Fatal North (40 page)

last message to Secretary of the Navy,
75

missing journals and papers,
52
,
241
,
250
,
261–263

mistaken Polar Sea,
56–57

Polaris
winter quarters,
61–72

resignation of command during illness,
83

shooting of Patrick Coleman,
43–44

sledge trip from Thank God Harbor,
69–87

suspected poisoning of,
4
,
82–87

travel with Eskimos,
14
–
16

troubles with Bessels,
47–51

Hall, Mary,
14

government stops payment,
227

request for Hall's body,
246–247

“Hall's Land,”
102

Hannah. S^Tookoolito “Hannah”

Hans.
See
Hendrik, Hans

Hansa,
party compensation,
168–169

Hayes, Isaac,
49

threat to Hall's funding,
17–19

winter quarters,
54

Hayes, Noah,
51
,
82
,
93–94
,
262
,
278

Hayes, Rutherford B.,
292

Heidelberg, University of,
24

Hendrik, Augustina,
49
,
142
,
146

Hendrik, Charlie Polaris,
135
,
146
,
174
,
188

Hendrik, Hans,
96
,
97
,
247

family on Tyson party ice floe,
146

Hall's sledge trip,
73

joins the
Polaris,
49–50
,
56–57

kayak to
Tigress
for rescue,
219

promise to stay with Tyson,
128

sledge trip south with Bessels,
117
,
120

Tyson party reliance on hunting for food,
79
,
153–222

Hendrik, Merkut,
49–50
,
135
,
146
,
162

Hendrik, Succi,
49
,
146
,
188

Hendrik, Tobias,
49
,
146
,
187–188

Henry, John,
25

Henson, Matthew,
293

“Hero of the Arctic, George E. Tyson's Career of Adventure Ended,”
292

Herron, John,
117
,
146
,
178
,
208
,
261
,
267

Hobby, Henry,
88
,
260
,
277–278

Holsteinborg,
179

Horn, Cape,
27

Howgate, H. W.,
228

Hudson, Henry,
19

Humboldt Glacier,
28

humpback whales,
52

hunger.
See
Food

icebergs, activity of,
185–186

ice-floe survivors.
See
Tyson party igloos,
14
,
155–157

Inuit Eskimos,
15–16

Isloolik,
14

Jackson, William,
117
,
152
,
155
,
208
,
267

cooking abilities,
33
,
88–89

ice floe survivor,
146

James, Arctic explorer,
19

Jamka, Frederick, ice-floe survivor,
146

Joe.
See
Ebierbing “Joe”

Johnson, Peter, ice-floe survivor,
146

journals and logs during expedition,
42–46
,
261–262

Juniata,
246
,
248

Kane, Elisha Kent,
19
,
28
,
49
,
54

kayak, on Tyson party ice floe,
155–220

Kennedy Channel,
56
,
139

King William Island,
14

Knuth, Eigel,
4

Kruger, John W. C,
146
,
176
,
181
,
206
,
247

Lieber, Cape,
56

Life with the Esquimaux
(Hall),
52

Lincoln, Abraham,
228

Lindquist, Gustavus W.,
146
,
247

Lipton, Cape,
125–126

Littleton Island,
248–249

Lloyds Steamship Company,
32

Loomis, Chauncey, autopsy of Hall's remains,
3–9
,
282
,
284–285

Lucas, Douglas, mystery of Captain Hall's poisoning,
283–286

Lupton, Cape,
109

Mauch, Joseph,
51
,
84
,
261
,
262
,
278
,
280

Maximilian,
32–33

McCarthy, James,
293

McClintock, Leopold,
19

McRitchie, D. G.,
253

Merchant Marine, recruiting immigrants,
32

Meyer, Frederick,
62
,
248

Buddington confides about Hall's death,
89

frostbite,
96

ice-floe survivor,
146
,
162
,
200
,
205–207
,
209
,
210
,
214
,
220–221

navigational readings on ice floe,
167–168
,
178

science/journal duties questioned,
32–33
,
39–16
,
261

sledge expedition to Newman Bay,
121

statements at expedition inquiry,
243–244

“the Count” on ice floe,
162

Monarch,
HMS,
228–229

Monitor,
228

Morton, William,
27–28
,
49–50
,
261–262

during Hall's illness and death,
76–87
,
89–90

Polar Sea mistaken identification,
56–57

statement at expedition inquiry,
266–269

mutiny, in Greely expedition,
3

Myers, Mrs., second wife of George Tyson,
292

National Academy of Sciences,
24–25
,
228

Newman, J. P.,
45–46

Newman Bay,
79
,
121
,
129–132
,
135

New York Stock Exchange, Panic of 1873,
253–254

Nindemann, William,
97–98
,
127
,
155

ice-floe survivor,
146

return search for
Polaris
survivors,
247

“northern lights,”
53

Northern Territories,
1

North Pole, Peary's expedition,
293

North Star,
23

Northumberland Island,
248

Nova Zembla,
24

Observatory science station,
66–67
,
93
,
96
,
100
,
105
,
115
,
271

Odell, Alvin, assistant engineer of
Polaris,
32
,
80

Orra Taft,
231

Osborn, Arctic explorer,
19

Paddock, Frank,
5
,
282

paraselene,
102

Parry, Cape,
248

Parry, Edward,
19
,
70

Patterson, J. W,
19

Peary, Robert E.,
3
,
4

pemmican,
103–104

See also
Food

Periwinkle,
USS,
29–30

Perkons, Auseklis, analysis of samples from Hall's remains,
282–283

permafrost,
5
,
92

Piankatank River,
29

poisoning of Charles F. Hall, suspicion of,
82–87
,
270–277

Polaris, the North Star,
67

Polaris,
USS

abandoned by surviving crew,
249–250

alcohol consumption by Buddington,
70
,
71
,
89
,
91
,
116–117
,
120

Buddington's plan to scuttle,
110–112
,
240

command transfer to Buddington,
98–112

crew's rapid consumption of supplies,
115–117
,
129
,
132–133

damage from winter storm,
107–108

death of Captain Hall,
86–87

departure from the Brooklyn Navy Yard,
30–31

discipline of crew,
39
–
16
,
100

expedition journals and logs,
42–46
,
52
,
241
,
250
,
261–263

holiday celebrations,
101–102
,
106–108

ice-floe survivors abandoned by Buddington,
144–149
,
239–241

inquiry of failed expedition,
225–281

nationalities of crew,
33

previous history and renaming of,
28–30

selection of officers, crew, engineers,
32
,
33

supplies thrown overboard,
144–149

turning south from winter quarters,
135–144

winter camp and rescue of remaining crew,
249–250

winter storm damage of,
97–112
,
124–135
,
143–149

Polaris Bay,
57

Polaris Promontory,
1
,
4
,
9

Polar Sea, mistaken location,
28
,
50
,
56–57
,
293

Port Foulke,
54
,
110
,
111

Providence Berg,
97
,
98
,
100–101

“Providence Berg,”
65

Punny “Sylvia,”
146
,
165
,
193

Rae, lohn,
19

Rappahannock River,
29

Ravenscraig,
rescue of
Polaris
party,
252

Repulse Bay,
14
,
43

Repulse Harbor,
64

Resolute Bay,
1

Reynolds, William,
228

Robeson, George M.,
27
,
35
,
228
,
287–288

Hall's last message to,
75

inquiry of failed
Polaris
expedition,
225–281

search for
Polaris
survivors,
245–251

visit to
Polaris
survivors prior to inquiry,
253

Robeson Channel,
57
,
80
,
102

Robeson Strait,
102

Roosevelt,
USS,
3

Ross, James,
19

sailing vessels, restructuring for Arctic exploration,
29–31

Sandwich Island,
27

Sangus,
228

Schoonmaker, C. M.,
229

Schuman, Emil,
32
,
117
,
124
,
140
,
143
,
144

scientific corps of expedition,
24
,
66–67
,
93
,
96
,
100
,
105
,
115
,
271

scurvy,
3
,
67
,
114
,
132

seals,
14
,
67
,
69
,
153–222

Shackleton, Ernest,
293

Sherman, lohn,
19

Sieman, Herman,
96
,
262

Signal Service Corps,
228

Simpson, Arctic explorer,
19

Smithsonian Institute,
18

Smith Sound,
50
,
53–54
,
139
,
141

snow blindness,
129
,
130–131

South Pole,
293

St. Johns, Newfoundland,
Polaris
acquires supplies,
39

starvation

in Greely expedition,
3

of Tyson party,
163–222

See also
Food

Sumner, Charles,
19

“Sylvia.”
See
Punny “Sylvia”

Talapoosa,
USS, site of
Polaris
inquiry,
228–244
,
252–281
,
288

Thank God Harbor, as
Polaris
winter quarters,
65

Tigress,
240
,
288

rescue of Tyson party,
216–222
,
225
,
226

search for
Polaris
survivors,
245–251

Tookoolito “Hannah,”
32
,
49
,
139
,
268
,
269

appearance at fundraising,
15–16
,
31–32

Arctic experiences with Hall,
77
,
81
,
82
,
93

ice-floe survivor,
146

Tyson, Emmaline (mother of Tyson),
292

Tyson, Emmaline (wife of Tyson),
38
,
292

Tyson, George account of Hall's death at inquiry,
230–243

Arctic background,
27

attempts to hunt with Joe and Hans,
193–196

chief engineer answers to Tyson only,
140–141

commission paperwork,
37
,
48

concern with Buddington's conduct,
39–41
,
54–56
,
110–112
,
117–118
,
142
,
259