The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-06-28
WAYNE COUNTY. IND, JUNE

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selyes at night With tho same artii-
ciea The Temperature inside the
huts vas uniformly at the freezing
point Of Fshren1siE.l TIN; Zee aoa
which they found themselves w.s
about ave miles In scircumfeFunce,
but owing to the incessaat action
Of winds, waves and frosta ,it was
constantly altering its sissa and
shape, somstimes splitting up and
freezing together aeain.e During
the months Of November, Decean.
bsrand January they lived princi-a
pally on their provisions, which
they late sparinsly; seals were
soazoA but they occasionally sue:s
eee1sd in killing somA the experts
enosnf the Bsquimsuxproving most
valuAli1a Inv ~ alattes sparta Of
February they lived principally on
birds, and in March they had no
lack of food or light for they killed
more seals than they could con
sumo. Unluckily in this month
their ice foe showed signs of break
ing up, and the waves used COM
stantly to break over it They,
therefore, found themselves com
PEELED 70 trust for safety to their
solitary boat, and as she was al
ready deeper in the water than was
safe for nineteen persons, and con-
structed of very fiimsy material,
| they reluctantly saw themselves
obliged to abandon great quaint
ty of seal food. From this moment
they entered upon q series of more
terrible privations from cold and
hunger than anything they had yet
endured. Sometimes they we're in
the water, sometimes cinging
frantically to small foes upon which
they had hauled their boai and
we're constantly swept by the icy
waves, drenching the whole party,
and washing away, on one occasion,
their boat and their last remaining
provisions. The record which the
steward read to me of the first
days of April pictured an amount
of physical suffering which one
wondered how strong, healthy men
could have endured, much lees
women, young children, and q new
born baby. At last they looked
starvation in the face, they had
eaten tanned ssal skin and chewed
everything aninaal othsy possessed.
All danties had long sinee depart
ed. Seals they had been in the
habit of eating, skin and al, care
fully saving the blood, and every
item of the csrcase except the gail
But no seal could be seen IN spite
of the eager scrutiny of the Esqui
maux. They were imbedded in
what is called postice, across which
it is impossible to walk, and through
which it is impossible to push
boat. Death now seemed staring
them in the face, and the last hor
. rible alternative Of starving mer
had already begun to present itsel
a. . possibility. when ono day the,
found themselves on a large Aoe
. upon which the Esquimaux discov
cred q bear. The men were mad
to lie down on the ice, and s'pla,
SEAL thus allpring the hungry ami
, NAL to what he supposed was ,
meal. The Esquimaux, meanwhile
secreted themselves behind q piec
Of ice, concentrated their energie
. upon . shot upon which the live
of the whole party depended, ant
bruin rolled over wi b two ball
through his head. This occurre,
un the 21st Of last April, and fror
that moment the position of th
, party was no longer 20 desparatt
They saved every inch of the bea,
!. eating him sparingly, and soon a
: ter fell in with seal; but what wa
!, still more to the purpose, their gsz
. was gladdened on the 26th of Apr
g by the sight of . steamship. The
I now knew they had reached th
sealing ground, and might fairl
. 5
hope to come across one Of the nu
d merous vessels which frequer
y these waters at this time of yea,
If On the following day, when in lati
n tude 50 IS, and only forty mile
n from land, they attracted the atte1
If ton Of the steamer Tigeress by Fl
. ing repeated volleys from the
y rifles, and Captain BARTLETT WI
le commanded her, bore down upo
. them and picked them up. s
20 The immediate effect upon Il
ir whole party Of being brought ini
70 2 warm ship was to produce . fee
"a ing Of ,suftocation, and in sou