The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-05-22
three, owing to bad weather having Sc,

everything IN the boats and draggln
them on their keels. The ice being e1
ceedi,gly rough We stove both boats
We succeeded. on the SrSt of Neyeu
Der. in getting about half way to tn
shore. Night came upon US aud yer
stormy weather. Il. the morning the ic
was broken and We were drifting south
| ward very fast: We more land f..
many days, bad weather Continuing a
through the uIoTrh of November
We built snow houses and made our
selves Ms comfortable as We could. w
were ten white men, two E>quimaux
two women and five children in all W,
succeeded in killing a few seals, which
furnished us with light and fuel will
| which to warm our ecanty allowance o
food through the darkness Of the Arcti,
! winter
| In the larger part of February we livec
principally upon bids, aud In March
| month We supported ourselves on bear
and >eai tirsh wasting neither skin non
ennralls. We collected enough f,.od in
| this way "a lat TILL the middle of May
had We not Ueen driven To sea by strong
westerly gale IN the latter part of March,
our Hoe piece being then reduced .ron,
live niles In circumference tn about
twenty yards in diameter
We lett this Piece on the fir,s of April.
aud abandoned nearly all our meat, Il
large amount o. ammunition, clothing
sAIbs and other articles, taking tu,Itlup
ot the meat IN the Loats, which we we're
Obliged to tbro" oven board Oh account 4
the boats being SD deeply lade.:.
l regsined the outer edge OF The pack
OF Ice on the third of April, aud succeed
ed IN getting little further III Oh the
Pack.
On the 4th 4 heavy sea began running
under the ice, which broke il in small
pieces. so VIC had TO live on small ans.
as We could not PUT he boat out, Del-
ther could We fluid seals iur food. and we
were reduced almost to starvation.
On the 2lst Of April We sighted big
polar bear. Every person was ordered
10 iulitate the seal, while two Esq uiIiaux
secreted themselves behind The ice, ell
ticlDg the hear near enough TO us to kill
him A few days after this we got our
boat III the water and worked our way
west aud southwest, aud continued 10
work at every opportunity to the We t
ward, In hopes of reaching the Lab, ador
coast aud getting temporary relief.
We were picked up by the steamship
llgress. Capt Bartlett, on the Both of
April, 10 latitude 53: 80 north, longitude
Sd west, or near Wolf Island ana about
forty miles from land
The Polaris is now without boats. hay
ing lost two In trying To get north in the
spring of 1872
The Tigress fell in with nc ra-.y in
dense log, aud lrovidentlally struck the
Hoe on which they we're, otherwise the,
must have persisted.
They all seemed toierably well. Capt.
Tyson complained of swelled legs and
feet. but nothing serious is the matter
with him. When they left the Polaris
all on board were in good health
In reference to the way in which Po-
laris got away from the party which was
rescued from off the ice. Captain Tyson
states he felt little anxiety at first, think
ing she would soon come to their relief.
u set my c"lors,' he said, las she
steamed down alung the shore. but The
vessel was soon lost to sigh n bend of
the land and behind what ] took to be
Northumberland Island The Liece OF
Ice We were on commenced drifting south
ward u the wind hauled northeas open
ing little bay to the northeast of Nor. h.
cumberland Island saw 4 vessel in bar
Dor there. Her sails were furled, and no
smoke was issuing from her smoke stack
that could see. | then ATTEMPTED to
bring my ats acr',ss the foe in an cast
erly direction, hoping 10 find water and
reach shore. ] succeeded in dragging
one boat across, took the water, and at
tempted to reach the shore some distance
below the vessel We were then drift
ing very fast. aid the gale was blowing
FRI L
east. and showing very fast and drifting.
| Was driven back on the ice and com
PEELED to haul my boat out Night clos
ed on me and carried us to TIE southwest
La the morning we were about thirty
miles southwest Of where the ship went
in harbor. A heavy lea was runnin
which broke up my hae piece, seperat-
ing US from six bags of bread aud one
boat.
| saw vessel under steam and canvass.
rounding point to the northwest:
thinking she would come 10 our relief, I
gave myself no extra anxiety, but soon We
were doomed to disappointment. and
from that time until The Tigress rescued
Us. We meyer got glimpse OF the Polar
is.
THE NEWS IN WASHINGTON.
A dispatch from Washington lays the
news of the disaster to the P,laris affec,-
ed the President deeply, as he had hop
ed the enterprise of the government in
this direction would rebound to the ma
tional honor
S0-CHARADE.
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