Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux; being the narrative of an expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, in the years 1860, 1861, and 1862 (1865)
Hall, Charles Francis, 1821-1871 · New York, Harper & Brothers · leaf 256
238 ARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION. whom we had so long sought. I flew as fast as my limbs would carry me. A few moments found me grasping his arm. It was as cold and rigid as the monuments of ice around us! ‘Deep silence reigned for a while, as our little company of four stood around the frozen body… … ‘“‘T had hoped to find the lost man—to have become a guide to him—to have given hope to the despairing—to have saved human ly determined. ‘“Hvidently, from his tracks and the rigidness of his limbs, John had died some time in the morning. From the iceberg for a dis- tance of two miles the…
Franklin, John, 1786-1847 · Eskimos
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