The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-05-17
I'M ARCTIC EXPEDITION LOST.
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October. A

New York. Nav lO-A dispatch frsM p.
Johns. n. B.. 1T Ma Din, srys the steamer
Wallis had arrived from zeal i.ir,ry y, the
tn'ri "f ST .J,hn thar 'r'rning, bringing the
news thai the s,esin.. TisrcS- i,..t come into
R,,!"ris By. eighteen miles from herr. has.
ing ~, i"ssrL ~ surviv"r~ -; Capt IlaIrs
Arctic Expe,li,iun The toii,,wius sve the
names of the rescued: II. &. tyson. assist
ant navigator. Fred. X. Meyer. Ineic,,rOlC,>
gist, John nerv,I. steward. W. &. Kruger,
Fred Jam'lx. VIM. Nindcnan. Fred. An.
ring. t3us,nvns T i.inGu,>'. Peer Johnsnn.
s@sn,en. VIM JarksVr. uDk, Esqu,nnux
J"r. interpreter. Haunt, AID child. E>qui
ulaux. IiaHs Christian. 1T kanc'> expedition,
aud us"s Christians wife ~n'l four child.
reu. the Youngest only eight months old.
This party. which hal i.rn landed from the
Pnl"r's. were driven tr'm her by gale
which burst her m"Wr,ngs ~, the 18Th Ut
Oc'"lHr. 1872. H. latitude :? b. When
they last snw the P,xris the WAS under
Steam and canvas. making for Harrison. ~,
the esst side If Northumberland Island
She hal no more l'oais left vi the six which
she brought with her fr'm the port If New
York. Two WERE lost in northern exlw
,litiO". Two were la:,dcl on the ice with
Capt. T! sons party. Ome Wa burnt " lire
w.Md ~ make water for the crew, and the
other u "n issrd The Ti.rcss.
The POIsri> was ~ command If Captain
BuddiDgtOn. who had ihiri, On 1T the crew
along with INN aud n plentiful stock If pr,
Visions. Her INV Was somewhat damaged
II is the opinion Ut the SURVIVORS that they
will be unable I" get clear until July. Even
then. II the snip IL unscmwurihy. they
should have 10 make new i,0ats to effect III
escape.
." the s'h of October. 1871. in latitude
II ~ and longitude n a. Capt Hall dien vi
alnpirxy and WAS buris,. on the shore. lie
lad recently returned frs,M mort lIrrn sledxr
expedition. IN which he lad attained . Mi
iudr Uf ~ 10 lie seemed in his usual
health. aud had called the crew iu,o his
Cabin u encourage thcn will, hopes Uf tn
ture rewards and simulate them u renewed
cxcriiOn, when he was suddenly struck
down and expired. to The great grief ~
those around him. To whom he had rndrsr
Ell himself i,y his Kindness and .i.vu,iun
In September. 1871 the P,laris rnirre.!
int" winter quarters, AID left IN the 18th Ot
August. 1872 The icr was very heavy anu
set in from IL Southern direction. She was
forced south. and continued drifting I'll
Capt Tyson and party were driven trom
her 4 s'rdge p"r'y cr's-ed Kanc's Polar
Sea, which they pronounced to tx q strait
aih'ui 10 miles wide There WAS an ap pear.
ance Ut open water Ia the north.
The rescued party suffered very much
during their dreary drift from hunger and
c"ld. and for the last two months they nie
raw seal aud Polar Mar. ~ they could
get it, When me, Ivy The r,grcss they
showed cvi'en, Signs IT their great sui,
frrings But during the nine days thu,
they have hcrn an hoard they have I'm.
proved vastly, and arr now IN y fair why 10
health. The party Is in chargc"f the United
States consul, and will arrive a st Johns !
%" Monday.
A di>ps,cl, from Washington says ,hr
n. VS. Of the disaster affected the President
deeply. ns he had hoped the enterprise of
the Government in this direction would r..
(lnUnd 10 the National honor.