The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-22

| sIedge expedition. He was not sick when
he came on board, but complained soon
afterwards and said that the heat of
the cabin affected him lie got
water to wash and put on clean under
| clothing. | asked what he would have !;
was anxious TO get him something nice. He
didn't care about anything but a cup of cof-
fee, 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 he was, and such
like. He was sick fortnight and talked
very little. He was perfectly dclerious for
the last few days. I think that he was par
ralyzed upon one side. IIeared no one, say
so. 1t was my own opinion. There was
nothing certain about his death He was
attended by DR.. Bessclls and Mr.. Morton,
who did everything in their power to allie
viate his suiferings but without effect His
illness cast gloom over the entire compa-
ny, and was the first discouragng circum-
stance which had occurred in connection
with the expedition. His death made us
all feel very bad
Capt. Tyson, speaking of Captain Halls
death, says: Hall was sick fifteen days
AT the first he was paralyzcd and then tie
lirious. lie was insensble when he died
lie started from the ship on sled cxpedi-
ton Nortiward, on the 10Th of October
He was absent fourteen days, and returned
ptn tn /, Of al. 10. IL: ~.
the 9Th Of November he died and was bur
led on the 11th His grave bore South
Southeast, and about five hundred PAGES
distant from the observatory in Polaris
Bay, which was in latitude Sl.3S, longitude
Gl.4i, on the shore We erected board
over his grave. with an inscription cut Civ
ing his name, age Qlfty years. date of
DEATH and command of the North Polar
expedition. All hands except the cook at
tended his funeral. 1t was a dark. dismal.
cold, windy and disagrecablc day. The
wind was mournfully bowling and the
hearts of all were cnveloped in deepest
sadness. held lantern, and by it the
beautiful service of the Episcopal Church
was read by Mr.. Bryant. Old sailors
whose faces had been bronzcd by Summer
suns and frozen in Arctic seas, wept aloud
Capt. Hall was universally beloved and his
death at time when the enterprise prom
ised so hopefully, was felt by his survivors
to be an inevitable loss.
Those thoughts were uppcrmost in the
minds of all. and when the funeral party
returned to the ship there was hushcd 81
lencc attending 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. We had
been anticipating the breaking up of the
ice for some time and if lie had wished to
have Tyson and his companions on board
he could easily have represented matters to
them in such a light that they would not
have vcnturcd 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.
Heron says: Il made rush for the
vessel and sung out for line, but they
would not give me one. Chester and Bud
dington were standing ON the gangway, and
could have thrown me one. was with
four others ON the piece Of ice that had
provisions on it. 1t cracked off and went
adrift We got back to the main foe in
scow or boat which sunk under one of the
men, but we all 90. safely back"
Tyson saws: Il could have got aboard
the vessel that night and been there now,
but would not leave the women and chill
dren. My duty was on the ice. | thought
he would get back to us next day, which
he could have done. The breaking away
was caused by the foe to which the ship
was fastened, drifting in between the land
and some iccbergs that were jammed. The
jam broke up the Hoe and the vessel broke
away. 1t was about D or 10 O'Clock in the
night. Temperature about zero. That
evening ii had been nineteen degrees above.
We did not save more than one-tcnth OF
the provisions that were on the ice.
Capt. Tyson thinks the ill-feeling and
bad designs of Buddington and few Others
who were his accomplices, had continued
from the first, ON account Of Halls deter
mination to 90 as lar north rs possible, and
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