Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-28


The trials aud sufforngs n the party
wero not confined 20 those endured iium
tho dismal climate The native drniEsns.
tho savage Eskimo aud tho polar brar,
not only annoyed them, hit nllrd them
with terror az times Tho hear, proved b.
b. persistent robbers of the supply drpots
upon which the lives oi tho explorers de.
pended, but werc also dangerous neigh.
bora. On one OF the slclgc Journeys north
the party was aroused NJ night by "a huge
bcnr thnt had entered tho tent and was
nosing around amoug the slecpcr., 4 cute
lrishinan, one Tom Hickey, made atortic
20 the rear by cutting holo IN the tent,
secured = rifle from chest outside aud by
the glare Of torch the ruvcnous beast was
brought down with bullet.
The E.klmos were iucurrislhlc thieves
and assumed the right 10 help themselves
90 anything IN thr.uiup This tho explor.
err tolerated In order to avoid hustilii.o,.
They also oycrhwrd tho sayngrg hy Osteu.
tatious displays of proves and endurance,
assuming, 49, Capt. Cook did No Tho savage
Islands, ~ be gois aud not mrss men.
Another danger wa. the rotten holes in
new lee which Inc rapid slrdg,nr could not
b1 detected until the slsdgr broke through.
In this way kauo nearly Loot his no
while out hunting Tor meat with only au
Eskimo boy Tor companion. The u.mhle
footed dogs and the slcdsu gl'dtd ont upou
n stretch VI new lee. aud before be- wsN
aware of the danger Kane found himself
iioYudrrng 10 circle Vt broken Zee. with
dogs, sledge aud all. lie cut rho dogs free.
all bat one, aud got tho boy upon the lrr
safely, but at every attempt ~ save hIui.
sell hc broke through Il was freezing
cold. deg, below zero, and tbrfc wa, no
help a. baud. a clever Idea came ca him,
and like drowning man he clutehci ~ I,
and was saved. one dog, still attached u
the .lcdge and struggling TO get away with
u, had caught Que runner on the edge ~
the ice and held It there. Kane threw HIN.
salf on his hack Ia the water and foatcd,
nud then with gentle push Of his foot
against tho slcdgo managed 10 work his
body mp on TO the Ice inch by inch, iirst his
head, then Ills shoulder, and finally his
body, part Of his weight being on the water
and part on tho stronger tee.
In the summer of 1854 Kane made a vain
attempt u go by boat 70 liecchy island,
,lJ miles distant, to get aid irom nu Eng
li-h expedition AZ thgt point This failed,
hnd then haf of tho party decided 20
abandon the brig aud their companions
and retreat This attempt failed, and tho
whole CROW returned aud wcru rcinstatcl
10y Kane, aud all hands together spent an.
other dismal winter In the leo blocked
hrig On May :, 1855, the camp wa, abin'
doned and tho retreat began. After
/ Journey Of cighty'fouF days by boat aud
on land, they reached the Danish settle.
ments IT southern Greenland. with the
loss Of only one man. They were all in a
/ fumishiug state, aud had lived Ter days on
/ bread dust. tslloW, and scunt supplies 81
| bird meat taken en- route. Their ,ltdses
| had henn usei IA fuel, and they o1uldn't
even boil water Tor tea.
Kane had not found Franklin, but hln
| daung trip turned the search into western
waters, where 10 w1 eventual successful
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