Gustavus F. Singuist, seaman
Peter johnson, seaman; William jack
son, cook; Esquimaux Joe, Interpreter,
with Hannah and child, Esquimaux; Hans
Christian, of Kane's expedition, and Hans
| Christians wife and four children, the
Youngest only eight months Old
CAPTAIN TYsON's NARRATIVE.
The following statement is furnished by
| Captain Tyson:
"On the gath of August, 1871, we left
Tessinask and went through Smiths
Sound. We succeeded in getting as far
north as latitude 80 degrees 16 minutes,
| when we returned and wintered at Polaris
Bay, latitude 81 degrees 80 minutes, lOngi-
| tude 81 degrees A minutes. We were
| frozen up until the 9Th of September. On
the 10th of October Captain Hall started
on a sledge journey north, and returned
on the gath, when he was taken sick and
died on the 9Th of November. He was
buried on the 18th. The attack that car
red him off was said to be apoplexy. We
passed the winter at Polaris Bay On the
9Th of June, 1872, we attempted to go
north with two boats. We hauled our
other boat on shore and returned overland
on the 9Th of July We started for home
on the 18th of August, and on the 10th
were beset with ice in latitude so degrees
minutes. We drifted from there down
| to latitude n degrees 35 minutes, when we
encountered a heavy southwest gale, the
| ship being under heavy pressure On the
| night of the 18th we commenced landing
provisions, ETC., on the ice, the vessel be-
ing reported as leaking very badly at
times. We continued landing provisions
for two or three hours when the pressure
ceased [ went on board and asked the
sailing master if the vessel was making
any more water than usual. He reported
L
pun, and ascertained that she was not
making any more water than she was
doing in the summer [ went on the ice
again, and shortly after it began to crack,
and in a few minutes afterward broke in
many pieces The vessel broke from her
fastenings, and was soon lost to sight in
the darkness and storm. On the broken
ice were most of our provisions to sustain
the party through the winter, and, seeing
nothing of the vessel, we attempted to
reach the shore in hopes of finding natives
to assist us in living through the winter
Getting about halfway to shore with our
heavily-laden boats, our progress became
hard by the drifting ice, and | was COM
PEELED to haul on the ice again. At this
time [ succeeded in saving fourteen cans
of pemmican, eleven and a half bags of
bread, ten dozen one and two-pound cans
Of meat and soap, fourteen hams, one
small bag of choeL late weighing twenty
pounds, some musk-oX skins, a few blan-
kets number of rifles, and abundant
ammunition. In the morning, knowing
that had not provisions enough, and other
articles of food, clothing, compasses, ETC.,
on an abatement of the gale l tried to shoot
as many seals as possible, both for food,
light and fuel, but could only get three,
owing to the bad weather having set in.
[ supposed the wind to be about south
west. On it's clearing up I found myself
within about eight miles of what l sup
posed to be the east coast, and about thirty
or forty miles below the ship. The ice
being weak, I could not transport the
boat and provisions to land until it grew
stronger While here I discov-
cred my other boat, bread, ETC., and
saved all. The ice grew firm, and made
another attempt to reach the shore, carry
ing everything in boats, and dragging
them on their keels. The ice being ex
ceedingly rough, we stove both boats.
We succeeded on the list of November in
getting about halfway to the shore
Night came on us and very stormy wealth
er. In the morning the ice was broken,
and we were drifting southwark very fast.
We saw no more land for many days, the
bad weather continuing all through the
| month of November We built snow
house 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
a 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 FeDruafy we lived principally upon
! birds, and in March commenced to catch
seals. Through that month we supported
| ourselves on bears and seals flesh, vast
ing neither skin nor entrails. We col
lected enough food in this way to last I'M
| til the middle of May, had we not been
driven to sea by strong westerly gale in
the latter part of March, our foe-piece
being then reduced from five miles in cir
| cumterence to about twenty yards in di-
ameter.
"We left the place on the list of April
and abandoned nearly all our meat, a large
amount of ammunition, clothing, skins
and other articles, taking portion of meat
in boat, which we were obliged to throw
overheard on account of the boat being so
deeply laden. regained the outer edge
of the pack of ice on the Sd of April, and
succeeded in getting little further
in on the pack. On the 4th a
heavy northeast gale set in, heavy