The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-10-02
IN AN UNKNOWN LAND.
Labrador Explored By the Low
and Eaton Party.

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on the way home to Ottawa from q
perilous journey of fifteen months
through darkest America, the interior
of the Labrador Peninsul A briel
outline of their trip from Lake st
John to Ungava Bay, in the extreme
north, which connects with Hudson
Strait, has already been made pub
lie based upon personal letters from
the explorers. Not only have they to-
day filled in this story with record
of valuable discoveries made during
this portion of their trip, but they
have also brought with them one of
the most wonderful reports of hitherto
unknown territory ever made public
at one time.
Where the maps contain dotted
lines signifying the existence of an un-
known lake, Mr.. Low found an iu-
land body of water as large as Grand
Lake Mistassini. The Hamilton
River Falls exceed all that was eX-
pected of them, and are, undoubt-
eddy, says Mr.. Low, the finest in
America, if not in the world. Hun
dreds of square miles of the richest
mineral deposits have been found, and
the world of science has been enriched
by the collection of notes and speci-
mems of the fora, fauna and geologic
al formation of this far northern
country.
Early in the year the expedition left
Eskimo Bay, or Hamilton Inlet, to re-
cross the interior of Labrador. Mr..
Low travelled 500 miles in dog sleighs
making explorations. Then about
1st of March the whole party COM
menced the ascent of Hamilton river
Six or eight Eskimo half-breeds were
engaged to assist in hauling provisions
etc :, but were dispensed with after
fortnight. each of the remaining men
having 800 pounds of supplies to carry
necessitating three trips, or five inclu-
ding returns, and that over distance
of 300 miles, equivalent to a journey
of 1900 miles. Up to about the 10Th
of May the explorers ascending the
river in sleighs.
Then the ice gave way and the pro-
gress of the party was rendered ex-
tremely, dangerous by reason of the
large masses of needle-shaped ice foes
which met the canoes. One canoe
upset and two Indians were in the
water for nearly half an hour The
great falls of Hamilton river were
reached and explored prior to the
going out of the ice, and numbers of
beautiful photographs were obtained
from all points. No previous expedi-
ton could have had full view of the
tails, as only when the river is frozen
can they be approached.
In five miles the river has a total
fall of 800 feet. In the center of the
drop there is sheer vertical of go
feet, and the river is as large as the
Ottawa. In quarter of mile there
Is a rise of 100 feet in the portage
leading to the head of the falls. The
cataract is confined within walls 500
to 500 feet in height and perfectly ver-
teal. In places below the canon
larrows to fifty feet in width. The
'ush of waters is indescribably grand.
Near the foot of the falls Lows party
ound remains of the boat, the burn
ng of which by the Carelessly left le-
mains of campfire inflicted such mis-
Try on the members of the BOWdoin
College exploring expedition, The
'ecOrds of that expedition were discov-
red in bottle above the falls, and
Mr.. Low added to it those of his party
The canon is gradually eating its way
back, and the glacial period Of the
worlds history has left undoubted
marks upon the face of the country.
Michikimaw was found by Mr.. Low
o. be as large or larger than Lake
,Ii5tassini. 1t is at least hundred
niles long, not filled with islands like
he latter, and with much greater
width.
The dotted lines that purport to rep
esent it upon existing maps place it
fifty miles away from its actual width.
The whole of this northern country is
perfect network of waterways. Mr..
low complains of the difficulty in
:eeping the road through it. When
he river in ascending leads into a
lrge lake it is often difficult to find
he way out again by the inlet. Sew ,