Hall letter to Henry Grinnell June 20th Hall Field Book 34, Page 4. One of the opinions, often taken as fact, concerning the last survivors of the Franklin expedition is that the closest they came to salvation was on Montreal Island in Chantrey Inlet. Of those seen on the Island, it was supposed that one was that of an Officer chief as he had a telescope strapped over his shoulders, and his double-barreled gun lay underneath him β¦ the unfortunate men must have survived until the arrival of the wild fowl say until the end of May , as shots were heard and fresh bones and feathers of geese were noticed near the scene of the sad event.
Yet it is apparent that his account, although essentially correct, melds various elements. Many of these elements were later repeated, with better detail, by other investigators.
His mention of Montreal Island and Point Ogle are intended to reinforce his identification of the river, not to set the scene of what he describes. In , the Anderson-Stewart expedition was sent to investigate this clue. Subsequently, this opinion proved erroneous. Proximity alone would tend to suggest that this boat was the one from the site now known as Starvation Cove.
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