Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-06-14
SOMETHING OF CAPTAIN HALL.

Arctic Sea and his almost tragic
death there, hut little Is known of
linn save in til. neis hbnrliuOd uf his
earlier manhood and short bio
grapl,irai sketch If him hich We
find in the New York Weekly Iii "m,
for June 4 il therefore peculiarly
welcome and interesting inst at this
time " hen the story of the Pnlaris Is
occupying sn mnch Of -fficial time
in Washington and 80 much of
newspaper space rvery"h here; and
We ARE sure that our readers will
find themselves entertained 10y ~
much of that biographical notice H.
We have herewith exce' pied:
Tne first voyage of Capt. Hall int"
northern ws,ter>, indeed hi- irst sell voy-
age in any direction, was nude from
New L 'n,lon, III 1861, III the whaling
vessel G-org- Henry. owned 10y Williams
+ Haven. H. WAS at that time totally
unfamiliar with the sea and had neither
practical nor theoretical knowledge OF
navigation. II Was fnll OF adventurous
enthusi ,sin, however, and Impressed all
with whom he had any conversation with
his ell tnestuesS and sincerity. though The
practical seamen vi the hard old whaling
port IF New London considered him IL
sort of monolu inI,c upon tine subject,
whose talk Was entertaining and some
vii Il amusing, but who would hardly be
able ever IL carry out any OF his wild
and visionary projects h Game I"
New London with !. letter To the Hon.
Henry T. H ,ven of the firm OF Williams
X HLven-i,te Republican c.sn,ii late for
Il 'vernor of Coln-cticut--trum NJ. |
H -nry Grinnell of n W York. h h.,i
succeeded in impres>ing Mr.. G.Innrii |
with the idea that, Notwithstanding his !
Lack of experience AMI Of scientific |
lnowls d,r, ne had what was perm ,p> |
more essential than either, an uu,lyIng |
det-rminedness of will aud pluck, AMI IL !
complete alb tn.lou ent of everything to |
this one obj.rt. to be made the mission
Of his life. Nj. G.inneil thod. hit he had |
found i'll him The stuff for AN Arctic ex-
pl,r-r, by the absorbing devotion to the
su -ject which he exhibited and his ill.,
Gsumit,bie energy III surrounding the
obstacles in his way. Mr.. Haven had
great confidence III the j.Id. ,lnent Of Mr..
G .innell. AMI being hl nselt somewn,t
Interested in the subject Of Arctic ex-
ploraiion, readily consented that liz
should have passage Ill the George
Hrnry. then being fitted mp for whaI-
ins voyage to Hu,ison's Bay. The
cru.leneSs IF II, = Notions ut that time,
and his lack of comprehensive vi the
peculiar ptriis and priv.rtions of such Il
voyage We're Well Illustrated hy the fact,
afterwa:d often alluded to with suiile
Nv his NV London ses,faiing ac9u,int-
anc-s. that when tine George Henry WAS
ready t" sail he had prepared for him.
sell neither bed nur bed,iins nor blankets
nor b ,rdy the extra clothing which
makes, the necessary 0uttit Of seameu on
such voyages: SO that the vessel WIS de-
I lined a little beyond the time fixed for
her dep rrture Ill order I" enable him /"
pick mp the ARTICLES of his Outfit.
But he WIS Not simply an enthusiast
or monomauiac. He picked up very
sIee,iiiy such practical Information as
WAS neces-ary for him in his new voc.,-
tioa. applied himself to learning nav
j CATION. which he soon Mustered.
and in snort time WAS good {
o sailor as any of them. supple
nentins his knowl-d e with al aisurb-
iuy u ,ssinn for the work, which gave
him an incentive to diligence and Zeal
W which the ordinary seam III di not have. :,
HIS pred ,minent eli trs,cteristics Wei, the Il
wonderful pluck and endurance with {,
b.. encountered prIyation ami
b ,rdship, and his uncomprunIisins faith Il
m his mission 1t was Oh his second Il
,uya,e t.. the North that, upon coming L
,ick to his vessel after u long sled - u
rip on the ice, be expressed t. his COM .
Unions the certainty of his belief in tn i
,pen Polar SEA, adding. land I shall !.
ind il and lind the North Pole. or die. on X
he way prediction which he has Il
low fulfilled. by having Is body buried D
le.,cer the Pol than that Of any other Ct
,nown white MN. Il
The secret of his endurance and his II
ap..-ity for Drawing priva,iuns and hard v
hips tn It would kill any ordinary white II
nan Seems to have been in the fact that Ca
Ghile he was in the country he did Just II
IS the natives did. If the Esquiuiaux tr
te whale blubber and oil and worse AZ
hinys. he did the same The whaling >c
aptains say he had the stomach Of All d
strich. He lived in snow huts ana
nler ground or anywhere they did. and
,st left civi ization and all that pertain 90,
I it behind him. ami was an Esquimaux
mong the Esquimaux. He said that N
n- human being could live mp there AS a,
ell as another, if he only went at 1t i'll l..
l.. right way: and that was his right y
ay. He was of why. tough fibre, IL
nj, the sailors say. could stand the Nh