Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1873-05-31

month of November. We built a
snow house, and made ourselves as COM
Portable as We could. We were ten
white men, two E>quimaux, two wo-
men, and five children 10 all.
We succeeded 10 killing few seals,
which furnished US with light aud fue'
with GhicI to warm our scanty allow
anee of food through the darkness OF
Artic vlt.r
scANTY PROVISIONS
To the latter part of February We
lived principally upon birds, and in
March com menced to catch seals
through that month we supported our
selves on bears and seals flesh wasting
neither skin nor entrails. We collect>
enough food 10 this way to last until
tie middle of May, had we not been
driven to sea by strong westerly gale
in the latter part of March, our foe
piece being then reduced from FIVE
miles ia umferenc to about twenty
yards in diameter.
ALMOST STARVED.
We left the place on the 1st of
April. and bandoned nearly all our
meat, large amount Of ammunition,
cioihing, skins, and other articles,
taking portion of the meat in boat,
which we were oblig>d d TO throw over
board, on account of the boat being so
deeply laden. regained the outer
edge of the pack of ice on the Sd o.
April. and succeeded in getting little
further in on the pack. On the 4th
heavy northeast gale Sc; in, heavy
sea running under the ice which broke il
in small pieces, so that We had to 1--we
on u siuaIl scale, as we could not put
our boat out, neither could we find
seals for food and were reduced almost
TO starvation.
On the 2lst of April We sig htcd
polar bear. Every person was ordered
. lie down aud initiate the seal while
two Esquimaux secreted themselves
behird piece of Ice en,icing the bear
near enough to kill him.
lew days aflcr this we got our
boat to the water aud worked our way
west and southwest, aud continued TO
work every opportunity to the westward
in the hope OF reaching the Labrador
coast and getting temporary relief.
PICKED Up.
We were picked up by the steam
ship Tigress, Capt Bartlett, on 30th of
April, in latitude 53 degrees 35 min
utes north, longitude 80 degrees west
or near Vol Island, and about forty
miles from land.
The polaris is now without boats
having lost two in trying to get north
Ia the s, ri"g OF 1872.
The TIsress Tell in with the party in
a dense fog, and providentially struck
the very foe on which they were;
otherwise they must have perished.
They seem tolerably we'll Captain
Tyson complained of swelled legs and
feet but nothing serious is the matter
with him, When shey left the Polaris
all on board were in good health.
In reference to the way in which the
Poaris got away from the party which
was rescued off the ice, Capt. Tyson
states that he felt little anxiety at first,
thinking she would soon come to their
elef
THE LAST VIEW OF THE PoLARIs.
| set my colors," he said, rs she
teamed down along ths shore, but the
vessel was soon lost to sight in a bend
of the land, and behind what | took to
be Northumberland Island The piece
of ice | was on commenced drifting
sou'hward. AS the wind hauled to the
northeast, opening little bay to the
northeast of the Northumberland
Islands, | saw a vessel in the harbor
there. Her sails were furled. No
smoke was issuing from her smoke
stack that could see. I then attcmp.
ted. to bring my boats across the foe in
an easter direction, hoping to foe,
water and reach the shore. succ ,ett