The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-26

became more suitable for travelling j ust
before getting TO the village II was nee
esary TO make a sharp turn 10 the right
and go In the teeth OF the gale Tor about
two hundred yards The order in which
the sleds We're proceedll, was Castillo
and Ehr Ehren, Putnam. Zane, and
Nortung. aud Hunt and A native, who
were some distance behind They pro
ceeded aud along well until they made
the turn 10 face the gale. when Putnam.
not having the ability to control dog. 50
well as the natives lii i difficult to force
the dogs 10 90 TO Wlndward ia a sever,
storm J, or probably not knowing Of the
abrupt deviation from his course, "a he
could not see the other oled- turned, pro
badly kept straight on. About this time
Zane overlook Putnam, and when then
sledS were abreast remarked NY ell, Tut.
it seems that We are al right after all.
i Putnam answered, II hope So. They
were the last words he was ever heard t.
utter and that was the last seen of him.
I His Sled fell little behind The natives
made the turn with some difficulty, but
+ Putnam missed 1t parity owlng 70 his
+ being unable 10 see them. lie got on
the ice, and the supposltion Il that after
of his mistake, and not being able to see
which way to 90 aud his ssou'- MT being
heard in such violent "a . he camped,
deciding to wait for clear weather and
also knowing that a search would be made
for him as soon as he was missed Reach
ing the village. Hunt enquired of Zane II
Putnam had arrived d, having met a native
who had missed him, and was looking for
him; this was the first intlmation Zane
had of the unfortunate occurrence. Both
then started for the beach to assist in the
search. They entreated, and ordered the
natives to hitch up the dogs. and hunt
for the unfortunate man, but they would
neither hitch up their dogs, nor allow
them to use their own dogs, sayi & that
the gale was too heavy, they could not
see. and that probably next day would
be fine, aud then all would go out and
hunt. All threats proving unavailing,
nothing could be done but to wait for the
morrow.
During the night the heavy wind de
tached the ice from shore, and carried It
to sea. Next morning at daylight they
again went on the search. Hunt and Zane
gazed on the place which the nj ght before
had been one sheet of ice, and saw that
| it was now clear water, with no ice III
sight
They walk ed along the beach about mile
until they came to bluff, which they
knew it would have teen impossible tC
pass on sled, and satisfied themselve;
tnat he was not on the beach. 1t was al
most certain that he had camped on the
ice. and been carried to sea with it. His
only chance seemed to be that the vino
would spring up from the southwark anC
drive the ice in shore, or that it would
become calm and allow the new ice tC
form between the old and the shore, SC
that the unfortunate man could walk ovel
it. When Waring, who had been left by
Berry in command at South Head, hearC
of the accident. he was on his way t
South Head TO get some walrus meat
provisions at his village being scarce
At half past two that afternoon (l3th) ht
received note from Cahill, one of the crew
stationed at South Head, stating tha
Putnum had been seen on the morning o
the 18th, on an ice tioe about three mile,
from shore. The natives would no
launch their skin boats on account of tn,
intervening thin ice (which Is even wors,
on the boats than heavy iccl though
every effort was made by Cahill, wh'
offered large rewards to induce them t,
do so. Late in the afternoon of the fol
lowing day word was received that Put
nam had been seen from village sly
miles south Of South Head on the ic,
eight miles from shore, and that the ma
tives were making preparations to rescue
him. Warlng pushed on to the village
reaching it that night through heav.
wind and snow storm blowing hard Of
shore. 1t was here ascertalned that OF
the preceding day an attempt had beer
made by four men Of the Rogers crew
assisted by two natives, to rescue Putnam
but after proceeding nearly three mile
they were forced to return, the boat hav
ing been cut through in SO many place
that they were barely able to keep he
aflOat until shore was reached. Anothe
severe of1shore storm was now raging
and the unfortunate man was lost sigh
Of On the Goth Waring received tn
f rumor that some dogs had come on shore
On the 29th he arrived at Lauren, 3
miles down the coast, and found three 0
Putnam's dogs there. Several dogs CAM
ashore, but the natives could only catcf
three. Rumours of Putnam's havin,
been seen were constantly coming IN, ant
& after being weather bound for three days
, WI Waring started down the coast to VERT,
them. He kept steadily on, searching
, the whole coast minutely from Soutl
Head to Plover bay. He communicate
with several natives who spoke good In
/ glish, and they were satisfied that Put
nam had never come near the shore. a
Eigwort sixty miles from South Head
+, another z. with pistol shot wound il
tie neck, came on shore ten days prevl
ously, and was recognized as belonging t
, Putnam team This dog-as, indeed
all were was very thin and emaciated
/, covered with ice, and had every appear
ance of having been long III the water
lie had probably shot this dog, lnteudin
i 70 use it for food, but he had succeeded
IN escaping. In all six dogs, out hi
team of nine, came ashore.
I 1t is Known that Putnam was not dea
/ the third day after being lost. aud ho'
. much longer he survived can only be COME
d tured. All this time the Temperature Wa
from 20 to 10 degrees below zero, aud
0 bad no protection from the piercing wlDd
0 He probably killed one or more Of b
d dogs for food he surely did not die
:. starvation. The foe that he was doubt
: less broke into fragments during one {
) the gales, and he Was drowned.