The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-16
EXPLORER MORTON.
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uacted at present to Arctic exploration,
 the account given helo~ ot the life and
 adventures of William Morton, one af
 the most heroic explorers that ever sailed
 toward the pole, who died recently ln Alaska. wiil he read with interest
 William Morton's lite was an adventM- ous one. He was born on December l.
 tSl.. He entered the 'nised States navy n
 iSsS and engaged actively ln the Mexi- can var and in the late civil waf. Hewas on the ni,ed states steamer Monon- gahela when n So- she was carried by A tidal wave into the city at Vera Crus. lie came mos, prominently into pubic notice. however. by h.s participation m ] the Franklin rclisf expcCi,uons in the Arctic reg,cns. Mr Henry Gr,unel. in i iSsq. etganlsed one oi these expeditions a, h,s own expense. Mir. Morton volun. teeted his Setviccs and went wi,h Lieu tenant De Haven. who comm anded the tso teliet vessels. the Advance and the Rcseuc pf. r. K Kane accompanied l this expedition m the capacity of sur secn- Ai,cs An absence oi sixteen month";. during nine ot which the t~a l vessels ~esr tces hcnnd. they returned ta ths ei,y without haying found any trace i ei franklin. lis Kane embodied the re. i suits oi the expedition n work entitled i " The aiied States or,nncil Expedition 1 n Search et Su lnhn Franklin" pub. l,shed m issa He also read a paper before the Amef,can ,.ccgfaphlcai i seCicty on an Opca Polar Scas D.. Kane and Mi. Morton were hun believer in the mythical open polat sea. and their second Franklin rclief expedition revived publ,. interest tn this bel,cf. which had existed for more than two cen,unex, and which sca was even represented upon i maps as tar back as iostS
 Nil. t.nnncll again equipped the Ad. vance. ~ith the help ot M, Peabody and some oi the learned sae eteties Dr Kane was pu, m charge and chose William Morton As an .n, ainable man Tor the work ,n hand Morton had re.e,ved | vote oi th Anks from eongre>s far h,, mes- ltotions Sefv,ecs on the hrst expedition i The Advance sailed northwafd m Iane, l ,sSi and reached fS dcg. q min ln ! Rensselaer, bay an August II oii the coast oi Greenland. where Il remained taat dating the whole tune the expedition ~as out. The ship sas t,naily abandoned on May IT. tsss Morton remained with pr Kane as iiend and companion untl the latter dilcd ttum the effects oi Arotit esposurc a Havana on February ! ih 1857. Al the early age oi th,ity .sfsen | Df k Ane said ot Morton that he was as i gallant and trustworthy man as ever shared the faFiuaes et elA,med thc gtat- itude oi commander. The moat not able inc ideni ot the second stlnnell ea. i pid,tion vas Nofton's journey uith Hans i ticndnek. Danish guide, from the ,ee- bound vessel up kennedy channel A lar as Cape Independence m Si deg. ,a mn north latitude. whence he Saw what he and kane hfInly believed to bc an "open : Polar sea" Mt Morton left the sessel on the lth al June. isS4 and on the 1ls, reached the head ot Kennedy channel
 he ooupl. attempted to mount the hisl, elitis tha, border the channel Morton, having oltnhed sa high a, possible. planted the .tinnell d,g at ihe highes, northern tegion nt the earth cvei req he'd by man to that tune Ianhet on Nil.
 Morton and his companion encountered A ape As he could nc, psas around H tn his search after 4 sapposed unknown i.nd beyond i;. sis s=: s;.s.=;. d; e;s;.isnss and obscsved tas m the nosth a iaity peak, ltnD feet in heiah, called Mount Edward Parry. and ~h,eh ~as the mos, extreme northern point oi land knasn ,o esis, upon tho globe
 From the position winch Mr AnTtan had a,iAlned he beheld la the not,h ard a boundless wsste oi water .tiett hiny away toward the poir He heard the dashing of unitofen waves upon which he might have embarked II he had btoug ght ~i,b hun boats lie fpuni the te.npes. a,ufe there mach more moderate than is was further south. He saw marine bird. ln the alf and lev s,ua,ed flowers grow. ing along the rocky shores. Thus open sea, winch sas supposed lo es,cnd to the North fol~, VAS sad, bpon Capt. Hali's expedition in is7I7} to be what h nos known as kabrson's hannei
 tnfing ,h~ se.and s.finn~ii expedition, shen kane had determined to remain fos .ond ~uier. many of the crew and so nc of the officers nurmufed Kane, selecting Morton alone as his .onf,dant. succeeded m disco oyrsing every man who -ss dia4lfes trd. and, when all ~as ready, oset~heimed them by mAgnanimousiy diyldng ihe stores. assigning then lhe b~., soa,, and dogs and designating an asfi er the Late Dr. 1. l. Hayes, to com ns and them. bade them God speed ln ,he,r Joafney home. They departed, but m ~igh, d4ys they gladly returned to the sh,p. begged pardon oi ,is noble com- in snder and ,hsne efor,h shared the for tun~s of the expedition.
 ht. Morton accompanied ap,ain HsM sec ond mate of The PolAna ln isTi. apta,n Hall died dutng ,he tup a, Greenland. October 70. fg7t Al Uper- nasik Morton met Hans Hendrlek, his former companion sn the memorable trip many yeArs before to Kennedy ehsnaei. Hans A, h,s, did not kno~ han, go greatly fhanYed x&s he by wore of y-sra psssed in A tive service. Mir Aor- ton losi on shis tnp the temporary use of his loot. During has sxTyice w,ih k ane. if 1851. he had one ot his heels badly frozen, losing some of the bone the wound never fully healed. though when \.