The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-13

TIE Tn-as.e- ard She has TO. gotten he-s
yet. although CAPT Snow confidently
p-ecE.ed TIA. rs would De- al ieas:
ore ef the first % arrive
4. Cape snyth. The wsalsrs no- On board
sag sha. szow Will. IL ali probability. Dc
tire very Lar: % arrive Sherman reported
al well az Posct Barrow.
FTEtlrg the ses packed On Blossom
ahoals. OF Cape IcJ. we anchored 10 the
southwark os the cape On the afternoon Of
Jrly 10. This is ore Of she last places
sp1:h OK Point Barrow for the ice to leave
70 the summer. Extending OF shore from
Icy cape for about eight miles ia this patch
Of shoals. worked Up into ridges with less
than three f2thoms CT water On them
while there may be seven 10 n2ns fathoms
between tas ridges. The ice probably
changes the poetion Of these ridges from
year 20 year. and II ;s Amos. always neces-
sary 20 60 cut around the whole shoals.
Sailing vessels have gone through because
they got caught IN the Shoals and could
not beat out OF danger. The heavy ice
grounds hare and Other ice gets jazumed Ia
between Il. making II 4 sea Of ice extend
Ing sometimes from oBe saore 20 the sea
horizon. Once past the shoals al this sea-
scn OF the year, the proba billy is that
fairly clear water VIII he found as ia. az
the Ssa Horse islands.
Nature makes that another stopping
place along the uorthxard road The isi-
ARDS and shoals around them stop the ice
Just So Blossom shoals do and II fills up
Pearl hay TO the nor;hward OF the Sea
Horse. bat generally leaves some kind OF a
haroor In behind the Islands. II was this
har5crage tina. sheltered the Belveders
last winter. and /, was toward taa: place
tina; ths Freeman and Orca were heading
when the ice nipped them.
On July % ws tried 10 get around outside
Blo&sso,a shoals. but got too far 20 the west
ward and probably pretty close 20 the ice
pacx, although We could not distinguish
the pack from the vessel 1t is possible
TIA. We might have found a passage In
close 20 the aaore. but out there the ice be-
came more and more thickly packed until
We turned back and anchored OF Point Lay.
about fifteen miles 10 the southwark OF
Icy cape.
On July q we moved up 20 Icy cape
again. On July g Lieut.. Hamlet, A
Svendson. one of the Bears crew, with
j. A. Clark. Oscar Thompson and the two
natives. who came down with Sherman,
left In the native boat 20 take one case Of
evapcrate1 potatoes ard one case OF evap-
Grated onions TO Lieut.. Jarvis, and incl
dentaily TO give few bags Of -four 10 the
Bslvedere al Sea Horse islands
Finally, on July g. we went out around
Tie shoals We did not go far enough 20
the westward this time as we got into
three fathous OF water, and had 10 20 ont
stall further. Yet that made very little DIFF
ference. as even the shoals were practically
clear Of Ice by this time.
AT a. n on July Is. We an
chored of a deserted native village
or Attanaka, south CT the Seahorse. having
tried TO get 70 the noTthward inside of the
shore ice. Tha, night We steamed all
around the outside Of the ridge Of shore lea
and went mexrily northward We passed
the Seahorse. saw the Beivedere In there.
She appeared 20 be all right, and there
was considerable ice between us. So we
went on ard came into clear water as far
as the eye could reach. This was about IL
p. IN. The next morning AT We made fast
10 the outsids OF the shore Ice of Cane
Snyth and reached the northern limit Of
cur cruise.
Lieut.. Jarvis in Fine Health.
Lieut.. Jarvis cane on board here as
SOON az we arrived. Both be and Dr.. CaIl
were in excellent condition. There was
scarcely any sickness on the beach. The
food was Sill holding out well, with tho
exception or butter. which had been used
up for over q week. The herd o. reindeer
was as large as when Il reached here The
births had equaiesi tfe Killings Mr.. Brow
or sent over 70 the ship hundreds of ducks
,aaF he could spare, and the whole ships
company. starving whaiers and all. have
lived on wild duck ever since.
VIA; the people here needed las: winter
was somebody who had the authority %
take charge OF them and their affairs. ard
wao AZ the same time would exercise that
authority. Neither os the masters u the
wrecked vessels would take charge. even
of their own crews. and neither Brewer
nor Mcllaenny. though either one was
competent 10 handle the situation. had the
authority 10 govern th- rsen. The two
captains claimed that they were wrecked
and that their authority ceased when tAey
left their vessels.
Brewer and McTlheuny ala take charge.
bat they rad no way OF snrorcins ;ha.r
orders. The men ooeyed them Or rot, es
thay chose. hat when Jarvis arrived. be
supplied ire missing link In me chain e
government. He straigh.eaed things oD..
made the men work and slAo made then,
play baseball. II any Of :Aem IA rot want
"a pay. lie VAS promptly hustled 81 %
3raE lc,r meat or ducks - camp. \ },tt.e
~ ttis work soon made him willing -
play ball" Jarvis vas strict w.tA them.