The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-15


may rejoice that they withheld not in my time Of
great need" With these words he sent to Messrs.
Harper hts last proof corrections of tho "Arctio
Researches" on which volume Mr. Nordhof had so
frequently advised him. and endorsed on them "Au
well, in good spirits bound for the glorious
North"
WILL.
Subjecting himself to the toughest dscomforts
and sufferings of winter life among the savages and
making wearisome sledge journeys even in the depth
of Arctic winters he refused each year the oppor.
tunity Of return by u whnler until he had
visited King Williams Land to bring back
news OF Franklin. without an iron will
he would have renamed within those
dcsolate regions through i've Arctic winters endur-
ring the squalid wrechedness of the snow huts nor
have made his sedge journeys to Pelly Day, to Cape
Weynton to Igoo-lik. to Fury and Hecla straits to
Lyons Inlet and to King Williams Land agsregating
more than 5000 miles. His voyage out and return.
his surveying work around Repulse Bay and the
sledge journeys just referred to foot up in miles
considerable excess the figures 10000"
PRIvArIoNs.
Some idea of his suferings will be learned from
page 1856 Of the narrative:-"T want Of. blubber
for light aud heat gave great uneasiness. and pro-
visions again nearly exhausted. when on the
14th March, 1860 Nu-ker-zhoos sister. Tuk-too.
brought in sled from abandoned igloo
q few old reindeer heads and legs. which.
had been cast aside out Of the reach OF
dogs for just such time Of want. These
were soon made to give mp every particle
their life sustaining substance. whether Of putrid
brains. the now bitter marrow. the hard hbres.
tough sinews few patches Of skin that was left
around the and hoofs. Halls journal of that
day says-"How cheerless is our igloo The moss
wick of the lamp. which. when fully supplied with
blubber. gives flame of two feet six inches. is mar
rowed down to point making the gloom more dis
NAL than darkness. Our huts sad, our voices
almost hushed." And yet he says:-"Away. away.
thou hend of despair! this is no home for you.
We are the children OF hope, prayer and work.
God is our Father. and better times will come"
What the better times may be inferred from :
later page OF his journal where he says II riso be-
tween and eight in tho morning. and then
smoke little, which for time makes me feel less
hungry. Icut few chips OF venlson and eat it raw
and hard Frozen with seal bubber which is old and
of strong odor and Of old cheese tastes / dine
what would be called old. sinking. nauseating whale
skin. but to q hungry soul every bitter thing 10
sweet For my supper pick out the fatty substance
OF whale fin and eat it with little more took-too
meat, and 60 to bed hungry; but asleep
dream Of friends and better limos coming"
VISIT FROM CIVILIZATION.
When Mr.. Crane. from the Era. visited him in
1867 he found mis- quarters presenting fully
pulsive spectacle Indian wigwam. and Hall
told him that "this mode Of life was his own
choice for that by adopting native habits and diet
he had the only sure way Of escaping the great
Arctic curse 'scurvy.'" 1t is true never had
touch Of this, although entirely unprovided with
fresh meats lime juice other anti-scorbutics.
the want Of which much insisted on as the
cause Of the sickness and partial failure Of the
sledgo parties sent out by Captain Mares.
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Halls sledge journeys were made to Lyons Inlet
for correcting positions which he believed in-
accurately placed Parrys charts; to the Straits
of Fury ana Hccla to which the Innuits led him to
believe Of Franklin's men had crossed over
in the hopes Of reaching some English whaler q
possibility) to Igloolik for the purchase of dog
team for his journey to King Williams Land and
two advances toward that place, the last one Of
which he visited the graves Of some of Franklin's
men on Todds Island. and learned unques-
tionably that one Of Franklins vessels had drfted
into Dease and Simpsons Strait. thus making him
the dscoverer Of the Northwest Passage. He
brought homo entire skeleton and many Frank
lin relics. some of which sent to Lady Franklin
and others deposited at the Smithsonian The skel-
eton. sent through Admiral Inglefeld to England.
was identified as the remains OF Lieutenant Yes
conte. Of Franklin's ship. the Erebus-s strange
identification surely. by plug in tooth. of bones
which had bleached for twenty-one years.
WELL WORTHY COLLECTION.
The details Of these journeys and Of EsquImsl
superstitions. Anyeko practices. hunts, walrus
whale captures and deer shootings occupy the body
Of the text illustrated by maps of the sledge trips
aud pictures of Innuit customs. and the volume
closes with memorial notices Of Joe and Hannah"
and of other Esquimaux, whose names may be read
in the cemetery the hill side Of Groton. Conn.
Joe wears the Arctic dress in which no set out two
years ago with Lieutenant Schwatka to hunt once
more for the Franklin records. Professor Nourse,
who, under the orders OF the secretary. with the
assistance of Mr.. Bryan. OF the Polaris. prepared
this narrative for the Senate tells that he had
personal acquaintance with Hall and anticipated
ut first that but little Of value might be found in
his loose journals and notes. but he discovered In
them material Of continually growing interest and
of the highest credit to the ability industry ard
skill of tho amented explorer. Halls astronomical
and meteorological observations though made with
confessedly defective Instruments. have been found
we'll worth the occupancy of the one hundred pages
OF appendices l. and III.
MARES Tribute HALL
Among the best tributes to the worth of one who
has been by many much moderated is that
pc by Sir George Mares to Parliament where he
says in reference to Halls late observations made
on the Polars Expedition:-"The coast line was OBJ.
served to be continuous for about thirty miles, FORM
ing bay. bounded toward the west by the United
States range of mountains. with Mounts Mary and
Julia and Cape Joseph Henry. agreeing well with
Halls description that 1t was impossible to mistake
their identity. Their bearings also. although diff
fering upward of thirty degrees from those OF the
published chart agreed precisely with his published
report"
1t was o pleasing but just international tribute.
then, which Captain Mares party offered at Halls
grave when the 18th day Of May. 1876 In the
presence of twenty-four officers and men. captain
Stevenson erected the brass tablet prepared IN Eng
land, bearing the following inscriptions
Sacred to the memory OF
CAPTAIN q. l.. HALL, {
of the u. 3. 8. Polaris.
who sacrificed his life in the advancement
OF science. Nov. Sth, 1871.