The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-09-20
THE LOST POLARIs.

ST. JOHNS, September lion the
14th OF August the Tgress passed Cape
j alexander and Port EoNlke. 1t Wns
now all daylight, and the rock In the
vicinity OF Cape Olsen was Recognised
by Captain Tyson as the same that hid
the Polaris from view of the party On
the ice flow. Tho vessel was here
stopped by order of the commanded,
when sounds of human voices were
heard in tho distance. "A boat was In
stantly lowered twas about 8 O'Clock
in the evening, and amid the Created
ed, SCI see their house; two te6ts arr
clearly perceptible, and moving 'humA42
figures can be eeen on the main EAfld
near Lttieton Island." Tllcse Was c0ht
siderable iex0ltation On board at 'thi3
announcements. In An hour AltotWAHd3
q boat returned iroln shore; but only
brought disappointment to the 4tRS1
crowd that awaited the mt6l1RenCe.l
lGapeain Buddlngton and his parity had
tgone South in the middle Of June last,
In two boats, hoping to meet friendly
whaling vessels to carry them to New
IfOundland. t4& IL l
The TigrtNs' boanesas again liiannedS
accompanied this time by COn1mAndef
VAu G09OAluAuA SO0 - 0u 1UvexS
prefer. a crowd Of 0squfmaux, cdhs
sisting of i've men, two women and
two children, greeted thein ON tAAAf
arrival on shore, whore they found /
house abandoned and present1ngasceh4
Of the widest confusion. Broken t1s0.
tical instruments lay on the, floOr, while
the remains OF muttlAted log wtetS
scattered about In every direction. Tire
Esquilnaux had come rom Ponds
Bay and remained with the Buddines
ton party all the winter. The house
contained store room, q ships galley
stove, and tables and chains taken 1rold
| the Polaris. There were fourteen hunks
ranged along each side OF the chief
apartment. Only 4 half hoor was spent
in searching for records by the conn
mander and his men. Esquifnaux Joe
cOnversed with his kinsfolk present
briefly, but the boat was quickly ORDER
ed away. This party nom the Ttgress
picked up what curiosities they Gould
and returned to tho ship. The Boat
was manned a. third time, and thia
party picked up some torn dlafiea ID
reference to the death Of Captain IfAii.
all of which were destroyed, with thd
exception Of Il torn memorAnd trnn, sHft4
ing forth the agreement between Bdtidt
ington and Chester to continue the
search for the North Pole. Nothing 81
Importance was discovered, but tho
Esquitnaux pointed out the spot whore
tho l'olarls sunk, ana stated that Capt.
lsuddington had given them the ship.
but that when the ice broke In tka
middle Of July, she fioated into d small
cove and went down. A small iceberg
In about nine f0thOnls of water,
Mn Offnvp1p,f onr,nora TN hd ava, f~.,o,s
made to examine the position OF the
wreck, and nothing was ascertaihed as
to how the winter was passed, tho
whereabouts OF the missing, or how
they spent their time while waiIttiR
through tho winter for the Ice TO break
out. The entire time Of the Tigfeas III
the neighborhood Of Lfttleton Island
was only five hours, and the EAqitt-
maux were not sufficiently intero9ale<l.
When first seen from tho deck 6f tic
Tigrcss these people were in tho unit
form Of sailors Of the United States navy
but subsequently, redonned their Nqull
maux apparel. Tho Esquimaiix, more
over, had but little provisions, their
food being nearly all consumed; neither
had they any boats. Under these eft
dusky Joe, they asked to be taken onI
board the Tigrest but Commander
Green declined to allow them to do 80.
After the boats returned to the Tlgret,sI
three cheers were given for homeward.
Tho assistant ice lAlot reported an iceI
blink fifteen miles of, and tho vessel
was hastily headed south at $50 A. N, \
After an imperfect search, and leavIng
the unfortunate Esquimaux to BATTLE
with fate, instead OF crossing to the
westward Of Cape York and following
the probable track OF BuddIngton'sI
party towards Ponds Bay, tho Tigressl
returned to Upper NaVik ON tho 18th
of August, and arrived ut Good Haven,
Disco, on the 18th. Although the
Tigress has again gone in search, tho
prospects Of finding them are discoHr-
aging, unless, AS they hoped, they have
been picked up by d whaling ship.
a Fort Sill, Indian Territory, cor
respondent tells the following as to tho
recent interviews between the convict