New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-29

with solid ice. Silence comes again. ana WIN
n tempera ture all the way from 30 TO % degrees
below zero But no temperature is low enough
to freeze the water about Cape Alexander excep
along the shore where a great ice hlsh""S
forms"
Mr. Bonsall said that the first winter IN th'
United States after his return from the Nor'f
was remarkable for its severity, but ne "or'
only light clothing, and living in house mao
him uncomfortable. Never until then SAFE
Mr. RonsalI could / appreciate the objection o
the gvpsies to modcrp habitations. The mrs
summer after our return was exceedingly warm
and we all felt it, and could understand ihen as
we never could before why the Northern EURO
peans could not endure the heat OF our country
After the first year, however, felt no oiscom
fort and became thoroughly acclimated ah'
couId stand the sudden changes as well as any
man"
LIFE OF ADVENTURE.
Captain J. Wall Wilson. who shares the Kane
expedition gloiies with Mr.. Bonsan had FOL
low ed the sea for several years. and was twenty
three years Old when he joined the expedition
and became its sailing mas,er. He was vol
unteer officer in the Navy during the Civil War
After the war he went into business. from which
he retired n few years ago, and now lives a
Bridgewater. ~ H., but comes To NewYork fire
auently lie is a member OF Kane Lodge Of Free
Masons and has many friends in social and sci
entfc circles
When a Tribune representative saw him few
DAYS ago he looked the embodiment Of health and
yigor and smoked his cigar with evident relish
Like Amos BOnsall his companion survivor
CAPTAIN Wilson is exceedingly modest and dis
likes to speak OF the adventures in northern
waters in the first person, but the fact thai
for three years prior TO his enlistment under DR.
Kane he had lived in India China and tho
Philippine Islands and after his return made
extended tours in southern waters. makes his
conversation when il is directed in The line OF
his specially highly entertaining
These rugged men were Of the party Of which
their commander wrote when they had finally
landed in Denmark: For forty-eight days We
lived in the open air Our ha bits were hard and
weather worn. We could not remain within the
four walls OF "a house without distressing sense
Of sufocation. But we drank coffee that night
before many "a hosptablc threshold and listened
again and again TO the hymn Of welcome which
sung by many voices. greeted our deliVcrance.'
II was natural that the members Of the party
should ask about their own country. and Peter
sen. the only man in ;hc company who could
act as Interpreter, was asked, What Of Amer
ica?'
America said the cooper who was also the
chief purveyor OF news, america. We don't
know much Of that country here for they have
no whalers on the coast. but a steamer and a
bark passed up fortnight ago and have gone
out into the ice to seek your party"
TOO MUCH REPoSE AND COMFORT.
Both Of the survivors Of the expedition agree
with Or Kane. who said 1T is fact which
the Psychologist will not find it difficult to recon
ellie with established theories that we were all
more Frustrated 10y the rcpose and comfort Of our
new conditions than we had been by nearly
In closing his narrative DR.. Kane said, speak
ing Of the final rescue OF the party: Presently
we were alongside. An officer whom | shall ever
remember as a cherished friend CAPTAIN Hart
stene, hailed a little man in a ragged flannel
shirt, Is that Dam? and with the Yes that
followed, the rigging was manned by our cOun-
trymen, and cheers welcomed us back to the
social world of love which they represented"
The British Government had given to the
members OF the expedition In recognition Of
their services two medals each. One of these
was Of gold and came from the Queen; the other
was made OF silver, and the gift OF the Gov
eminent The United States Government also
showed it's appreciation Of the expedition work
and Congress passed a resolution giving each
member Of the Advances crew medal Be
yond passing the resolution nothing was ever