The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-09-25
The Polaris.

Revelations of the. Abandon Capap.
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
Greenl nd, who narrated with consider
able minuteness the details Of quarrel
on board the Polaris and attributed the
unhappy dissensions to DIR. Bissel, the
scientific officer who spoke most con-
temptously of Capt. Hall, alleged he
was ignorant of arctic history and un-
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 a German
character and desired to take full COM
mand The inspector further stated
that Capt Hall evidently had some
kind Of misgiving or premoniUion of
death while at Disco, where he saw
Smith. and placed in his care valuable
records of the Franklin search expedi-
tion. which records were handed to
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 FouIke.
1t 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. It was about 9
o'clock in the evening, and amid the
greatest excitement Commander Greer
exclaimed : 81 see their house; two
tents are clearly perceptible and moving
human figures can be seen on the main
land, near Littleton island" In an
hour afterwards boat sent out re
turned, but only brought the in
teIligence that Capt Buddington and
his party had gone south in the middle
of june last, in two 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
children greeted them and they found a
house abandoned and presenting interi-
orly a 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
up what curiosities they could and re-
turned to the boat.
The boat was manned a third time,
and this party picked up some torn
diaries, all reference to the death of
Capt. Hall being destroyed. With the
exception of torn memorandums setting
forth an agreement between Buddington
and Chester to continue the search for
the north pole, nothing of Importance
was discovered.
The entire time of the stay of the
Tigress in the neighborhood of Little
ton island was only 5 hours. The Es-
quimaux when first seen from the deck
of the Tigress were in the uniform of
sailors of the United States navy, but
they subsequently changed their cloth
ing and redonned Esquimaux apparel,
an action that looks very suspicious.
The Esquimaux had but little pro-
visions. Neither had they any boats
and asked Joe to be taken on board the
Tigress, but Commander Greer de
clined.