, 1873-05-11

coast, and about. thirty or forty miles below tht
ship. The ice being weak, I could not transport
stronger. While here, 7 discovered my other
boat, bread, ETC., and saved all The ice
grew firm, and I made another attempt te
reach the shore carrying everything IN
boats, = and dragging them ON thel,
stove both boats. Ne succeeded on tho 1at OF
November in getting about half way to the shore.
Night came on us and very stormy weather. In the
morning the ice was broken, and we were drift.
ing sonthward very fast. We saw no more land
for many days, the bad weather CONTINUING
Ill through the month Of November W.
built a Hnow-houee, and made oursalyes as com
Portable IS We could. We were ten white men
two Esquimau1, two women, and IRE childrar
In all.
We succeeded in killing few seals, which fur.
nished us with light and fuel with which to warn
OUT scautv Allowance of food through tha dnrk,
ness Ct the Arctic winter. :
soAyTY pnnvrs1oSa
Tn the latter nart If Fahrnarv ua 1;rad rri,.,
paIly UPON BIRDS sud in March eommencad @ l1i.: E
ratch seaia T,rnn1l That Inonth .rtl,,n1e,ta -
ourselves on bears' and seals flesh. wastine
neither skin nor entraiIa. We co11acte3 snonoSS
food IN t1ia av to lat 1,nt1 the ,,;dd1a - 1qs
had va not been driven to sea 1v q atTnng 1.ast'
er,y sa1a in the latter mart NJ March arr 49,
nIecs heine then Taducad from f;va m;}e. !, ~.
culnfarence to about twenty Yards in diameter.
- ALuosr arAnvEp.
Wa 1aft fha nj IN IN the 1St nf Arrit and
abandoned nearly ali our meat: lareo amonnt mt
Of ammunition. clothing skins and oofhar arf;.
ticlee. .taking portion 81 meat in . boat: which
w wsre ohrc3 to IbTow nrarhnsrd ~, so"o,,,'t
of tha boat be;nc a. dean,v 1aden - reos;ned en1
tha onter edea of the hack of ice m ths "A ~
IN an The nscE IN tia FL Rearg northeest e1,
cala cat IN a haavr sea' rnnnine nni1er ia ica
which broke it in small pieces, so that We had to
live on a 6mall ecaIe. IS We could not nut our
A~tN ~AA N~A.-A- @e@%Ae3 r 49,
-rn-a 93 ra33ncad s1most ~ e+a-rat;on A'- 4e' >'0
~ tha S1st ~ Aor,i ~ e;n1,teI a no7.r hsor
rvnrv naraon Was 6T;7arad t6 1ie down and mi
tte ~ san1 Tr5;1a +1ro Ta1n;1om@ oacrafad
fha1nea1vaa hah;nd a n;aca of ira en+ic;1e1 fha
haar naar enonc1, t. iii him '
roT dero a1{tar tL;e 90 7ot o,,r hoat ~ +ha
" :yroa1 NV est a1d ea,,tsst
NJ n- ~ a4sr o1na-t;t. ~ ~
"estNara % IN ne 4opv @ o. 1eacnlng 1ne Aaoraoor
coast ana eetnne temPoraly rene1.
P1ckED uP.
we we're picked up oy tne Steamship 11gIees,
lhPs. bsr1lelt, on me ootn " Ap1ll, II !atlInae
% eesrees % nnn1.es h1ltn, 1ong,tuae % oe-
greer vest or near "on 1slana' anu aoope lofty
miles from isnd. -;
Ihe Polarls Is nov "1thone boats, having lost
fT1 n IN 9ylng 70 get nordn u tne spring OF le!z
Ine i1Gress leu N with the party In dense
1og, ana a pro71aennauy STRUCK tne very noe On
winch 1ney "ere' otne1"1se eneg must nave
perished.,
They az seemed tolerabiJ we'll Captain ",
con complained OF sWeAeu legs ana feet, put
they left the Polnrls, all On board "aro n good
health =: -
IN reference to the way la'-"hch the Polar1s
gos h"aI 11oM tae PH1e5 WHICH Was 1as-
Iat 1 ~ e 9a11eS e. sa. o,11s I9
aeon aets uson corna'tn 4o1 tsr r.,;af sne "9utu
mx ,nx LaSa eeora ~" a OK aafd na1 oa ehe
49, s9s ny eol3ls, Ie Haiu H. IS s1e sseaea
S~e4 nsi ro - 1.n5 sea"e. "a n"e 1911
bst ,obs - fa1ana uu Tha
4s* t1, ms ;d u ha,,iad ~ ~ rtS".at
soa-;- 7tt,a 1'a,t an - - ,,orfhaast ~ Nc'4h'
opSn4s 1919 4ia5 pH5 W. sns aeaag ~ ~ Esnh.
tia-e Ha- aa;1s wera frr1ad M SMOKE: 1rns 10.
sninc from her s,nn1se- stack that could see: (
shon ATTEMPTED to bring nv boats across the foe
~ -, aasstriv d;raotion. Ionins to ind wster.
and 1each the shore: I succeeded in draceine
one boat acroga. and took to the water ana
attempted to reaeh the shore some distance be-
low the vessel. We wore then drifting very fast;
lence; from the northeast, and showing. very
fast. and drifting, Was driven back on fhe Ice
sgain, and compelled to haul my boat ont; Night
closed On me, and carried us to the southwest:
southwest of where the ship went into,
habor. i heavy sen Tas running, which broke
up my foe-piece, separating us from six bags OF
bread and one boat snw vessel under steam
and canvas rounding the point to the northwest
Thinking she would como to orr relief gave
myself 10 extra anxiety, but soon; we we're
doomed to disappointment, and from that time
until the TSress rescued Us We never got
glimpse Of the Polaris." . - =:
CONDEMNED LOG. :. -:..;.. .7..s
YAsH1soros. Nav 1O,-The following. dtsnatch.
lss been received b.. The stats Department:
81. Joua's, n. F.. May 9.-I.haye, lust return
ed from Dsy Roberta. Cant. TYSON renorfs Inv I
inc reached moth latitude 81 dorraas @ 'i6 sec-
onda; reached winter quarters IN september.
1871. in latitnde Al depraes ~ aaconda. ion,;:,
tudo Gl degrees a seconds. Cant. Hali dad II
apoplexy On tue 9Th Of October, 1871. He was
Winter % ousrters: @ eros CROSSED i Kaneb " Polar I Ae sea
eaid to be q strait about fourteen miles wide
With appearance OF open water north: left |
winter Quarters Aug. y. 1872; got on. the |
beam-ends on The 15th OF the same month, thence |
shsn, owing to tbs heavy pressure Of the ice,
he... weasel 7Eas thrown: up, and while
anding stores, ETC., the vessel hSoke away from i
~ III Vessel 's ses sssp cs9
'tearn and canvas, making for 9 harboE on the
OF NOItbIIID beTlHud- lsl4vtd. PD->