New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-23
The CRUISE OF THE CORWIN.

Orr1CIaL hEfOhI OF CAPTAIN HOOPER.
fAo1hESs AND DISCOVERIES AS LATE AS JULY z
RELICS OF ONE OF THE LOST wHALERs-TuE
ICE BREAKING UP-PLANs FOR THE FUTURE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.--Captain Hooper. of
the Revenue Marine steamer Corwin" in private let
Ter TO Major Clarke, of the Revenue Marine Service
under date of Saint Michaels. July z, says:
we arrived here on the Attn, and go north again
Party OF prospectors are in Gaowin Bay north
them on their wav no ano T can IN there and
extra provisions, enough for wnterf should be com
PEELED to remain so long while absent on our last
on the West ps%eds isad
iauneh thelr boat so took them back board We
here we go to Kotzebue Sound take run up the
rVers IN steamcutter then go north far
coal mine on our way up the aud them get out
About Inc Ca" 10Th Of s0 hope to 90 to the west
ward and see what we find The ice is light and we
i 50 tat s'f think %S we p Eats
the missing whalers; have learned from the natives
ongn 'ht honaS has been heard from be
addtlon to this we have discovered island not laid
dams up the fankon getting all the time and
VII undoubtedly make trouble before long If not pun
Captain Hooper refcrs to the fact OF his finding ex
tremey hard work this iuasmuch he has no
pilot, which makes necessary his remaining on deck
twenty-four hours time when the near land
or ice.
TIE OFFICIAL REPORT.
This letter is accompanied by Official report to Sec
rotary Window, the text of which is in part as follows
mn nave t the honor to port arrival at this place
up inc land party under command of First Lieutenant
been sent along the Of Siberia to investigate the r
mored discovery of wreck last fall by some natives 10
the natives about Re ana to ass tS
dap p place appointed to party,
on Che ZSth OF June, AMI found them waiting for us,
ey tu Deen as iar mort as Cape Waukarem, latitude
NATIVES Who discovered and boarded the wreck and
brought away some of the articles found by one
Rar Of with marine glasses table
Whaiero @i'n marked eter p tine ea handle and
Macy probably that of the maker. circle about
OF the boat which belonged large humber of other
y wer principally carpeners tools and galley utensils
any marks by which, they could be identified The facts
OF three Tchukchees sealing along edge Of the
Ice probably about November 1850, when they dscov-
they found to be hull of vessel filled with water The
a'' pa ana boats were gone and buw stove
fo ae Tna u OF the no. boom In the cabin
the iooT showing evidence of having been dead a long
ehe; no books or papers were saved by the natives
thcned no value to them they could make
that the vst had p nfPU OFT sT r the en- @ %
boom ana 1t tins be so it would indicate that
handle also points in the direction 1t is probable
dec te b MARKS Oh the %haeron WI be identified and
St Paul to San Francisco to be lea at the Mer,bnts
EAenange or the Inspection of those Interested seems
certain mat we have learned the fate OF one of the
missing whalers and part of the crew. . Lieu
tenant Herring reports having met trading parties of
5enkoheeS from Cape Jachan travelling toward East
cape, ana that he learned that no white men
nau oeoh seen along the coast 1t is that had
any Oh the eannctte party landed along these
only one vessel near the Of Kontchin Bay-the
& a, Mers are occasionally sighted to the east
Wiz W, never come near the land The natives
very friendly and gave ali the Information in their
possesSlol, furnished the party with food for their
Inc natives of Cape Serdze the Jeanette on her
way north party of walrus hunters boarded her.
lhey uescrlhed her as threc-mased steamer with lots
OF dogs and sleds deck, and say she had two
1isquinaux IRON The American side. They recognized
can natives holes in their under
uIs. IhGSe were the TWO natives taken from ST. Mi
chaels They say that after passing Cane Serdze shc
steamed away To the northward
AiteI gettlhg our party on board returned
10 this place via st. Lawrence Island .
we start north again the 9Th, and after spendnq
u re" uays IN hotzbuc Sound, and making eXamna-
oo OF the rivers einpiying into 1t up time
shore as far az the viii allow About the lOth OF
August nope TO go to the westward and make an at
tempt 10 land on Herald Island and Wrangell Land.
inc ice u ulusUaiY Dgh anu continued strong north
cry winds justify the belief that the Arctic Will be well
open later In the season.
have detailed Lieutenant Doty and two men for duty
on Otter Island lie will return ST. Paus by the
Alaska commercial Company steamer and isinstruced
TO remain on otter Island until the have taken their
departure On the l9tb June boarded the schooner
Tying Mlst, walker MASTER and found her provided
with salt and seal clubs. no doubt intends Ia try In
take seals from the Islands later in the season Col
GUS special agent writes me that attempt probably
by the vessel already been me,, and viii No
doubt DC repeated later in the departure
OF the steamer st. Paul and special agent Wuen wa
called at tie Islands on our way north supposed that
TWO special agents to remain seals
nave elt, out nave since learned that one will re-
main ater The sailing OF the steamer probably August
PioAlno' am very respectfully, your Obcdient
want, &. l.. HOOPER, Captain u s. r. NJ
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