Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-11-06
AN EvenrFuL CRUISE

u -, the Revenue Cutter Corwin
from the Arctic S~eas-Nearly Tw" Hun.
dred Vhalers Rescued After Intense
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sailors Lost
Explorations of the Corwin's Crew.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Oct. 13.-The
! limited States r%evenuecutter Corwin re-
turned from Alaska yesterday WITH wv
wrecked seamen aboard. She reports that
the New Bedford whaler, Napoleon, was
sunk in the Arctic Ocean, and that twenty.
two of her crew, including the first and
third mates, are undoubtedly lost
The crew. thirty-six in number, abandoned
the ship in four boats-nine i'll a
boat-and kept together one day and
n night. The next day the boats separated in
q fog. On the morning of the fourth day the
Corwin picked upone OF the b4ats with eight
persons alive and one dead. In the afternoon
another boat was picked up with six OF the
occupants alive. The W other boats were
never seen again. Those rescued suffered
intensely of cold and hunger. joaquin
Khlus had his feet badly frozen, and the
CAPTAIN of the bark amputated his toes
prior to his rescue.
The Corwin also reports that the whal-
ers Mabel and George and Susan, owned in
Marbleheatk Mass. were blown ashore in
| Wainwright's inlet August 10, and William
Lee, cooper, August Wilhelm and James
Evans, seamen, Of the Susan's crew, were
lost. The others were taken OFF by the
Corwin and the cargo of the Susan was
transferred to the bark Ohio.
During the gale the Corwin sent a boat
to the whaler Abraham Barker, which was
capsized. The crew were gallantlv rescued
by Lieutenant Kennedy and another boats
crew.
Sound, whence two exploration parties set
out-one under the command of Lieutenant
Cantwell to proceed up the Kowak
River, and the other Assistant
Engineer McLcnnegan, to proceed
up the u%nexplorea Noitak River
The Corwin then continued northward,
cosled at Cape Sabine August II. turned
her course southwark, and arrived at Hot
ham Inlet August IS, where she found both
exploring parties, which had returned after
having successfully executed their task.
McLennegan, who explored the Noitak
River, reports having met Lieutenant
Stoney and party at the upper end of Hot
ham Inlet. Lieutenant Storey was just
about to start for the interior. The Corwin
brought mail from Stoney's party.
LIS fGSSel lCll tIlo tiICGlC oCcdl August
2s, and arrived at st. Miclaels September
4. Here she found LieutenantH. +. Allen,
Sergeant Robertson and +. w. Packet, OF
the United States Signal Corps, comprising
the party sent out last year by General
Miles to explore the Copper River and the
region between it and the Gukon River.
Here also was found two English tour
lists, j.. w. Garland and +. Il. Beatty,
who had made the remarkable trip
from the great Slave lake across
Mackenzie River to the Tukan and down
the latter to st. Miclaels. Both parties
were taken aboard and brought here. Sep
TENDER s the Corwin anchored off Halls
Island, where a sixteen hundred pound
Polar bear was shot and killed. 1t will bs
sent to the Smithsonian Institute. October
l the vessel finally left Ounalaska for this
port. During the trip the health Of all on
board has been excellent.