The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-11-22
Sir John Franklin.

The fate of Sir John Franklin's expe-
dition derives renewed interest from the
report of Thomae A. Barry, returned
Hudson Bay whaler, of the sufferings and
dcath of the last survivor of the Erebus
and Terror, 7htai::ed from the E7,,u;-
maux, with whom he passed iust winter.
The crew of the New Bedford whaling
ship A. Houghton, of which MIR. Barry
was mate, went into winter quarters last
October on the northern shore of Hud-
sons Bay, where they were Joined by
about one hundred and fifty Esquimaux.
The natives were full Of anecdotes of the
yisit to their settlement Mt Cape Ingle-
field of party of white men, who came
among them many years ago, perishing
in single winter of cold and hunger,
and who were buried with their books,
papers and valuables beneath heaps of
stones. From the Esquimaux's descrip-
ton, these men were evidently the rem
nant OF Frankiin's expedition. whose fate
and burial-place had been before un-
known. The natives exhibited several
relics as proof of the accuracy of their
statements, and Brrry succeeded in OBJ
tanning from them some spoons, one
Others with an unknown monogram.
The natives offered to pilot the crew of
the A. Houghton to the mounds, but the
sailors were in no condition to make
thousand milee' journey Of exploration.
MIR. Barry's story, however, has induced
Morrison & Brown, the we'll known New
York shipping agents, who fitted out the
Polar:s, to send an expedition next
spring, under Mr.. Barry's command, to
discover the burial-mounds of these last
of Sir John Franklin's men, and obtain
the valuable relics which are probably
preserved there. Ii the British govern.
ment's offer of 100000 for the recovery
Of :lie records Of the expedition is still
open, the firm will equip u vessel at their
own expense; if not, they will try to Sc
cure subscriptions OF $15, 900, and, if that
fails, they will send whaler, SO that the
expenses may be betrayed by cruising
for oil. Mr.. Barry proposes to land on
the western shore Of Hudson's Bay, and
reach Cape Ingleficld, 500 miles distant,
by means Of sleds and dogs. Sir John
| sailed on his fatal expedition, with the
ships Erehns and Terror, in May 1915.
The protracted absence of the party
caused great anxiety, and III 1913 begai.
the series of rescue expeditions, by the
British Government and by private par
ties, which have cost 80 great an expen-
hiLHft III tfeuHuTe I'D 80 llttie eHeCt. Lazy
Franklin's faithful devotion caused re-
peated efforts to be made, for many years
after hope itself hsd died out of every
| other heart and in 1850, at Capo Riley,
the explorers came upon the site of
tent, paved with small stones, and the
bones of birds. At Beechy Island, near
the entrance of Wellington Channel,
empty meat-cans were found, aud the
embankment of n house; also working
places for carpenters and other workmen,
end finally three desolate frozen graves,
where members of the party were buried,
who, ii appeared 5y :l:e marks on thu
| stones, oied in the winter OF 45-6. Nc
Clintock il '59 found fG,ther traces of
the lost expedition; but this latest dis
covery, which comes now, after Lady
Franklin's faithful soul has Joined her
husband in another world than ours,
seems to be the most direct and import
ant of any. The lost p...,y consisted If
| 1913 nersnns, nearly all of whom proba-
| bly, succumbed to Death in about lati-
| sude 20 degrees.