The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-30

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New York Dispatchl
John Heron, the steward of the Po-
laris, makes the following statement con-
corning the sickness of Capt Hall !:
"Capt. Hall had good health up to the
time of returning from his sledge expe-
dition. He was sick when he came on
board, but complained soon afterward,
and said that the heat of the cabin affect
ed him. asked what he would have. 1
was anxious to get him something nice.
He didn't. care about anything but cup
He was sick fortnight, and talked very
little. He was perfectly delirious dur
ing the last few days"
Capt. Tyson, speaking of Capt. Halls
death, says: /" He was sick fifteen days.
He was insensible when he died. He
started from the ship on the sledge
expedition northward on the 10th OF DC
tOber. He was absent fourteen days and
returned on the oath of October to the
ship. On the 9Th of November he died,
and was buried on the 18th. We erect
ed board over his grave, with an in
scription giving his name, age go years.,
the date of his death, and the command
Vi tllc OldI IlADtuiUlOn AL
hands except the cook attended his flu
neral. 1t was dark, dismal, cold,
windy, and disagreeable day. The wind
was bowling moarnfully, and the hearts
of all were enveloped in the deepest sad
ness. held lantern, and by the light
of it the beautiful service of the Episco-
pal Church was read by Mr.. Bryant.
Few of those present at the burial will
forget the deeply affecting scene. Old
sailors, whose faces had been brOnzed
by summer suns, and frozen in Arctic
seas, wept aloud. Capt. Hall was uni
versally beloved, and his death, at a
time when his enterprise promised SO
hopefully, was felt by his survivors to
be an irretrievable loss. Those thoughts
were uppermost in the minds of all, and
when the funeral party returned to the
ship there was hushed silence attend
ing the performance of every duty"
The prevailing impression among the
unfortunate nineteen who were left be-
hind was that Buddington had willfully
abandoned them to their fate. He had
been anticipating the breaking up of the
ice for some time, and if he had wished
to have Capt. Tyson and his companions
on board, he could easily have repre-
scented matters to them in such light
that they would not have ventured to be
absent at so critical juncture. But no
such intimation was given to the men on
the ice The vessel did not drift away
so suddenly that the men could not
have been rescued from their perilous
position.
Capt. Tyson thinks that the i'll feeling
and bad designs of Buddington and q
few others who were his accomplices had
continued from the first, on account of
Capt. Halls determination to go as far
north as possible, and Buddington's de-
termination, from fear or whatever cause,
that he should not. After Capt. Halls
death, most of the others were in favor
of continuing and pushing north and
Capt. Tyson says that Buddington several
times expressed his determination to
send them dyson and his parity son
the road to hell, )" as soon as an oppor
tunity offered. He characterizes Bud
dington as ga great scoundrel," and de-
clares that he purposely abandoned
them to their destruction.
Joe, the Esquimaux, says-partly i'll
answer to inquiries, and partly speaking
on his own account without being inter-
rupted at all-that he was very fond of
Capt. Hall didn't like Buddington, who
was always talking behind others backs.
Some men here Tin st. Johns) and some
in the ship used to quarrel. Invent with
Capt. Hall for the purpose of going in a
sledge to the North Pole After Capt.
Hall died Buddington would not go. /
told Buddington came to go north. He
wouldn't let me go. Buddington and l
quarreled good deal about it. / went
with Hall on the last sled, and Hans and
Chester, the mate. We went fifty miles
north of the ship on the ice and land
found musk OK tracks on the land. The
sun was nearly gone. When we came
back to the ship Capt. Hall told me,
when he was sick, that somebody gave
him something bad. He was sick two
weeks. Buddington did not care of
him. / think it was not right. 1t made
me feel bad. Capt. Halls throat swelled,
and he could not drink. He said he was
burning inside. 1 sat up with him every
night with another man. Hall was in
the cabin. 1 talked to Hall much. He
did not talk to the others as much as to
me. / didn't see Hall the first night
after he came aboard from the sled. L
came aboard with him in the after
noon. He looked well and happy,
and spoke pleasantly. The four
of us, Hall, Chester, Hans and 1,
had coffee when we came aboard.
had mine in my own room underneath
the cabin, and the two others in the gal
lery. At 10 o'clock that night my wife
told me that Hall was very sick, and
vomiting. Invent to see him, and said
"What is the matter?" He was alone
in the cabin. He said {: care you
pretty well, Joe?" L said, eyes" He
said, +" You drank bad coffee last night.
1 said, "No." 1 asked him did he
drink bad coffee. He said there was
something bad in the coffee he drank
last night, making him sick to the stom-
ach. The same morning he became
very sick, and was vomiting. After five
days he felt better. He woke up and
said he wanted to see my little girl. He
said to her that he thought he would
leave her, but he didn't like to do so.
After he got better he got four medical
books, to try and see what made him
sick. He studied hard, and said to me,
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