New-York tribune., 1880-10-07
INCIDENTS or 1HE rGAkLN SEIEcH
rUnTnpE Talk WITH LrUIrNANr sCHwATKA-mS
FXYLrlT&CE WITH Inr EsQrfHNrN.


FXYIriTSCL WITH Inr I-QrrfNUN.
.'In regard to tie tin box containing books. said
Lieutenant Schwatkl yesterday. that th. J. Gui-
mauX woman dcscT. bed as beng am"i thc -n"Ic-
tons at Starvation Cove, have D" doubt ihat 'h"
books wcrr the tc "fds ~ the friuhin LAncdI-
zion, Nv reason N tins; h'ir was
n rapidly as tn,v VrIc able iu -.arch of help and
food. Now. uo esq lHinr p1rtt carries ANY more
baggage than 20 b. 9b,olu'. u obliged to, and II o.
absurd 10 suppose that these men iI- condition
would burden tucInaclyc, with any ordinary hrnh ks
Nhy th,t were reduced that, from the u1tyc'-
account, they must hayc Tc,orira 10 ca1n!baI>u,
for some oi 'hr bone had he"u s"rd 30 t"0. 80 as
to extract the MARROW. oi c"Hi-' thr 'P'uWH,N
were utterly ignorant Of the value of the,' iOohs
that would LaSc been priceless io us. lhry w'rc
r-scd about and muiiiItttcd hy the children until
they were .,tros go.
= II seems PROBABLE from what Vs. discovered.
that the Survivors oi thc Franklin ETp"ti'1on came
dow. along tie coast oi King NIlJau.'s LHud TO
nearly The southern part ben thrN Vrir unable
10 e,l~, To the MAN l'ud and, th.y were nearly
starving. q i1riv. probably under Tire command of
Lieutenant LIVING. was sent hach I" iiir shIn 2" grt
food Tor thc EsqumHuN who visited ih" snip ~ az
at seeing cans of meat and some o'Icr supplies >tIl
let there. LIcutcu1nt Irving dird 0n c way. near
victory Point where Wc discovered his remains.
identified bS hs mathematical ptlI" medal. The
others kept on 10 the saIP, which dritsd down 90
Grant Point, Ou Che western SIDE of Adelaide PENN
sua, where It was sunk, tnintriiion1lly 49, ne
E.QuimauN. Some of thc men very likely remained
by the ship Will, other, Wcl" pro'ab.y "b1udoucd
at pac, where boat AMI >clctons were found ny
the EsuunauX on LrcbLs Bay.
"SIr John Franklin himself undoubtedly died ana
was buried at sea before the Ercbu, and Terror
were first abandoned for the drcrv Journey south
ward. am really Cad that Lady Franklin Is not
alive nOW 10 know these cta Is 81 the terrible late
that hcicll the members Of the expedition III that
dcsoate country. II IS iupo, ,bi' to describe tie
drcarncss OF the land. There are no nigh
rocky cliffs, nor, very hI-h hills; Every
thing IL covered with lee and snow.
4 heap of snow somewhat higher than
;hc rest means that there IS hlil underneath, but
There rs really nothing to break the bleak monoto-
mn of tlc laulScIDp. In winter TO-
liagc. indeed nothing green Is t. be- seen. but ~
summer there arc some plants and nowcrs. have
brought back Humbcr for tire Smithsonian lustl-
tutc. Null there are Disadvantages III summer for
the shedding becomes poor and the zee II apt 20 get
rotten and dangerous hay" sunk throuph np 10
my aImpitS sometimes IN melted zee ana slusi. with
my feet in the water. In summer, too.
the light the snow Is very trying, aud nccessi-
tates the use of snow goggles.
We were not troubled very much with frost
bites during the colder weather. lhc nose - most
exposed, and usually suffers, 50 the mcn are con
stantv feeling of their noses u see Il they ar III
sensible Ii the flesh Is numb II - immediately
thawed out vi II the hand for the hands, incaSed IN
heavy lur gloves. are almost always warm. a
person often Is iroStb tten without being
aware of 1t, but the place can be easily
detected, for IT shows like a dead white spot On
our march tn Iuuits wtro constantly running
backward ana forward. passing aud rtpas lng rs.
and when one of them caught sight "t tins whlic
spot he would point al It, cXcalnng qnaIk,'
'Quark,' and then the an ctcd person would begin
thawinL out thc Injured member
Tho E-quimaux that saw found very peace
ful, amlabc and well disposed. They a'c not
very active nor energetic rs rule, but
they are generally willing to render any
services that they can, AMI they certainly gave rs
much valuable informal ! have hycd ImOIg
Indians for fifteen or twenty years Of my he aud
must say thar thuk the IsImmauX are the best
savage. have seen. AMI ~ reg ri 80 the nIoinJ-
tl0u obtained from them II should be Understood
that r"iramrd most carefully from asking any
leading QUESTIONS. Some welc very intelligent and
told tnrIr stories IN straightforward way.
while others had 10 undergo c0Hsld-
cradle questioning but avoided IN
every cdSc putting the questions IN such form a.
10 suggest the nature OF the answer. Without cy.
ccptiun the natives seemed remarkably truthful.
Tue iuuits Who accompanied Us were OF great
SIS ancc IA searching along The coast. They have
wonderfully sharp eyes and would bring Us lttlc
things that w. had overlooked. Oitca these were
OF no account, but tGc lnuijs s,li kept Oh
searching. Ihcir pet aversion is the wolves.
which attack and eat the dogs and SOME
tunes a~5du human beings. 1uO-loO-ai.
ouc OF luuits attacked hy a large PACK
when out hunting. and only escaped by killing on
and running to the camp while the others were
tightlug ever the carcass.
"I hr hardest umc We had on the journey Was rc-
turning To Depot Island when our uiuN .sIon~ gave
oat. don't like wdlrd- hIdr as regular diet.
had a very hau! trip from Depot Island To Marble
Island too bat fortunately The result wa, satlsiac-
tory and the GiscomIorts low ars oAly memories"