Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-05-08


TOT Hudson Bay. and that :he accO mt
OF what he had found there was abso-
lutrly true he refused 10 DISCUSS tho
manuscript he Submitted
This much OF his story may De- &C..
cepted as historical fact. Henry Had.
sou sailed In 1910 IN the Disco1 cry TO
lfinl q no Invest pa8age and entered
Hudson Strait and HUDSON Bay lIe
Winiorec on James Bay on his re-
Turning hls crew muliniod and 0u
/ June -. 1911. be was bound and
with eight others set afioat in e
small boat In Hudson Bay They
we're nele- seen nri heard from
.ag9in.
Realizing that the manner ia within
these frlgmentary notes came into my
hands Is one Of the things upon which
they must depend for ere donce. : shall
append a brief sketch OF the way IN
which found them. During M e sum.
mer of 1871 was making an extend
ed trip along the west shore OF Hud
son Ray FOE purposes thbt are not
sermane In this matter, My only com.
/ Danion vas JACQUES Nefeux, n CAM
adlan trapper. whom I engaged ~
Guide.
IN tho evening OF June 20 we
I pitched camp NJ the waters edge ~
BUN, a fire The pelts we had ac-
Icumulated were getting too heavy FOR
comfort and we decided 10 cache them
until we retraced our steps Afrcr
Ideliberation we concluded 10 dig
trench and buy them on the site ~
our camp
Jacques set 10 work with his hun.-
Ing knife anl had opened the ground
10 the distance OF half a foot when
he struck q piece OF wood Turning
n mp no found that It was wound with
what had evidently once been a lealh-
or thong. Naturally we were both in
lerested and proceeded 10 examine J;
with great care When we had scrap
ed the dirt away We discovered a
rrumbling leather wallet
We opened II aud found two sheets
u parchment inside With the means
at our disposal we were unable To-
make out whether anything was writ
ten upon tho parchment, but on the
chance that slch extraordinary means
would not have been taken 70 pre-
serve worthless paper J placed II IN
my pockctbook
IN returning 10 New York L.
mcubcred the parchment and a few
simple tests convinced no that q was
covered with writing with the ai1 /
~ chemicals I restored lle luster ~
he ink. though at the same time. tho
action Of the acids Destroyed the
parchment. and n Crumhlc1 a. read .
lmaeine my awe and wonder when .
realized that { was reading the last
words Of Henry Hudson
Translated into modern English the
writing on the parchment was as fol
lows.
The Last Log Of Henry Hudson.
! Henry Hudson captain OF the
shin Discovery. am sitting down these
words. for what purpose know no.
ave that Ia some unforeseen manner
hey may bring TO Justice the scuryy
,navcs who mu.iniod against their
aptain and sent him 10 death Also.
Ac writing serves 10 take my mind
rom hroodng on The hopolossness "
nv situation
DOGS that they are. with vate~ NJ
toad of blood iu their veins. thew
lave taken me from nv purpose
lroueh their craven fears
Tho Northwest passage Is in sight.
have found an opening in the land
little further and ! should have
.ou through 20 the Indies But the
urs
We wiutered iu the bay tha; I have
allied lanes when the ice broke up
nl DO was possible TO navigate.
olA them that v" would proceed 10
Dee west With sulky looks and uIl-
an rrcnl- they asked 10 Do taken
omc laughed at them
70 was In the night when ! slept.
hat they came upon me lacksan.
he watch. who vas true, they slew
2 his post killed two of n,
,helps before they bore me to tho
loor aud bound me cursed them
nd dared them 20 kill me. but they
.orld not They said thot IN luck
'ould follow them n they murdered
heir captain
Eight of the crew they felled anil
oInd Wilson Cooper. Jennings.
Iarding. Tracy. Wilder. Austin and
'lsen- all Of them faithful and n
Or the hieh enterprise on which We
anne. The others are dogs Naythc
cean claim their bones
They placed us In the smallboat and
ed our wrists behind ms and ropes
bout our legs and cast us adrift with
NJ oars. And then they sailed
way. Nor did they dare TO look
ack 20 meet my eyes
Two days have We tossed about
he waters The sun has been hid
en- and the stars have not shone.
link We are drifting north Today
% were blown toward a berg OF ice
,at lowered against the sky. The
ind died down before we were DASH
J against II.
] loosened my thongs against the