The New York herald., 1878-07-10
THE FRANKLIN RECORDS.

J. RAE, Md LII. D., on THE ANNUAL ADDRESS
1S78) or THE PRESIDENT or THE AMERICAN
GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
No. 2ADpisox GARDENS, SOUTH kESsISGroxl
LONDON, June 20, 1873. ! 4.
To THE EpIroR THE HERALD:-
Might take the liberty OF asking you to publish In
tho HERALD The enclosed letter, copy OF have
sent TO The President OF the American Geographical
society, subject in which am Interested, as well
as others? We hear that tho Eothcn, which Messrs.
Morrison aud Brown have fitted out with SO much
hbera,y aud energy, has sailed to look for the carn
reported BY Mr. Barry az containing .Franklin
Records As do believe that any csirn such as
tina, indicated Will be found the locality mentioned
sincerely trust that these searchers may discover
something elsewhere that may in some measure rec
ompcnse these gcntiemen Tor their generosity Yours
truly, JOHN RAE.
No ADDISON GARDENS, SOUTH KxssIsoroS,l
LONDON June II, 1873. I
To tho PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL
SOCIETY, New YoRK:-
slm-rnrourn Ins kindness of the secretary Of the
Wit copy oil youe annual address, one part oil which
surprises and interests me, Tor there
ls mentioned but mentiouea-you will pardon me for
saying so--in manner wholly and inJuriously er-
ronsous. You say NJ foIio 3v:-
The Franklin record founa by sir L. McClintock King
Williams Land mentions that the crews OF franklins
ships, number OF io5 souls aneer command f Cap
tain Crozior. hma started to the south Backs
That the, did confirmed Wy the information
received sfterward ny DR.. Ray ~c from .sqimaux &C.
How is THIS statement possibly true2 MoCtiutock's
discoveries were made IN 1852 mine In 1854, exactly
hive years before. The iact Is that The expedition
under Mc-ntock was got up specially on the strength
ot tue information brought homo by me 1854. Tor
which, alter deIbcrA Aiion by The Admiralty, aud
my seven men received the government reward OF
800 900 offered Tor the first sutncnc Information OF
the Oi the nissipE expedition. The discoveries
made IN 1859 verified in every important PARTICULAR
data H. In uQd bv m IN
Lhis difference, that hat. from naive report traced
the route Of the unfortunate men iurthor TO tho
south.
Regarding the repori by Mr. Barry OF tho existence
OF SECOND earn" or 'cacnc," l msy perhaps be
permiuea u offer icw remarks, AS toc truth
verso OF the story concerns mel an indirect man
ner The locality vi tnis carn nxed upon by Is
norn OF Cape ELeieneid ut the western outlet
the Fury Heca strait IL drliculI any one
with even limited knowisdge OF Arcuc sIsdge work
to ima.ino how = number OF weak, Starving and
broken down men could nave reached this locality
from King wnliam's Land {. distance Of 800 mner),
even II We could discover one siuge govd,
reason Tor their going to "a place where there
chance o their ootaining ala ot any KIND. rho
ice ON The southern portion oi Bvotnia uu--whica
they had almost always, II con ,anty,
very rough ana difcuit To travel ov.r ami Deev u
part of IL remains open ali wintcr-at least sucn was
The case during my two seasons al Repuise Bay.
never knew nor heard ol the Esquimaux attempting
tins great guli probably because OF the DIM
Guilty or inpossblity ot dong so; nm whom the
t,vcs OF Booiha anu those OF the opposite siac, at
Fury aud Aec' STRAIT, meet they 10 so AT or near Rs
tls u
n distance oI iuly 600 miles. A. ioIO 49,
Captain Crozer anu the parties under him know that
there ai4e depot provisions at Victory tsl har-
thc southeastern shore OF bootia where SIR j.
Ross abandoned his vessel, tue Victoria tstr IN 1882.
when Is IN tne vicinity OF tue island
ing Bsrrys uiorm alton the white dieu and
UWried tbi island aaieacd by Joe the Esaumsu
about two hundred geographical miles little to tue
OF south o tnis DO Jot oi PROVISIONS
The whole ot the above quotation iorms very CON-
picatei confused aud confusing puzzle, as shall en-
dvsvur 10 SHOW.
first--Can Two places, 300 miles apart, be consid-
the vicinity vi eacn 0hcry More especially In
til, Arcc. TINS distance beng actually greater than
siedging parties IN health aud iuiy provisioned meas
urcd ia straight line IRON their winter quarteis2
Second-lne locality liked upon BY Joe" In Iati.
tuuc 10 deg north and longitude 81 deg west Is not
| by any means 200 miles, nor haii that distance,
slightly to east OF south OF Victoria mot victory
! Hsfbor, but only IS miles neirIy due esst OF III
1hrd--l can nhu no authOfuy--not even IN Ross
narratIvs-tor tue truth OF tho assertion that thsrc
large depot OF provisions lcit AZ Victoria Har
! bor But even had TINS statement been true, the
have been broken up long ago W tho nai,vcs--not
necessarily 10 eat the contents, but TO utize the
casK slaves and TINS, which ara In great request
among Them. However good these poor people are,
they scarcely be expected TO rcspoct or "bold
sacred" "cacnes containing ARTICLES Of great value
TO them, which had been abandoned tor long series
| OF years. had ocular proof IN lS47, that NJ that
date Ross "cacbc" oi instruments, Nc, NJ Victoria
Harbor bad been opened and the contents broken up
as saw portions OF the ins raucnts ani of tho clscs
that had neld tncm
Again, we nave ~ mentioned that y r George Ross
| wiptercd Two years at Victoria Hnroorl surely II
sucb subjects Of Arctlc history are mentioned az alt
| there should be some attempt at accuracy. There
been Arctic explorer OF the name OF Sir George
Ross-b -but sir J. Boss wintsgsd-net Ws-but thrss