Arctic explorations : the second and last United States Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin-- with a biographical sketch of the author by Prof. Charles W. Shields / [Elisha Kent Kane].

  • Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857.
Date:
1871
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Credit: Arctic explorations : the second and last United States Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin-- with a biographical sketch of the author by Prof. Charles W. Shields / [Elisha Kent Kane]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Rescue Expedition, should be of itself enough to sa. tisfy me of this. I should be glad to borrow from his ingenuous narrative the story of his meeting with Mjouk and Metek and Ootuniah, and of the almost affectionate confidence with which the maimed and sick mvited his professional succor, as the representa. tive of the elder Docto Kayen. ''September 16, Saturday.-Back last night from a walrus-hunt. I brought in the spoil with my doc^s leavmg Hans and Ohlsen to follow afoot. This Mars' ton rifle is an admirable substitute for the primitive lance-head. It killed at the first fire. Five ni^^hts' camping out in the snow, with hard-working days be- tween, have made me ache a little in the joints- but jstrange to say, I feel better than when I left the 4ssel' 'This climate exacts heavy feeding, but it invites to ^^muscular energy. McGary and Morton are off at .^Tfi d;/ what I gathered on the hunt, they BiBut they should have been at home before this lfiick!^''r'' ^-^•^^•-Wnting by this miserable cker of my pork-fat lamp, I can hardly steady pen ^Pe. or thought. All hands have rested after a LI '*^eeks work, which has advanced us nobly in our ai- -~ for the winter. The season'is 7: • •very thmg indicates a severe ordeal ahead of us J us as we were finishing our chapter this morning •umphantly, pretty well worn down by their fifty