Schwatka's Search: Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Franklin Records Part 11

THE GREAT BRITAIN.

LENGTH 322 ft; BREADTH 50 ft. 6 in.

DEPTH, 32 ft. 6 in.

WEIGHT OF IRON, 1,500 TONS.

1,000 HORSE POWER.

LAUNCHED, JULY 19, 1843, by H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT.

The vessel was built entirely of iron, and was the largest ever constructed at the time of the launch. On that occasion a great banquet was given, and one of the guests carried away the medal, which was destined to be found so many thousand miles away.

Lieutenant Irving's remains were the only ones that could be sufficiently identified to warrant their removal. Had there been others we would have brought them away.

It was a beautiful though saddening spectacle that met our eyes at the only grave upon King William's Land, where the dead had been buried beneath the surface of the ground. Near Point le Vesconte some scattered human bones led to the discovery of the tomb of an officer who had received most careful sepulture at the hands of his surviving friends. A little hillock of sand and gravel--a most rare occurrence upon that forbidding island of clay-stones--afforded an opportunity for Christian-like interment. The dirt had been neatly rounded up, as could be plainly seen, though it had been torn open and robbed by the sacrilegious hands of the savages; and everywhere, amid the debris and mould of the grave, the little wild flowers were thickly spread as if to hide the desecration of unfriendly hands. The fine texture of the cloth and linen and several gilt b.u.t.tons showed the deceased to have been an officer, but there was nothing to be seen anywhere that would identify the remains to a stranger. Every stone that marked the outline of the tomb was closely scrutinized for a name or initials, but nothing was found. After reinterring the remains, which were gathered together from an area of a quarter of a mile, and erecting a monument, Lieutenant Schwatka plucked a handful of flowers, which he made into a little bouquet, and brought home with him as a memento.

INDEX.

A.

Abbott Lawrence, The Adelaide, Peninsula Adlekok Admiralty, British Agloocar Ahlangyah Akkolear "Albert, Prince"

Albert H. R. H. Prince America, United States of American Geographical Society Amitigoke Anderson, Captain Anookjook "Ansel Gibbs, The"

Armow Arctic Asia, Northern-Eastern

B.

Back's River Back's Great Fish RiverBack, Lieut.

Baker, Captain Banks of Newfoundland Barry, Capt. Thos. F.

Barry's Rock Bay, Baffin's Bay, c.o.c.kburn Baffin's Bay Bay, Chesapeake Bay, Daly Bay, Erebus Bay, Hudson Bay, Irving Bay, North Bay, Pelly Bay, Repulse Bay, Shepherds Bay, Terror Bay, Wall Bay, Washington Bay, Wilmot Beechy Island Bellot Strait Best, Cape Big Lake, The Blucher Boothia, Gulf of Boothia, Isthmus "Bradford, The Abbie"

Bristol Brevoort, Lake Brevoort, Jas. Carson British Admiralty Brooklyn Brown, Morrison & b.u.t.ton Island

C.

Camp Daly Camp, Kinnepatoo, The Cape Best Cape Crozier Cape Felix Cape Fullerton Cape Herschel Cape Jane Franklin Cape Maria Louisa Cape Sidney Channel, Fox Channel, Wellington Charles Island Chesapeake Bay Castor & Pollux, river Chesterfield Inlet "c.o.c.keye"

c.o.c.kburn Bay Collinson Inlet Connery River Connery, Thomas B.

Constantinus, Captain Conwe-churgk Conweehungh Cornwallis Island Coston Cove, Starvation Cove, Thunder "Cow-e-sil-lik, Fish"

Craycroft, Miss Crozier, Capt. F. M.

Crozier McClintock "Crozier Record," The Crozier, Cape c.u.mberland c.u.mberland Sound

D.

Daly Bay Daly, Camp Daly, Judge, C. P.

Daly, Mrs. Maria Dangerous Rapids, The Deadmen's Island Dease and Simpson Depot Island Des V----, Chas. F.

Diggers, The Dillon, John, Captain "Doctor, The"

Doktook (Doctor) "Domino"

Duryea, Gen'l Hiram

E.

Ebierbing, Joseph (See "Esquimau Joe") Eclipse Sound Eeglee-leock Ekeeseek England Ephemeris Equeesik Eothen, The Erebus, The Erebus Bay Eve-too Eyertoo Esquimau Joe Esquimau Sampson Expedition, Franklin

F.

Felix, Cape Fisher, Captain Fisher's Straits Fitz-James, James, Captain Fletcher, The Fox Channel "Fox," The (see Melms) Frank Franklin, Jane, Cape Franklin, Lady Franklin Franklin Expedition Franklin, Sir John Franklin Point "Franklin Records," The Franklin Relics Franklin Spoon Franklin Arctic Search Party Franklin Stoves Fullerton, Cape

G.

Garvin, Capt.

Geographical Society "George and Mary," The George's Bank "Gertrude," The Gilbert, Mr.

Gilder, W. H.

"Gibbs, The Ansel,"

"Glacier," The Glacier, Grinnell Glasgow Gloucester Gladman Point Glen Cove Goldner's Patent Gore, Graham, Gore, Commander Grant Point Great Fish River "Great Britain," The Great Britain Greenhithe, Kent Greenland, Dogs Greenwich Grinnell Glacier

H.

Hall, Captain C. F.

Hamilton Inlet Harris's River Hayes, R. B.

Hayes River Hayes, Dr. I. I.

Hayes, Captain Hazard Hills Henry (see Klutschak) "Herald, The New York"

Herschel, Cape Hills, Hazard Hobson, William R., Lieut.

"Houghton, The A."

Hudson's Bay Hudson Bay, North Hudson Bay Company Hudson Strait

I.

Igloolik Ikianelikpatolok Ik-omer "Independence Day"

Inlet, Chesterfield Inlet, Collinson Inlet, Hamilton Inlet, Sherman Innokpizookzook Inst.i.tute, Smithsonian Inuit Inuits Inuit Camp, The Invich River Irving, Lieutenant John Irving Bay "Isabella," The Ishnark Ishnach "Ish-n-mat-tah," The Island, Beechy Island, Charles Island, Cornwallis Island, Depot Island, Marble Island, Matty Island, Montreal Island, Nottingham Island, Resolution Island, Southampton Islands, Todd Issebluet Isthmus, Boothia Iteguark Iwillie Iwillik, Esquimaux Iwillichs "Iviek Seleko"

J.

"Jerry"

"Jim"

"Joe, Esquimau" (see Ebierbing), "Joe," Natchilli

K.

Karleko Kelly, Captain Kendall, Cape Kig-muk-too Kigynektower Kigynektuk Kioddelliks King William Land Kinnepatoos Kinnepatoo Camp, The Kinnepatoo Village Klutschak, Henry (see "Henry") Kodlunars Koomana Koo-pah Koumania Koumawa's Kutcheenwark Kyack (Mrs).

L.

Lake McDougal Lathe, Charles A.

"Lawrence, The Abbott"

Le Vesconte, Point Little, Point Little Rabbit Island Lorillard Lorillard River Lower Savage Island Lower Savage Islands Lyon

M.

"Mu-muk-poo-ama-suet-suk-o" (plenty good to see) Maria Louisa, Cape Marble Island Ma.s.sachusetts Matty Island May, H.

McClintock-Crozier McClintock, Sir Leopold McDougall, Lake Mitcolelee Meadowbank, Mount Melms, Frank E. (see "Frank") Melville Sound Melville Peninsula Meta Incognita Middle Savage Island Mit-colelee "Mola.s.ses"

"Monkey"