Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-05-22
The Polaris Wanderers.
THE PoLARIs WANDERERS INTERVIEWED
THEY BELIEVE THEY WERE ABANDONED.
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Wllfully aDdQuODeu IHcIu' 1hCy ai0O
believe that Capt Hall was poisoned
They lived principally upon seals, in
dulging occasionally in a roasted dog.
They attribute their wonderful preserva-
ton to the sagacity and perseverance OF
Capt. Tyson, while the latter says that
the scientific results amount to nothing.
The expedition demonstrated that it is
possible to penetrate farther into the
mysterious region of sea and ice than
| Franklin, Hayes, or any other explorer
proceeded, and furnished evidence of the
probable existence of Polar sea. John
Heron, the steward, makes the follow
| ing statement Capt. Hall had good
health up to the time of returning from
the sledge expedition. He was not SICK
when he came on board, but complained
soon afterwards and said that the heat
of the cabin affected him. He got wa
ter to wash and put on clean undercloth-
ing. | asked what he would have; was
anxious to get him something nice. lie
didn't care about anything but cup OF
coffee. and didn't drink even that
had no conversation with Capt. Hall
when he was, sick, except to ask him If
he was better occasionally or how ne
was. and such like. He was sick fort
night and talked very little. He was
perfectly delirous for the last few days.
think that he was paralyzed upon one |
side. Heard no one say so. 1t was my |
own opinion. There was nothing GER
tain about his death. He was attended
bv DIR. Bessels and Mr.. Morton, who
!, did everything in their power to alleviate
his sufferings, but without effect. His
illness cast a gloom over the entire COM
> pany, and was the first discOuraging cir
cumstance which had occurred in con-
nection with the expedition. Ills death
made Us all feel very sad.
Capt. Tyson, speaking of Captain
Halls death, says Hall was 81 * fifteen
days. At the first he was paralyzed and
r then deIirious. He was insensible when
he died. He started from the ship on
a sled expedition Northward, on the
10th of October He was absent four
teen DAVIS, and returned on the oath OF
e October to the ship. On the 8th OF NO
rs vember he died, and was buried on the
Is nth. His grave bore south, south
o east. and about five hundred PAGES
:, distant from the observatory in
L. PoIaris Bay, which was IN latl-
ae tude 3139, longitude 61.44 on the
shore. We erected a board over his
grave, with an inscription cut, giving his
o. names, age fifty years., date of DEATH
ID and command of the North Polar eXpe-
~ dition. All hands except the cook at
~ tended his funeral 1t was a dark, dis
n NAL. cold. windy and disagreeable day
The wind was mournfully bowling, anc
the hearts of all were enveleped in deep
er sadness. | held lantern, and by the
LIGHT of it the beautiful service OF th'
Eniscopal church was read by MIR. Bry
ant. Old sailors, whose faces had beef
:, bronzed by summer suns and frozen II
~ Arctic seas, wept aloud.
as Can't. Hall was universally beloved
and his death at a time when the enter
nrise promised so hopefully, was felt b.
lii his survivors to be an irretrievable loss
on Those thoughts were uppermost in tn
,er minds of all, and when the funers
or. party returned to the ship there was
hushed silence attending the perform
ance of every duty. The prevailing in
preston among the unfortunate nnetee
who were left behind was, that Bu(
dington had wilfully abandoned them
al their fate. We had been ANTICIPATES
orc the breaking up of the ice for some TIM
nth and if he had wished to have Tyson an
Ior his COMPANIONS on board he could easil
81 have represented matters to them in sue
lots light that they would nothave venture
, of to be absent at so critical Junctur
On But no such intimation was given to u
men on the ice The vessel did n
900 drift away so suddenly that the m'
80 could not have been rescued from the
- perilous position. Heron says:
- made a rush for the vessel and sung o
Ih'' for a line, but they would not give I
one. Chester and Buddington we
standing on she gangway, and cou
have thrown me one. ] was, with 10
!. others. on the piece of ice that d
'Iice provisions on it. 1t cracked OFT
Oh went adrift. We got back to the ms
" foe in a scow or boat which sunk uno
10 one of the men, but we all got SAT-
&c back" Tyson says 81 could have
~ aboard the vessel that night and DC
'ni9' there now, but would not leave the CT
p es, dren. My duty was on the ice.
. 10 - thought he would get back to US nj
day. which he could do. The bre
',-; rs ing away was caused by the foe
> w. ~ which the ship was fastened, drifting
W between the land some icebergs t
-o,oe were TANNED. The jam broke up
ool- foe and the vessel broke away. 1t
nie about or 10 o'clock in the mig
lase, Temperature about zero. That even
nis it had been nineteen degrees above.
9 oi did not save more than one-tenth OF
/ Wy provisions that were on the ice" Ca
lNe c Tyson thinks the ill-feelIng and bad
> ,ol signs of Buddington and few 9th
ssI who were his accompiices, had con
ued from the first, on account OF H'
lll - determination to go as far North as
ou' sible, and Buddington's determinatl
from fear or whatever cause, that
sh' should not. After Halls death most
the others were in favor OF continr
,o and pushing north, and Tyson says
quail Buddingtoh sesoia' '