...after discovering how we had been neglected. The whole party shed tears, not for our own fate, but for that of our friends in the rear, whose lives depended entirely on our sending immediate relief. " On October 29 Richardson came in with the horrible news that two voyageurs had died on the trail,...

...shock of disappointment was more than the poor fellows could bear. " The whole party," says Franklin, " shed tears, not so much for our own fate, as for that...on our sending immediate relief from this place." The same day Augustus, the Eskimo, reached the fort, and a few days later Franklin sent him and Benoit...

...letter from Mr. Wentzel to point out where the Indians might be found. It would be impossible for me to describe our sensations after entering this miserable...entirely on our sending immediate relief from this place. I found a note, however, from Mr. Back, stating that he had reached the house two days ago, and was...

...this neglect. "The whole party shed tears, not so much for our own fate, as for that of our friends whose lives depended entirely on our sending immediate relief from this place." 12 A note left by Back was their only hope, for he wrote that he had pushed on to find the Indians...

...Indians, 00 letter from Mr. Wentzei to point out where the Indians might be found. It would be impossible to describe our sensations after entering this miserable...entirely on our sending immediate relief from this place. I found a note, however, from Mr. Back, stating that he had reached the house two days before and was...