The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-10-01
SIR John FRANKLIN.
Results Attained by the Last Expedition to
Find His Records.


NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Sept. 2s.-The members of
the expedition, headsd by Ii. Fred schwatka, which
sailed for New York June /. 1878, for Bafin's Bay
and King williams Land for the purpose of seeking
further data upon the fate Of Sir John Franklin have
arrived Though the special object OF the search was
the recovery Of the records Of the Franklin cxpedt-
ton which according to Esquimaux testimony, were
known to exist at specified points not attained,
the explorers have nevertheless obtained many relics
Of Franklins party including the remains of Lieuten
ant Irving They have moreover carried out to the
letter the instructions Of the promper of the expe-
dition to make 1T geographical success.
The longest sedge ride on record, both In regard
to time and space has been achieved in the face Of
phenonenay cold weather and deprivation of GUS
tomary fosd. Important rivers and coasts have been
discovered and serious in former charts have
been corrected. The adventures Of the Schwatka ex-
petition add pages of interest to the romance of relic
exploration and furnish all the world 10 likely to ever
know of the fate Of Sir John Franklin The conduct
Of Capt. Barry o. the Eothan, In eferenceste supplies
of food intended to be deposited Tor the expeditions
unaccountabe and needs an explsuation, as the alb
sence of those supplies on their return came near
proving fatal TO Lieut.. Schwatka's party.
The resul Of the expedition has shown 1t 10 feasible
for white men to sdapt themselves to the climate and
iAcoA thc SSQuiihauA III phoecsuenS shSA JSuhhSyS
any season Of the year.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2a.-The Herald publishes the
letter OF correspondent who accompanied the Sch
watka expedition to King VILLA ms Land The sto-
ry refers particularly to the incidents OF the
great sledge journey. This IL supplemented, how
ever, by the discovery Of relics and an examination
of native Witnesses which lead to the sad conclusion
that the fate Of the officers and of the Erebus
and Terror Terrible even TO the utmost limit Of
IMAGINATION and that the records of the Franka
petition are lost beyond recovery. Old men and wo-
men of the Esquimaux tell the story of those who
were doubtless the last survivors Of these unfortu
nate vessels, the minuteness of detail and evident
truthfulness OF which place their fae beyond adoubt
OF what became OF their great leader and large
Der of the men who constituted the crews, nothing
could be discovered only that small party black
about the mouth, wit no 1esh upon their bones,
were dragging boat the Ice and then they
disappeared and nothiog more OF them until
their skeletons found under their boat and In
tent prey to wild oes rs aud viii the dreadful evil
deuces that they had been driven TO feed the weak
er OF their companions before fuay yielding
to starvation aud cold. Such 10 the sad coDclu sion
which the discoveries of this expedition rresisaby
led 10. That the records of the franklin expedition
were with this party 10 also painfully evident from
the testimony of the natives, who naturally consider
ed them of no importance aud by whom they were al
lowed 10 liz around a. playthiDgs for children and
eventually DESTROYED.