Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-09-17
u. S. STEAMER JuNIATA,

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Navy, Washington ID. c.:
The Juniata arrived here to-day. She
met the Tigress at the Upper Navlk, ana
coaled her. She sailed on August llth for
Littleton Island. The Tigress met the
Juniata's steam launch. Lieut.. belong, OF
the Tessuirak, who had been to Cape York
in n launch and returned, at Disco met the
Tigress and again coaled her on August
18th.
Commander Greer reports the camp of
the Polars found August 14th, off Little
ten Island, in latitude 7S degrees aud y
minutes north, longitude 73 degrees and
As minutes west. The crew of the Polaris
are all well. Had gone south two months
before in two whale boats made from the
ship Polaris, sung one month after. Kept
q careful lookout going north and coming
SOUTH but discovered no signs. stopped
at all settlements. No news was obtained.
The crew of the Polaris are probably on
board of q whaler from Cape York.
The Tigress left Desco August the 25th
for the coast Of Labrador, to continue the
search as long as coal and the season per-
mits. ID. l., BRAINE,
Commander U. S. s.
The above dispatch was received from
Commander Braine, commanding the
Juniata. Littleton Island referred to is
about sixty miles north of Northumber-
land Island, where the party rescued from
the Polaris supposed they had left her.
This is little south of the life boat depot
of DIR. Kane in 1858. The probability is
that the Tyson party were mistaken as to
the locality of their separation from the
Polaris and that it was really Littleton
Island instead of Northumberland Island.
At is hardly possible that after the separa-
ton the Polaris in her disabled condition
succeeded in any way in reaching point
sixty miles further north.
1t is understood that orders were sent by
%n1n 10 oHnr i1n fn On.
tinue the search for the crew of the Po-
laris.
The Treasury Department will send pho
tographs of the genuine and spurious $500
notes to all banking establishments.
The Government offers 81 600 for the ar
rest of the defauting collector Harper anC
orders the arrest of his suspected deputies
From the Region of snow.
ST. JOINS, Sept. lion the 18th G
August the Tigress passed Cape Alexander
and Port Faulke. Itwas now all daylight
and the rock in the vicinity of Cape AlseI
was recognized by Capt Tyson as the SAM
that hid the Polaris from the view of TIN
party on the ice foe. The vessel was ther
stopped by order of the commander, wheI
the sound of human voices was heard il
the distance, and boat was instantly low
- cred. 1t was about O'Clock in the even
ng,and amid the greatest excitement Com
mander Green exclaimed: 81 see thei
house, TWO IOlIS are Clearly DeICtDllbl
and moving human figures can be seen OF
the main land, near Littleton Island"
Disappointed,
There was considerable eXutaton OF
board at this announcement. In an hou
afterwards boat returned from the shore
but only brought disappointment to tn
eager crowd that awaited the intelligence
Captain Buddington and his party ha
gone south in the middle of June last !
re to cnt
whaling vessels to carry them to New
Euundland. The Tigress' boat was agai
enanned, accompanied this time by Con
mander Green and Esquimaux Joe as a
Interpreter. A crowd of Esquimaux col
sisting of five men and two women an
two children greeted them on thei
arrival on shore, where they found hous
abandoned and presenting scene of I'll
widest confusion. Broken nautical IL
&6ruments lay on the floor, while the r
mains of a mutilated log book were sea
tered about in every direction.
What was Found.
The Esquimaux had come from Pont
Bay, and had remained with the BUDDING
ton party all winter. The house contain
ed store room ships galley stove al
tables and chairs, taken from the POLAR
There were fourteen hunks ranged aloI
on each side of the chief apartment. On
a half hour was spent in searching for I
.dimaux Joe conversed with his kinsfo
present briefly, but the boat was quick
ordered away. This party from the
gress picked up what curiosties they cou
and returned to the ship. The boat W
manned the third time, and this par
picked up some torn diaries; all referen
10 the death of Captain Hall being c
stroyed, with the exception of a torn mel
orandum setting forth the agreement |
tween Buddington and Chester to contin
the search for the north pole. Nothing
Importance was recovered.
The PoIaris sunk.
The EsquimaX pointed out the 81
where the Polaris had sunk, and stat
that Capt. Buddington had given tn,
the ship, but that when the ice broke in
middle of July, she tioated into a SIN
cove and went down. A small! icebC
had grounded on the wreck, which was
about nine fathoms of water.
No attempt appears to have been mi
to examine the position of the wreck, a
nothing was ascertained as to row
winter was passed, the whereabouts of
missing men, or how they spent their Il
while waiting for the ice to break
The entire time of the Tigress in
neighborhool of Littleton Island was oil
five hours