The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1873-10-01
The POlaris.
Revelations of the Abandon Camp.

Revelations OF the ABANDON Camp.
A dispatch from on board the steamer
Juniata says in arriving at upper Navik
Commander Brain paid his respects to
Krarup Smith, inspector royal Of North
Greenland, who narrated with consider
| able minuteness the details of quarrel
on board the Polaris and attributed the
unhappy discussions to DR.. Bissel the
scientific officer who spoke most con-
temptously of Capt. Hall, alleged lie
was ignorant of arctic history and TN
fitted for the work to be accomplished,
and endeavored to prejudice the crew of
the ship against him. He apparently
wished to give the expedition German
character and desired to take full COM
mand. The inspector further stated
that Capt Hall evidently had some
kind ol0nisgiving or premonition of
death while at Disco, where he saw
Smith, and placed in his care valuable
records of the Franklin search expedi-
GlOuy "Il4Cu ISCOIuS were uhAuSu 10
Commander Brain, who will place them
in the custody of the secretary of the
navy on his arrival in the United States.
On the 14th of August the Tigress
passed cape Alexander and port Foulle.
II was now all daylight, and a rock in
the vicinity of cape Alsin was recog-
nized by Capt. Tyson as the same that
hid the Polaris from the view of the
party on the ice foe. The vessel was
here stopped, when the sound of human
voices were heard, and boat was in
stantly lowered 1t was aboht 9
o'clock in the evening, and amid the
greatest excitement Commander Greer
exclaimed "I see their house two |
tents are clearly perceptible and moving |
human figures can be seen on the main
land, near Littleton island" In I'm
hour afterwards boat sent out re-
turned, but only brought the in
telligence that Capt. Buddington and |
his party had gone south in the middle |
of June last, in tive boats, hoping to
meet friendly whaling vessels to carry |
them to New Foundland.
The Tigress boat was again manned,
accompanied this time by Commander
Greer and Esquimaux Joe as interpre-
tor. Five men, two women, and two
greeted them and they found a
house abandoned and presenting interi-
orly scene of the widest confusion.
Broken instruments lay on the floor
while the remains of the mutilated day
book were scattered about. The Esqui-
maux had come from Bonds bay and
had remained with the Buddington
party all winter. Only half an hour
was spent in searching for records by
the commander and his men, who picked
mp what curiosities they could and re-
jurned to the boat.
The boat was manned third time,
md this party picked up some torn
liaries, all reference to. the death of
Capt. Hall being destroyed. With the
of torn memorandums setting
orth all agreement between Buddington
md Chester to continue the search for
he north pole, nothing of Importance
vas discovered.
The entire time of the stay of tile
Eigress in the neighborhood of Little
on island was only 5 hours. The Es-
Iuimaux when first seen from the deck
If the Tigress were in the uniform of
ailors of the United States navy, but
hey subsequently changed their cloth
ng and redonned Esquimaux apparel,
N action that looks very suspicious.
The Esquimapx had but little pro-
,isions. Neither had they any boats
nd asked Joe to be taken on board the
7igress, but Commander Greer de- Il
lined