Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-06-11
FOR THE ARCTIC SEAS.

To-day another expedition starts for
the frozen North in search OF relics oil
the Franklin party. and with the clues
which this new expedition holds. there
is good ground for hope that success will
crown its efforts. Five years ago Cart.
Potter. an employe of the shipping firm
Of Morrison & Brown, New York City.
returned from one Of his whaling voy-
ages, with a spoon and fork which no had
secured from an Esquimaux. or Indian
tribe, known a. the Natchilles. These
articles bore the well known crests Of
Sir John Franklin and Of Captain Cro-
zisr, his second in command Of the i'll.
fstsd Er-bus and Terror. The Esqui-
mauI told Captain Potter that they had
taken the articles from n cairn. situated
many days distance from tho ship +;
that years ago a party Of white men had
visited their country and built the cairn.
but that all OF the party had died OF
starvation. The spoon and the fork
were identified in New York and in Eng
land. as having belonged to the Frank.
lin explorers, but no steps toward 1T
ting out an expedition were taken at
that time.
Later still. Captain Barry. another
whaler. brought to his employees another
silver spoon. patched with a piece Of
copper. and bearing the crest Of Sir
John Franklin. The party OF Esqui.
mauI from whom he received 1t. in-
formed him that the cairn from which
IL was taken contained many books.
with wri ting. similar to those on his
own ship. They pointed out the direc-
ton and location Of tho cairn on his
chart. and said that II was situated on
an island. II this information he true,
II would not only indicate the existence
OF a polar sea. far to the north Of any
point yet reached by living navigator, but
would show that Sir John Franklin and
his brave crew actually reached the sea,
although they never returned to make
known the discovery. Captain Barry
was, Of course. in no condition to prose-
cute an exploration in search Of these
valuable relics. but the production OF
this second spoon aroused the public
spirit OF Mr.. Morrison. and he deter
mined to send an expedition In search
Of the cairn. Other citizens OF New
York contributed literally to the enter
prise, and to-day the schooner Eothen
sails from New York for tho Arctic Sea.
to prosecute the search.
Captain Barry commands the schoon-
er. aud Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka.
Of the United States army. will have
command Of tho sledgo parties who will
cioss the ice in search Of the earn aud
its precious records aud relies. Lieu.
tenant VIM. L. Glider will be second in
command Of this part OF the expedition.
Esluimaux Joe. a native Of the far
North. and well acquainted with the Ian
gusge and customs Of his people, is also
a member Of the party. Nothing can be
done by the land party until the snow
falls. which will be next Spring. The
plan proposed is to sail direct to Whale
Point. Hudson's Bay. aud thence to Re-
public bay. IL 20 ssible. Another vessel
will DO sent out with ample provisions
so that there will he no danger Of suffer-
ing. and it is fondly hoped that this ex.
petition will result in solving the mys.
terry which has so long enshroudsd the
fate OF the lost Franklin party.