Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-05-11

furnished us with light, and fuel witt
which to warm our scanty allowance o
food through the
DARKNESS OF THE ARCTIC WINTER.
The larger part of February we lived
principally upon birds, and in Marci
commenced to catch seals. Through
that month We supported ourselves. OF
bears and seals-flesh, wasting neither
skin nor entrails. We collected enough
food in this way to last us until the mid
die of MAY, had we not been driven
to sea by a strong westerly gale in the
latter part of March-our foe piece be-
ling then reduced from five miles in cir.
conference to about twenty yards in di.
ameter. We left the piece on the first o.
April, and abandoned part of our meat, Z
large amount Of ammunition, clothing
skins, and other articles, taking a Dor.
ton Of the meat in the boat, which We
were
OBLIGED TO THROW OVERHEARD
on account of the boat being SO deerly
laden. / regained the outer edge of the
pack Of ice on the third Of April,
and succeeded in getting a little fur
/ ther in on the pack. On the fourth
q heavy northeast gale set in, a
heavy sea running under the ice,
which broke it in small pieces, so that
We had to live on small pans as We could
not put the boat out; neither could we
find seals for food, and We were reduced
almost to starvation. On the twenty-fi
of April We sighted polar bear. Every
person was ordered to lie down and imi-
tate the seal, while two EsquimauX Sc
creted themselves behind piece Of ice,
entieing the bear near enough to US to
kill him. A few days after this we got
our boat into the water, and worked our
way west and southwest, and continued
to work, at every opportunity, to the
westward, in
HOPES OF REACHING LABRADOR
coast, and getting temporary relief. We
were picked up by the steamship Ii
gress, Captain Bartlett, on the thirtieth
of April, 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 a
dense fog, and, prOvidentially struck
the very foe on which they were, or
otherwise they must have perished.
They all seem tOlerably well. Captain
Tyson complained Of
swELLED LEGS AND FEET.
but nothing serious is the matter with
him. When they left Polaris, all on
board were in good health. In reference
to the way in which the POlaris getaway
from the party which was rescued from
the ice by Captain Tyson, he states that
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
island. The piece of /
ice l was on commenced drifting south |
ward. As the wind changed to the |
opening a little bay to the |
of Northumberland island, /
saw vessel in the harbOT there. Her 4
sails were furled, but no smoke was
seen. l then attempted to bring my /
boats across the foe in an easterly direc- /
ton, hoping
TO FIND WATER,
and reach shore. / succeeded in drag |
ging one boat across, took the water and /
attempted TO reach the shore, some dis
.ance below the vessel. We were then
lrifting very fast, and the gale was
blowing fresh, with great violence, from
he northeast and showing very fast and
irifting. Twas driven back on ice again
md compelled to haul my boat out.
Night closed on me and carried Us to
he southwest. In the morning we
we're about thirty miles southwest of
where the ship went into harbOr. A
leavy sea was running which broke up
ny tiOe-pece, separating US from six
lags of bread and one boat. l saw
sssel under steam and canvass rounding
be point to the northwest. Thinking
be would come to Us, l gave myself no
xtra anxiety; but soon
K WERE DOOMED TO DISAPPOINTMENT.
nd from that time until the Tigress res
led US we never got sight Of the Pola-
5.
Official Report Of Captain Tyson.
WASHINGTON, May I0.-The follow .
lg dispatch has been received by the
.ate department:
ST. JOHNS, y. F., May g. /
l have just returned from Bay ]
.Oberts. Captain Tyson reports haV- [
lg reached north latitude S20 l6'; :
cached winter quarters in Septem- '
er, 1871, in latitude SO So, fongi- '
lde 6lo AZ. Captain Hall died Of C
ppoplexy on the eighth of October, g
81, and was buried about half a mile Z
)utheast of the ships winter quarters: !
-ossed Kane's Polar sea, said to be a d
rait about fourteen miles wide, with l
o appearance Of open water north; d
# winter quarters August twelfth, c
az; got on beam ends on the fifteenth 5.
the same month; thence drove n
uth to 10 So; owing to heavy pres a
Ire of ice the vessel was thrown c
D; and while landing stores, etc, the Il
assel broke away from her moorings Il
ith part of the crew, and drifted away
,uth. The vessel was last seen under d
cam and canvass, making for the har- D
" on the east side Of Northumberland
land. The POlaris is without boats;
the two landed on the ice with Cap x
in Tyson, one was burned to make I
ater for the crew, and the other is now v
the bay. ROberts's crew lost the YES =
] on the fifteenth of October, 1872, and le
ere picked up last April by the Tigress a
latitude 53', so, having been one hun a.
ed and ninety-seven days on the ice. y
o lives were lost. When last on board T.
e Polaris she made no more water u
an during the past winter and fall, but
Id received several injuries to her stern, p
using her to leak badly. The names u'
the crew here are Captain TYSON,
'ederick Meyer, John Heron,
r. G. Kruger, Frederick Anthining, re
SiTguist, Peter johnson, and 70
lillian Jackson, Esquimaux; Joe ti
annah and child, and Haus Christian, in
DIR. Kane's expedition, wife and four q
ildren, the youngest but eight months r
I. The POlaris is in charge of Captain cl
lddington. The crew have lived on ST
v ounces daily, and latterly on raw Fi
rs, eating the skins, entrails and all M
the past two months, and are all in al
rly good health. Captain Tyson does II
expect that the POlaris will get clear J.
fore July, if in a condition to come la
me. There were fourteen left on ia
ard, with plenty Of provisions. If the M
Ssel is not tit to come home, they can al
;ily construct boats for their safety. 20
are provided for in Bay Roberts, and th
II come here Monday. be
signed T. \. MALLOY, an
United States Consul. a.
pli
4 member of the Ohio Legislature has a
md an amendment to the consliu- i'm
n proposed by Mr. Madison in 1879, flo
never ratified by q sufficient num- wi
OF states to become a law. It has pa
'claI significance at the present time, fri
II Is falloxre. A-4:lf- L,--..-I / =