The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-05-11

OF open water to the North. The res.
oued party suffered very. much dsrfnr
their drcary drift, from hunger and cold.
For the last TWO Smonths. they stersw
seal and Polar bear, es they,copld ret IL.
When met by the Tigresa. they, showed
evident signs otstheir. great sulferinos.
but during the nine days they have been
on board, they have impsoyed. yastly.,
and are now in fair health, The nsfty
is in charge OF the United States Consul.
and will arrive in 81 Johns Mondsy
The following statement vas furnished
the correspondent by Capt. Tysoa: On
August az. 1871, we lett I'issinsss. And
went through Smiths Sound. We suc.
ceeaed in getting as far North as latitude
16. when we returned and wintered at
roiaris Bay, latitude 80, longitude
o!.44. We were frozen up until the 5tl,
Of September. On the 10th of October,
Capt: Hall started on q sledge journey
North, and returned on the Oath, when
he was taken sick. and died on the 9Th
Of November. He was buried on the
l1th. Tho attack tha. carried him off
was said to be apoplexy. We passed the
winter at Po!aris Bay. On the 9Th OF
June, 1877, we attempted to reach fur
ther North With two boats. We hauled
our other boat on shore. and returned
overland. On the 9th Of July, we start.
ed Tor home. On the 18th OF August
ana on tae 10Th. we were beset with ice
IN latitude 8O.02 We drifted from there
down to latitude II. .35, when We enoonn.
sered heavy Southwest gale, the ship
being under heavy pressure. On the
night OF the 18th, we commenced lsud.
ing provisions, Sc, on the ice. The yss.
sci being reported leaking very badly at
times. We continued landing proyi.
slons for two or three hours, when the
pressure ceased. went on board the
vessel. and auked tho sailing master if
the vessel was making any more water
tnan usual. He reported she was not.
1 then went to the pumps, and ascer-
tanned that she was not making any more
than she was doing all the summer. I
went on the ice again. and shortly after
It began to- crack, and in few minutes
afterwards broke into many pieces. The
vessel broke from her fsstenines. and
was soon lost to sight in the darkness
and storm. On the broken ioe was most
OF our provisions, to sustain the party
through the winter, and seeing nothing
OF the vessel, we attempted to reach
shore, In hope Of finding natives to as.
sat US in living through the winter.
tetting about half-wsy to shore With our
heavily y-laden boats. our proRress be-
came hard by drifting ice, and I was
compelled to haul on ice again. At this
time, succeeded in saving fourteen cans
Of pemmioan, eleven and half bags Of
bread, ten dozen one and two pound
cans meat and soup, fourteen hams.
twenty pounds chocolate, some mu,k OK
SKINS, few blankets, a number OF rifles
and abundant ammunition. In the morn.
ing. knowing that had not provisions
enough, and the articles OF food, cloth
ing, compass, &c., on abatement Of the
gale, I endeavored to shoot as many
seals as possible, both for food, light and
iuei. but could only get three, owing to
Dad weather having set in. I supposed
the wind to be about Southwest. On its
clearing up, I found myself within about
eight miles OF what I supposed to be the
East coast. and about thirty or forty
miles below the ship. The ice being
weak, could not transport the boats
and provisions to land until it grew
stronger. While here, discovered my
other boat, bread, &c.. and saved ali.
The ice grew firm. I made another at
tempt to reach shore. carrying every.
thing in the boats and dragging them on
their keels. Tie ice being very rough.
We stove both boats. We succeeded, on
the LIST OF November, in getting about
halfway to shore. Night came on ns.
and very stormy weather. In the morn.
ing. the ice was broken: we were drifting
Soothward very fast; we saw no more
land for many days; bad weather CONT.
nuing ell through the month OF Noyem.
Der. 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 few seals, which
furnished us with light and fuel, with
which to warm our ecanty allowance of
food. Through the darkness of the
ARCTIC winter, in the latter part of Feb
ruary, We lived principally upon birds,
and in March commenced catching seals:
through that month, we supported our.
selves on bears and seals flesh, wasting
neither skin nor entrails. We collected
enough food in this way to last until the
middle OF May, had we not been driven
to sea by strong Westerly gale, in the
latter part of March, our doe piece
being then reduced from five miles in
circumference to about twenty wards in