CAPTAIN HALL’S ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 829, 11 February 1868, Page 3

CAPTAIN HALL’S ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

The St. John’s (Nova Scotia)' Chronicle publishes the following : —From Captain Chapel, late of the steamer Nimrod, we have the 1 following information respecting the doings of Captain Hall, of the Franklin Exploring Expedition Owing in a great measure, to the selfish and inconsiderate conduct of some American whaling masters, Captain Hall was unable to procure a team of dogs.to prosecute his journey. He therefore started on a six weeks’ sledging tour, in the hope ot being enabled to secure a team, and was accompanied by two natives. During the progress of the journey, they fell in with a party of hostile Esquimaux, but Mr Hall succeeded in procuring forty clogs in exchange for some old tin pans and knives —articles of much value in that region. From information’received from the natives, Mr Hall determined upon prosecuting his enterprise the' coming winter, and made every arrangement for the purpose, depositing supplies of provisions at easy stages along the proposed route. From these natives he learned that at about the time of the loss of Sir John Franklin’s vessel some white men carried a dead body on shore, and built a brick vault, which they carefully cemented, and in which they deposited the corpse, afterwards covering. the vault with heavy stone flags. This body Mr Hall belives to be the remains of Sir John, and his intention is to visit the locality and satify himself upon. the point if possible. Since, however, this region is inhabited by hostile natives, Mr Hall has thought it necessary to take with him a small force of white men. To secure this he offered 500 dollars in gold each to any five.men from the whaling fleet who would accompany him. Of course he secured his men, and all .hands will start this fall on their journey, so that it is not improbable that next summer we may receive definite information as to the resting place of Sir John Franklin. Captain Hall has secured many valuable articles formerly owned by Sir John’s party.