Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-12-25

ton, from which Kane's party saw the

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They departed with high hopes and
many dogs. and esquimaux and.
sledges, on the 4th of July, 1876.
The grand glorifcation of American In
dependence in progress reached it's
climax at Philadelphia upon that day,
but the shouts that rent the air in that
city, we're less hearty and sincere if
more noisy than those that went up as
the picked twenty, with young Inman
at their head, started over the great
glaciers for the open sea and the North
Pole. atf' .oc
After their departure, Arthur Thomas
spent his time till August in making
short excursions into the interior of
Greenland, in viewing the observations
Of DR.. Kane and others. While thus
engaged, an incident occurred which
determined the fate of both the ships
and of all the party save three. An
Esquimaux and q sailor, named Jud-
son, had been sent out one morning to
fish for seals, or for anything else that
would serve as food. They returned in
the evening, bringing not seals but
var iety of fish never seen before by any
of the party. They seemed to be va
riety Of salmon, but were beautifully
marked on the sides by golden stripe,
reaching from the gills to the tail.
Their favor was found to be excellent,
and the next day all the men and boats
that could be spared wore engaged In
catching them. They were found to
moving in schools in southerly direc-
ton, and what was stranger still, seemed
to be coming Immediately from the
land. While the others were engaged
in taking these fish, Thomas was specu-
lating as to the significance of this phe-
nomenon. One of the first things that
he did, was to try the water where
these fish were found with q thermom-
eter. With some surprise and great joy
he read 58o. The water was warm!
He returned to the ships and held a
long consultation with the captains.
For three days he explored the sur
rounding waters with floats and ther-
mometers, till he found that there was,
in fact, river of warm water flowing
from the north and appearing to come
out from the land near the foot of the
glacier. .-.r s,.-
On the tenth of August, they observed
that the channel was becoming clear Of
ice, and four days later the Clata,ca got
up steam and pushed her way out into
Peabody Bay, directly in front of the
great glasier. TLe Eyaes, wss AeH at
anchor. without soul on board, every
one crowding on board the steamer that
was to make ever SO little northing.
North of the glacier appeared to be a
narrow ford, Or inlet, and looking into
it, the end was not visible. The
steamer was t.irned as if to enter this
marrow sound, and as she neared the
entrance, Arthur again saw the golden
salmon leaping in great numbers from
the surface of the water. The thermom-
eter was let down, and found to read 500.
In the open air it stood at 2S'. tgsr.
The steamer moved forward, sound
ing carefully as she went, into the inlet.
The scenery was grand and impressive.
Washington Land was on their left
with its bold headlands and perpendic-
ular cliffs, while on their right were
cliffs, walls and mountains of solid ice.
Between these immense walls, which
half q mile from the entrance were not
more than five hundred feet apart,
flowed this river Of warm water whose
depth they could not measure; and in
this water sported the golden salmon.
What did il mean? Whence did the
water derive its warmth, and from
whence did IL 8ow? Whence came
these millions Of beautiful fish? It was
evident to every one, that the warm
river had made the inlet, but how far it
extended was the question. If it was
for many miles, it was evident that Capt.
Inman and his party could not have
crossed il. II for only little way how
would the end Of it appear. Would
they find the hot water pouring out OF
some immense geyserP At any rate and
on any hypothesis they must see the
end Of this wonderful canyon.
Arthur Thomas stood on the deck,
and looked ss though he had an idea.
tTo b. continued
SE Ohio proposes sending q youth
of 116 summers to the Centennial.