The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-06-28
that bullets Of frozen quicksilver
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Ou tn0 A0t0 OkOCSOUGX OCCu&ISas
in the night time, OF, rather. in the
darkness, the critical episode to
which We owe the presence Of the
party among Us. The ship WAS 80
severely nipped in the ice that her
immediate destruction appeared In
evitable, her stout timbers began
to crack ominously, and seemed
splitting from end to end. The sky
lights were burst up and . general
and immediate desertion of theship
seemed the only chance. The wo-
men and children were put upon
the ice first, and the men each, with
his bag, containing his personal ct.
fects, ready by his side, commenced
the work of discharging the provis-
ions and most necessary articles.
Suddenly, after The only two boats
remaining to the ship had been
placed upon the ice and q large
quantity of provisions, the foe to.
which sho was attached gave way,
land the ice seemed to be breaking
up under the feet of those who
were upon it. The ship, which had
&
been lying on her side, suddenly
righted. Some Of the party, the
steward among the number, found
themselves floating on a small de-.
tached portion, only a few yards
in diameter, and SO near the ship
that they called to the captain to
throw them a hand rope; he, how
ever, told them to make for the foe,
which they finally succeeded in
reaching, and they saw no more Of
| the ship that night. Next day she
appeared four or five miles distant,
and remained in sight all the af-
ternoon. The party, mufied in
dark clothes and or skins, must,
they think, have been clearly seen
from the ship moving about the
white surface Of the ice. They
scaled the highest pinnacle they
could find, end fastening . water
proof blanket bound with black, tc
an oar. kept it flying in the hope
Of attracting attention: The shiI
at one time seemed to be nearing
and they never for moment doubt
ed that she would ultimately picl
them up, and no ice seemed to in
tercept them from her. To theil
dismay they watched her at las
steam into bay behind Northum-
berland Island, where they could
distinctly see the sails furled and
the steam blown off, preparatory
apparently, to go into winter quar-
ters It is difficult to account TO
this behavior on the part of the Of
fcer in command, except on tn
hypothesis that his ship had heel
so severely strained that he wa
afraid to steam out to the foa, O
that he imagined those upon j
would have no difficulty in reach
ing the shore and joining the shil
overland. Captain Tyson, however
is of the opinion that the ship is no
seriously injured, - he went to th
pumps the moment before sh
finally righted, and found she wa
making no water. The party o
the ice now made desperate effort
to reach the shore, but q gale wa
blowing and . heavy sea was run
ming, 80 that they were glad to ge
back, after getting half way acros
with the loss of one boat an
other articles of food, clothing
compass, etc. This boat got sept
rated from them on q piece of ic'
but to their intense delight the
succeeded IN recovering it Q fe'
days later. After repeated attempt
to reach the land, they were no
compelled to abandon all hope /.
returning to the ship, as the il
was drifting, under the influence ,
a strong northeast gale, rapidly I
the southwark.
ON THE FLoE.
Their provisions, after they hs
regained the boat from which the
had been separated, consisted
fourteen cans Of pemmican, eleve
and half bags Of bread, ten doze
one-pound and two-Dound cans
meat and soups, fourteen hams,
bag Of chocolate weighing twen'
pounds, beside which they had son
musk OK skins, . few blankets,
tent, q number of rifles, and . larl
quantity Of ammunition. In the
various unsuccessful attempts
reach the shore both the boats hl
been stove in, and they now d
termined to sacrifice one, using 4
copper, etc, TO repair the othe
; and the wood for fuel, Of which,
they had not yet killed any seal
they stood much in need The E
quimaux now set to work 70 hui
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