New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-16
LoNsDALE IN THE NoRTH
THE EXPLORER TELLS Hls rxrranscsz
RELATING rNcInESTs or A YEAs's TRAVEL I,
THE ARCTIC REGIONS SPECIMENS ron
A LONDON somrrY.

RELATING INCIDENTs OF YEAEs THAVEL u
THE ARCTIC nEGIoNs-sPEcIMExs ron
| A LONDON SOCIETY.
The Earl Of Lonsals arrived IN this city YESTERDAY
morning after an absence Of more thsu year In tie
| snowy eifnes OF the North. When seen &c the Bic.
wort House, whore he and his wife are staying
he Appeared to be In the best Of heaith although
suffering somewhat from the heat, 70 which he has
not get become reaccustomed. He has the sppesr.
ancs Of man who might defy the ngors Of eSsa an
Arctic winter. being over six feet tail and krosd n
proportion, with shoulders ana arms OF shistic buid
lie was born in 1867.
when asked in regard TO his long Journey and M
incidents, Lord 1onsdale said that he left England
February 1885, and after HE arrival m Now York prS
eceled TO Montreal where he furnished with mapA
and letters Of introduction BY Sir Donald smith DR.
Dawson and Dr. Bell. The nisps he said. were In
correct, and gave good account OF tho country,
Even lieutenant schwatkas tnsps, which had oess
considered the best, he criticised equally faulty
with the rest OF them.
From Montreal the young explorer went 10 ottsws
and thence to wlnnepeg. lie left wiahepss on March
20 and went to Troy by train. AT Troy ks coz.
tnued, hired horses and sIeds and iournsyed to
Prince Albert, on the North saskaich.
Awsn That took dp three days. q distance
Of 400 miles It was accomplished with rough teams
Sleep was almost impossible. fresh start was mads
after procuring new sleds, and VIZ began our trI
n
! growth but one horse and sled could DO used We
covered the distance between Prince Albert and Green
about Gro miles, in little less than q week At this
point was obliged to send back my servant On Eng.
! Iishman, whom had brought with me together with
all my luggage, retaining but ehsnge Of clothes
| was also forced TO part with my sporting doe,.
! From that time relied upon native fnrs.
INDIANS AFRAID 70 TRAVEL
al went from Green Lake 10 IsIais Ia crosss
aLa Tba anId
that three Indians had their faces frozen. The sane
thing happened TO me at several points dltng the
Journey. / got used TO H. We next arrived st
Meiha Portage, OF which both Sir John Franklin and
SIR John Richardson speak In their writings IL was
hard travelling beyond Clear Water River because
there was no food for the dogs and little for the mon
The Indians refused to travel because we had ssn 90
many dead men upon tie journey that they fraxcd
for their own lives Not unul May could we pro-
coed further ne ice broke then, and taking boat
VIC rowed ESQ miles to Chppewayas on Lake Atha-
| basea. Il required five days. We had several mar
row escapes during She Journey, owing 10 the uneas>
| tain piling OF fee. On Athsbssca Lake, which Il
| lTs miles long, lost in the fog two days,
! owing TO ths Tad management Of the Indians by
| following 6Ssure IN the ice Of the hAe, W sue
| ceeded at last In crossing It. In the subsequent
Journey our difficulties somewhat increased, although
! we never went without food longer than four days.
We continually found dead men, which made the In
| River followed the ice course.
| Great slav Lake vas reached 90 June ]. Tolls
sheet OF water Is about 300 miles long and 900 miles
Wide. / got q boat from the Hudson Bay Company
tried sail around the open space ncsr sheie bus
found 1t almost impossible undertaking On
June 3 and 1 worked thlry-six hours without sd-
yancing further than oHe mile. Our next hard piece
Of work Crossing sulphur Bay II was compare
lively fro from Ice when we began Our Journey,
but strong gallo soon up and forced Us TO take
rouge behind q rock Two blocks Of Ice frOze ~
sbont US there aud kept US for almost mouth. 1
succeeded in making bridge eross the openings sno
got to land but found unfortunately nd game On
July We made a determined start, although the In
dians refused to help After series OF mishsps
We arrived at Hay River. where found rhe Hudson
Fay Company's steamer which plies on tho NC
KCnzie River Ono Of the most beautiful sights IN
tho world Is on Hay River waterfall eomparoa WIN
which Niagara is nothing.
- pacTNo DsA qF MONO rIsssr EsoUInar.s
awe won. TO Peel river on the Hudson 7" ON
pany's steamer, from which point started the
Arctic Ocean with eight Indians. The Indians sirans
10 saw were In mortal fear Of the EsquimAus, who
are called H,skeyS they arc spiendtdy built rel
lows this peculiar tribe inean-meAsurns moro hst
six feet In height. The interpreter advised me q
AVOID them. all my predecessors IN those regions
had done But I was not deterred When INST az
rived among them they rushed at me With knives
| A time. entered thcir snow-hOuses where all the
public meetings are held. They began to try my
courage as they said, TO II the stories about Wine
mon were true. They danced about me and rushed
towsfd With me with drawn knives, and then stopping
suddenly the leader placed his upon my heart to
! see m Il had Increased its pAlptauons. After con-
uuing thoI threats and motions for some time with
out making me moVc from my seat, the chief pre-,
sented me with suit Of his STATE clothes as mark OF
rSspcc, COR what be called my bravery, One o. IT, The
| dIscoyerd his Intention IN time aud succeeded In
ip.ckIng him down add taking his knfe nom him.
From that region went 70 Ranks Island, and
thpucs hack 10 the Mckenzie From there waIket
10 the Yukon across the mountains We had been ~
FAR north as latitude IS degrees. ! took boat or
the porCupIne River aud went down into Alaska.
was forced to stop at the Russian Mission IN Aluko
I then continued my journey TO Ratwai where ar
rived about February TO- Tho weather WAS bitteri!
cold during the tourney, the Thermometer standing a
"a degrees below zero. Although began the Jour
ney with sixty-nlne dogs and nine sleis had onS
twenty -nns dogs and FIVE sleds when arrived at ~
destination. The dogs hsd been frozen to death anC
seven men hal died. From kAtwal ! sailed on th
Bertha for san Francisco As result OF my travels.
have about 200 specimens Of birds, as well as mani
specimens Of fur-bearlrg animals, which intend Il
present 10 the Society OF Natural History In London.