Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-20
Brief Outline OF the Plans Of the Expe.
dition, and What Led to the Effort
Names OF those Composing the
Party-"Esquimaux JOe''
and his Equipments.

NEW YORK, June I9-The schooner
Eothen sailed to-day for the Arctic regions to
search for the relics of Sir john Franklin. A
| distinguished party accompanied the schoon-
er as far as Sandy Hook. Colonel Glider, Just
before sailing, stated that the voyage would
probably extend about two years or more.
The searching party expect to make the voy-
age northward In about two months, reach
ing Repulse bay about the latter part of
August. 1t is intended to stop at that place
until spring. there being no snow on the
ground during the winter. In the early
part of the spring the party will cross the
country on sledges to King Williams Land.
The journey will occupy probably four or five
weeks. These relics are believed to be
"cairned" on an island inhabited by the
Natchilles, a warlike tribe, larger than the
ordinary Esquimaux, in the Gulf Of
Boothia, not far from Franklin bay,
but not yet laid down in any chart Cap
tain Thomas F. Barry, whose discovery of
the spoons bearing Sir John Frauklin's crest
and some initials led to the present expedi-
ton, is In command. Lieutenant Frederick
airy, is in command of the searching party,
which will work under Captain
Barry's instructions Colonel w. Il.
Glider, an officer Of volunteers during the late
civil war, is second In command. There will
be twelve men before the mast. The search
ing party Will COuSlsG VI LlcuUcndnG OCQWdC-
ka, Colonel Glider, Joseph Eberbing, Henry
w. Klutschak, an Austrian by birth and
civil engineer by education, and Francis
Melins. The Smithsonian Institute has
asked the privilege of sending representa-
tive, who will be equipped by the Institution.
Joseph Eberbing, or "Esquimau Joe" goes
as trapper, hunter and guide. He insists
persist in understanding him ''bug hunter"
Joe" carries with him a short 6rearm, con-
structed by himself of an old Remington
pistol, mounted on a stock of peculiar shape,
which he made while on board the Polaris,
and with which he saved nineteen lives in
the trying times on the ice-hoe of over one
hundred days. The Eothen will first touch
at Whale Point, Hudson's bay, to take on a
number of Esqnimaux, increasing the search
ing party to twenty, and thence proceed to
Beach Point, Repulse bay, one hundred and
forty miles north. At Whale Point Captain
Barry trst met the natives from whom he
bought the spoons. They gathered about his
winter quarters at Marble Island, re naming
Until his ship sailed in the spring. Two other
spoons bearing the Franklin crest, and the
initials IS. S. S." in their possession, were
purchased by the United States consul at st.
Johns. The property has since been restored
to the niece of Sir John Franklin, who ideu-
tilted them. The Esquimaux stated that the
vessel from which they got the spoons was
crushed by the ice at an island near Cape
Hallowell, and became a total wreck. The
crew, among whom was Sir John Franklin,
whom they recognized as "Hllata, or leader,
were taken by the natives to point near
Cape Engle6eld, SIX hundred and forty miles
from Whale Point, where, one by one, they
persisted of cold, hunger and sicknSsk and
were buried by being sewed up 4Skins,
placed on the ground, and covered with stones
to keep off the wolves and bears. The win
ter was severe and game scarce, and the
natives attributed these misfor-
tunes to the anger of the Great Spirit at the
presence of white men. Captain Barry stated
as his belief that some of the crew were killed |
and eaten by these natives, but that probably |
most of tht m died. An important fact COM |
municated by the NatchilIes was that the |
white men left number of books with writ |
ing in them, which were also buried at Engle- |
field, which is about nine hundred |
miles inland, and has never yet |
been reached by any exploring party. !
These natives are greatly feared by the other |
tribes of Esquimaux, from whom they differ |
in many respects, being large, well-propor-
toned, very warhke and aggressive. and |
speaking another language. "They cannot |
the other tribes" said "Esqul-
mau Joe," yesterday. He pointed out |
on theIchart, which he seemed to know by |
heart, the situations of various tribes, indl |
eating which were connected ty similarity of |
speech and which were strangers to each !
other. The situation of the island he was
not certain of, but indicated point in the |
northern part of the Gulf of Boothia. Leav- |