Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-06-27

Nus Abte sieepi anu bne RIeatci P"AS VI
night was spent in watching the recedlng
existence of their late castle on the waters.
Before daylight wind and ebbiDg sea car
RED the burning wreck some distance out,
but the incoming tide brought 1t back
again, sweeping it about six miles up the
bay, where it sunk in five fathoms of water
On the following morning, an attempt to
reach North Head with the boats was de-
feated by the wind and ice, and another
night was spent on shore. Before day
break, about dozen natives with slelghs
appeared, and Captain Berry made arrange
ments with them for distribution OF the
crew among their domiciles according to
their respective capabilities for subsisting
the men during the winter. They repre-
sented that they had on hand stock of
walrus meat sufficient for the emergency.
captain Berry went to Cape Serdze. On
the iirst OF January, the natives food sup.
ply having given out, the men were com.
PEELED to leave the village at North Head,
and they were redistributed among the
villages of Ac.con-nan, South Head, New
tap,p ,pinman and Singee, respectively twen-
ty'hVe, twenty, eighteen and seven miles
distant from North Head. Even in these
PROVISIONS SOON BECAME SCARCE.
Their daily menu was putrid walrus
meat, or the flesh of dogs that had died
from disease and starvation. Hydrophobia
was trouble among the dogs, and Mr..
Stoney found that one of the dogs he had
feasted upon had died OF this disease. The
winter was extremely severe. The aver
age depth of snow was four feet. and the
mean temperature 75 degrees Fahrenheit
below freezing point As rule the ma
tives were very hospitable. The best of
the meat was given to the whites, while
they ate the worst themselves. The best,
however, was Internal. They also sup
piled the white men with skin clothes. On
the 2Sth of April the whaling steamer
Belvidere appeared off st. Lawrence bay,
but was unable to get within fifteen miles
OF shore on account of the ice. After
waiting for two days for an opportunity to
get in, southwest gale sprung up and
carried the steamer out of sight. The gale
lasted eight days, and the Belvidere did
not return.
THE RESCUE.
On the 9th OF May the steam.whaler
North Star, Captain Owen, got within
three miles of North Head, having hast.
ened up with the humane object of aiding
the crew of the Rodgers, the fate of which
he had learned at Plover Bay, from a letter
left there by Mr.. Waripg in January.
Captain Owen Immediately sent little
boat on shore, invited the Captain on
board, and placed his vessel at the disposal
of Mr.. Waring, the Executive Officer of
the Rodgers. Bunks were fitted up be.
tween decks, and everything necessary for
the comfort of the men was done. While
the crew of the Rodgers was being taken
on board large field of ice swung around
and, catching the vessel in nip with the
shore.ice, held her fast there until the l4th
ultimo, when southerly breeze sprung up,
setting the ice in motion again, and liber-
ating the captive whaler. At s P. NJ. the
fog lifted, and the North Star steamed out
of the bay, taking a southwesteriy course.
At 1890 A. NJ, on the 18th, the Corwin
shipwrecked men, with hearts full of graft.
tude for the kindness they had expert
enced, took leave of Captain Owen and his
officers, and were transferred to the latter
vessel.
THE FATE OF MASTER PUTNAM.
Master Putnam, OF the Rodgers, who
was left in charge of the party at Cape
Serdze, started about December 10th on
sledge journey down toward the vessel.
Thirty miles from st. Lawrence Bay he
learned from the natives of the loss of the
ship, and Immediately started back for
Cape Serdze, where, having procured fresh
dogs and sleighs sufficient for carrying a
thousand pounds of provisions, he again
set out and arrived at North Head in COM
pany with four natives and dog teams, on
the 4th of January. Messrs. Putnam and
Glider had already made sledge journey
of several hundred miles up the coast, in
hopes of finding some trace of the Jean.
nette, but, failing, had returned to await
Captain Berry's orders. On his way to st.
Lawrence Bay the second time, Mr.. Put
nam met Captain Berry, who told him to
take Mr.. Hunt and Mr.. Zane with him on
his return to Cape Serdze. On the 10th
of January Mr.. Putnam, Mr. Zane, Mr..
Hunt, DIR. Castillo and three natives start
ed, with four sledges drawn by dogs, for
Cape Ssrdze. That night strong north.
west gale came up and compelled them to
go into camp. The men were obliged,
however, to be on their feet all night to
keep from
FREEZING TO DEATH.
In the morning, several of the party were
found to be severely frost bitten, and, as
the undated fury of the storm rendered
thtir further progress against it impossible,
they decided to return to South Head.
While journeying from the head of st.
Lawrence Bay to its mouth on the south
side, Mr.. Putnam, alone with his sleigh,
was considerably in advance of the rest of
the party. On reaching the mouth, instead
of turning down the coast, the dogs carried
him straight forward, out on the ice. Be-
fore he could get back, the ice broke away
from the shore, under the force of the wind.
and the unfortunate man was carried out
to sea. The rest Of the party passed on to
the houses, about a mile further on, and
finding that MIR. Putnam had not arrived
there, became alarmed for his safety, and
Immediately fastened back to fud him.
They surmised his mistake, but on arriving
at the head found that the ice had broken
and gone. The day following was calm.
A report reached them that man had
been seen on the foes drifting out to sea.
Mr.. Waring went down the coast as far as
Plover Bay, still hoping to find him. He
offered large rewards to the natives
FOR HIS RESCUE.
Five or six days after HIS disappearance,
four OF his dogs came ashore, one having
what appeared to be pistol shot wound in
the neck. There were nine dogs in his
team-tve were never heard of afterward.
On the 18th, Mr.. Hunt and Mr.. Zane
again Started for Cape Serdze, and arrived
there in safety. The Captain and Mr..
Hunt then started on a journey up the
coast, Captain Berry leaving orders that if
they were not back by the 10th of May,
for the party to join the command at North
Head Mr.. Zane and party arrived at
North Head May 9th. They had received
q letter from the Captain on the I'd, in.
forming them of the loss of the Jeanette.
The letter was carried by native whom
the Captain had taken with him. The let.
ter also directed the crew OF the Rodgers to
take the first opportunity for escaping
from that inhospitable climate that offered
itself, as it was his intention to make
search for the Jeanette The only loss
from the Rodgers party from the time the
vessel sailed out Of this port, with the sad
exception of that Of Mr.. Putnsm, occurred
on the first night after the vessel had passed
out OF the Golden Gate, Gustave Peters,
native Of Germany, while in the act OF
furling the jib was struck by heavy head
sea which swept him away.
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THE KIND DARWIN is, perhaps, not
generally known that the late DR.. Darwin
tras nre of thu oant1aat and kindeak hearted