The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-21

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citation, a, W l.uiN Franklin Hay, hui
uu signs ul polar current, ur AN open
pulur ,rH, IN, l~si he was stopped mean
Taps bryant, ~ miles from Lady
FruuEllU liuN, hN an open channel rN-
tending west OF the cuust of 6rlunrll'
Land,
Tho width ul this channel varied from
5u wards tu I've miles, hul un the norm
tool ice packs uNtrudvd far US could Ice
seen with the glass, Win his supply az
prov i~iou~, failure. Ot which had caused
hi, rrtur h,.ycur before, l"riwnnh was
confident that hc could have reached
clshty-iiVu degrees north, IL this upuu
channel had not barred his way, No
fossil remains were discovered ON the
trim, uud the only ones found wcr"
trunks ui trees. tu the southwest ruu~l
uf Grnucll's Land only suHguiuHlS were
seen hy lockwood. At cighlN-iiNo de
grpoS and twenty live minutes wcrrW J.
ru, and seals, uul strange To say the
Walrus Is ~, tu bee luUudui Lady Frank
lin B.v. AZ ~ degrees, ., minutes, de-
lection the magnetic needle Was lhl de-
grrc~ west, more th1l uur-iuurth of II
circle. As Tar uS Lockwood
wont tlr northwestern end of
the Greenland cons, continued, The
uup, u' lur regions lac discovered ar"
.u possession Of freely and ARE very
carefully made. All through the tw"
yuu', al Lady Franklin BAY the mag
during storms, ON February :,
lS>i. preparations Tor II retreat
were made by establishing u
ucnpt nj Cape Baird, twelve
miles south. hay after day anxious
men looked over Lady Franklin Bay
expecting the Ice Ia open, 80 that they
could commence their Journey home,
y NAs n
news that TIE ice was open was brought,
An had been made ready, AMI that
daN the party embarked IN II little
steam launch; several times, all the boats
were nearly lost. The suffering of the
men was very great. They were now
within niiy miles of Cape Sabine. In
thirteen days they driitcd south twenty
live miles on ilocS, suffering horribly
from cold. SO, they driitcd 10
within eleven miles of Cape Sabine
aud were then obliged to abandon
tne steam launch September 10th. The
pack now remained iuOtiOnleSS for three
,lavs, and several times the party got
within two or three miles of Cape Sabine,
only To be driitcd back by southwest
gales. Five seals were killed
and eaten while the party
were drifting. About September I'D,
there arose the most terrific gale they
had vet seen in the Arctic ocean. There
in the ice iloe they were drii'ted about by
tcnpcS .Ous waves washed over them
again and again, the spray freezing to
them and causing them intense suffering.
The wind threw heavy Hoes
together and crash after crash of
ice breaking from their own Hoe warned
the men death was near. No man knew
water enguli them. The first faint light
of dawn showed them that little TT
manned of the foe. The sea washed
another close to them. Closer il came
and at the word the men succeeded in
getting upon il.
The storm slowly subsidized, and they
gained land at ESquimaux Point near
Baird's inlet, September ~. Here win
ter quarters were built and scouts were
sent to Cape Isabella and Cape Sabine.
In Il few days these returned. Their re-
port sent Il thrill of horror to every
at Cape Sabine were found
only few rations and from GarIington's
records they learned the fate of the
PrOteus. Every one knew that death
must come to nearly all of the party
long before II ship of rescue could force
its way into Melville bay. Efforts were
made to sustain the spirits of the men.
October - the party removed to Cape
sabine, january Is Cross died of ScurVV.
In April the ratiOns issued daily had de-
clined to four ounces OF meat ana SIN
ounces Of bread. Man after man dieG
and all hope had fled, when on that day
The blast of II whistle reused the survi-
vors from the lethergy of approaching
death.
Greedy, when asked as to his ideas
the Arctic explorations, said: 81
do not think the North pole can be
reached unless every circumstance
hitherto found to be unfavOr-
able should prove favorable To
Jhe party attempting, te reach the
Pole. lit is done ut all il Will be done
by the way Of Franz Joseph's land. 1t can
lever he reached by the Jeannette route.
That there is open water ! am certain
This is proven by the ice drifting
out of Spilzbergcn in midwinter
and the Northern drift of polar
pack. BY experiments of Pavy ant
Lockwood in cighty-two degrees ano
eighty-three minutes, men can stand two
winters very well at Franklin, bu'
their strength rapidly deterio-
rates. If we had had every
supply aud no scarcity OF
food, we could perhaps, have lived eigh,
or ten Yeas at Lady Franklin Bay.
The Poisoned Chalice Commended.
IND ,SApoLIs, Aug. lion the sth