The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-04-05
HOW L{ON|DAS
HUBBARD
DIED
Outing Expedition
to Labrador
WiIds.

NEW YORK, March 23.-The first au-
thentic information of the death of
Ieonidas Hubbard Jr., the magazine
writer who starved to death in the in
terror of Labrador in october last was
received in this city today.
The letter is most graphic in its de-
tails of the hardships endured by the
Hubbard party. 1t came to Miss y.
d. Wallace from her brother, Dillon
Wallace, Mr.. Hubbard's sole white
companion. 1t was written on the
Northwest river post from which point
Mr.. Wallace sent the kilograms which
arrived on January 18th last. This let
ter was sent out by the courier who
brought the kilograms to Chateau bay.
1t had been travelling for over two
months by dog sledge and courier, ar
irving at Quebec Tuesday last and
New York City today.
The letter was postmarked Cart
wright. Labrador. December 3lst: Bat
tie Harbor, Labrador January I'd;
Blanc Sablon, January 21st; Natashou-
an, Quebec, February 18th; Esqui-
maux Point, Quebec, February l4th;
Bersinus. Quebec March 10, and Que
bee City. March 22d. The letter was
opened In transit at both ends, but no
explanation was made by the Canadian
postal authorities as to the reason
Alonzo G. Mclaughlin of GO William
street, Mr.. Wallace's law associate,
also received a letter telling of Mr.
Wallaces plans for the future.
Toward the close of the letter Mr.
Wallace speaks of his plans for return
ing to New York. He is somewhat in
doubt as to what route he Will take,
the 1.2O0-mile sledge journey seeming
like an impossible barrier. He was not
aware at the time that a relief eXpedi-
ton had been sent out from Chateau
Bay early in February. This expedition
has probably reached him by this time
and he is no doubt well on his way to
Chateau Bay in good hands.
The letter to Miss Wallace is given
here in detail:
NORTHWEST RIVER Uabrador),
December 3, 1903.-Before this reaches
you my telegram that l will send for
ward by the mail carrier to be trans
mitted to you by cable from Chateau
Bay the nearest telegraph office, will
have been received by you and you will
know of Mr. Hubbard's sad death, but
But before going into the details of
that | will say that l am in perfect
health, better think than ever before
in my life-with the exception of
frozen toe that has taken long to heal.
GOING FOR PHYSICIAN.
Tomorrow morning, December 4th, l
leave here for a lumber camp on Goose
Bay, or near it, at the mouth of Grand
river, to see the only physician within
several hundred miles. The lumber
people keep him there to attend any
man that may be injured. / so by
EsquimauX dogs and comatic (sledge)
with an EsquimauX named Willie
Ikeyasmy (driVer), three big dogs from
the Hudson Bay Company, "Cracky"
Carrots and Dollar" and two from
the French Company positive dogs in
all. The French Company manager,
who has been veryi kind to me, as has
every one here, also sends Willie who
is in his employ, to take me up. II is
n drive of twenty miles each way, |
shall probably be able to tell you about
ii in this letter, as / shall be back be-
fore winter mail goes out, December
18th.
From October until January there is
pu' oile i,ili t taoll' i,eIe, Mi'ir'i le",es
18th and from Rigoulette on Christmas
Day. 1t goes via the Labrador coast /
and 81 Lawrence IA tho railroad oOo
miles away 90 This win he In your
hands nrohably the Latter mart of Eah-
ruary.
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nI,ngod ,,odry into tha intar,nr 90 an |
,,ni,rnu,,, go ,nto raa,nu, ,a,,o,
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mo nrovisiops For onr trin we should /
hoya had E5o ,arnds of gaurN we had
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st,in near,,, o,,ar, day mil, ,ho n,i1dts
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clothes and wet BLANKETS From the dav