The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-09-11
AN INSUFFICIENT EXAMINATION.


apartment
AN INSUFFICIENT EXAMINATION.
Only half an hour was spent in searching
for records by the commander and his men,
Esquimau Joe conversed with his kinsfoll
present briefly, but the boat was quickly
ordered away This party from the Tigrest
picked up what curiosities they could and re-
turned to the ship. The boat was manned a
third time, and this party picked up some
torn diaries, all reference to the death OF
Captain Hall being destroyed. With the ex.
ception of torn memorandum, setting forth
an agreement between Buddington and Chester
to continue the search for the North Pole,
nothing of importance was discovered.
THE sUNKEN PoLARIs.
The Esquimaux pointed out the spot where
the Polaris had sunk, and stated that Captain
Buddington had given them the ship; but
that when the ice broke, in the middle of July,
she foated into small cove and went down.
A small iceberg had grounded on the wreck,
which lies in about nine fathoms of water.
WHY WAS THIS
No attempt appears to have been made to
examine the position of the wreck, and
nothing was ascertained as to how the winter
was passed, the whereabouts of the missing
men, or how they spent their time while
waiting for the ice to break up. The entire
time of the Tigress in the neighborhood of
Littleton Island was only five hours.
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.
The Esquimaux were not sufficiently inter-
rogated. When first seen from the deck of
the Tigress these people on shore were in the
uniform of sailors of the United States Navy,
but they subsequently changed their clothes
and redonned the Esquimaux apparel, ON &C
ton that looks very suspicious.
LACK OF HUMANITY.
The Esquimaux, moreover, had but little
provisions, their food being nearly all con-
sumed, neither had they any boats. Under
these circumstances, they asked, through the
medium of dusky Joe, to be taken on board
the Tigress. Commander Greer declined to
do this. There was certainly lack of human
ity in this refusal.
HoMEwARD BOUND,
After the boat had returned to the Tigress
three cheers were given for homeward. The
assistant ice pilot reported an ice blink (?)
fifteen miles of, and the vessel was hastily
headed south, at fifteen minutes past two
o'clock in the morning, after an imperfect
search, and leaving the unfortunate Esqui-
maux behind to battle with fate. Instead Of
crossing to the westward from Cape York and
following the probable track Of Buddington'f
party towards Ponds Bay, the Tigress re-
turned to Uppernavik, on the 10th of August,
and arrived at Godhaven Disco, on the 25th
DIscoURAarNa PROSPECTS
Here the Tigress was again cooled by the
Juniata and Immediately afterwards sent to
the northward and westward to continue the
search for Buddington's party. The pros
poets of finding them are discouraging, how
ever, unless, as they hoped, they have been
picked up by whaling ships.
Nothing has since been heard of the Tgress.
BUDDNaToN's PARTY.
The names of the members of the expedition
over whose fate the great uncertainty of the
ice kingdom hangs are given below. They
are fourteen in number corresponding, to the
number of hunks found by the Tigress party
in the house on the mainland:-
Sidney O. Buddington, sailing and ice
master.
Hubbard G. Chester. chief mate.
William Morton, second mate.
Emil Schumann, chief engineer.
A. A. Odell, assistant engineer.
DR.. Emil Bisseld, chief of the scientific CORPS,
r. W. D. Bryan, astronomer and chaplain.
Nathan j. Coffin, carpenter.
Herman Siemons seaman.
Henry Hobby, seaman.
Joseph B. Mauch, seaman.
Noah Hayes, seaman.
w. F. Campbell, fireman.
John W. Booth, fireman.
COMMANDER BRAINE'S REPORT.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 1873.
The Secretary of the Navy received the fol-
lowing despatch to-day
UNITED STATES STEAMSHIP JuN1ArA,
81. JoHN's, N. f., Sept. 10, 1873.