New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-05-22
THE POLARIS.
statement of the Survivors of the Expe
ditiOn.

statement of the Survivors of the Expe
| ditiOn.
NV YORK, May 2I.-The following il
| published by the survivors of the POiariS
| The prevailing impression OF the nineteeI
unfortunates. when left on the ice, was thai
| Buddington had wilfully abandoned them
They also believe that Captain Hall was
| poisoned. They lived principally upon
! seals. occasionally indulging in roast dog
They attribute their wonderful presecva
ton to the sagacity and perseverance OF
Captain l.. H. Tyson. The latter says that,
while the scientific results Of the expedition
amount to nothing. yet it demonstrated that
1t ls possible to penetaate further in that
mysterious region of sea and ice than
Franklin. Hayes or any other explorer pro.
ceeded. and that it furnished the probable
existence of polar sea.
On the tenth OF October. Captain Hall
started on sledge expedition north 70 re-
new his vigorous efforts in the direction of
the Polar Sea. The sieds 1.-TWO in number).
were drawn by Esquimaux dogs, purchased
at Holsteinburg. Captain Hall was accom-.
panied byJoe Hans. Christian and Chester
the mate. The party was absent two
weeks, and returned TO Polaris Bay on the
twenty.fourih of October, 1871. No au.
th.ntic information Can be procured Of the
events that occurred on the two weeks
trip. But it appears that after his return
to the ship Captain Hall was almos: imme.
diately taken sick.
CAPTAIN HALLS SICKNESS AMI, DEATH.
John Heron. the steward, makes the fol.
lowing statement:
Captain Hall had good health up TO the
time OF returning from the sledge expedi.
ton. He was not sick when he came on
board. bat complained soon after and said
that the heat of the cabin affected him.
He got water to wash and put on clean un.
der clothing. asked him what he would
have: was anxious to get him something
nice. He did not care about anything but
cup of coffee. and did not drink even that.
had no conversation with Captain Hall
except 20 ask him if he was better or how
he was, and such ike. He was sick fort
night. and talked very little. He was per.
tectlv deliriOus for the last four days. l
think he was parayzed: heard no one say
SO, however: it is my own opinion.
There was nothing sudden about his
death. He was attended by DR.. Bessells
and NJ. Norton. who did every: thing in
their power to alleviate hi; sutferings, but
without effect. His illness cas-. a gloom
over the entire company. and was the first
GiscoUraging circumstance which had oc
CURED il the expedition. His death made
Us ali feel very sad"
AWFUL RURAL SCENE.
Captain Tyson. speaking Of Captain
Halls death. says: "Hall was sick fifteen
days. At first he was paralyzed. and then
de.irious. He was insensible when he died.
On the eighth Of November he died. and
was buried on the eleventh. His grave
bore south-sOutheast and about 800 PAGES
distant from the observatory in Polaris bay.
which was III latitude 81. 80. longitude Gl
A. On the shore we erected board over
his grave, with an inscription cut giving
his name. age fifty years.. date Of death,
and command of the North Polar expedi.
ton. All hands except the cook attended
the funeral. 1t was dark, dismal, cold,
windy and disagreeable day.
The wind was mournfully bowling. and
the hearts of all were enveloped in the
deepest sadness. and the sailors whose faces
had been bronzed by summer suns and
frozen by Arctic seas. wept aloud. Captain
Hall was universally beloved. and his
death, al a time when the enterprise pro.
missed so hoptuily. was telt by his survivors
to be an irretrevable loss. These thoughts
were uppermost in the minds Of all. and
when the funeral returned to the ship,
there was hushed silence attending tae
presence.
WHAT Es9UIMAUX JOE SAYS.
Every day" Esquimaux Joe says. "some
Of the sledge party and those lett on the
Poiaria used to quarrel. Captain Hail told
me when sick that somebody gave him
something bad. Buddington did nOc take
care of HIM. His throat was swcliel and
he could not drink
TYSON AND rARTr DESERTED By THE
POLARIs.
10. further states that BudGinytoa had
been anticipating the breaking UP of the ice
for some time, and that if he had wished to
have Tyson and his companions OIL board
he could easily have represented matters to
them in such light that they would not
have ventured TO have been absent at so
critical a iuncture; but no such intmation
was given TO the men on the ice. The yes.
Sc: did not drift away 50 suddenly that the
men on the ice could not have been rescued
from their perilOus position.
Tyson says: Il could have got aboard
the vessel that night and been there now.
but would not leave the women and chill.
dren. Ny duty was on the ice. thought
he tBuddlngtOnj would get back to us the
mex: day. which he could have DONE"
Captain Tyson thinks the i'll feeling OF
Budd.ngtOn and a few others. who were his
accomplices, had continued from the first
on account OF Captain Halls determination
to go as far north as possible. and Bud
diNgtOn's determination, from fear or some
other cause. that he should not. At Halls
death most of the others We're in favor Of
continuing and pushing north. and Tyson
say. that Buddinston several times ex.
pressed his determination to send them
Tyson and his party, ION the road TO hell
as soon as an opportunity offered. He
characterzes Buddington as great scoun.
drel, and declares that he purposely aban.
doned them.
He gives Myers the character Of being
energetic. bu, thinks he was not sufficient.
lv aware OF the condition Of affairs at the
time Of the separation. and the possibility
OF being resc ued. TO be able to give any
opinion upon it. The Germans. accordn.
TO his account. ruled the ship after Halls
death. and ther. was neither law nor sys.
tenn on board. every one working entirely
on his Own account. Bissell and Bryant
were anxious to get as far north az possible.
Myera had worked hard and los: all his
labor.
FOREIGN.
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