United States or Benin ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
With supplies dangerously low and his crew weakened by exposure and privation, M'Clure reluctantly left his ship. He and his men fortunately reached the ships of Sir Edward Belcher, having thus actually made the North-West Passage. The disasters of 1853-54 cast a deeper gloom than ever over the search for Franklin.
"M'Clure sprang backwards the matter of four or five feet, and placed his hand on his side arms, while the countryman brayed out a horse laugh that nearly took away one's earing.
At last he said, 'Sargeant Jackson, and then he stopped again. 'If anybody speers at you where Ensign Roderich M'Clure is to be found, say on the second flat of the officers' quarters at the North Barracks, and he walked on and left me. He had got his commission." "She had a Highland name," said Peter, "and tat is all, but she was only a lowland Glaskow peast.
But perhaps I am making too bold, Sir?" "No, no, not at all; go on. I like to hear you." "'Well, said M'Clure to the countryman, 'What do you call that? "'A moose, said he. "Well, I gives him a nudge of my helbow, to remind him not to tell him it was a 'daumed lee, as he did the other man. "'What does moose mean, my man?
My lords, I have done." Captain John M'Clure, like Captain M'Afferty, was an American born, but of Irish parentage. He was born at Dobb's Ferry, twenty-two miles from New York, on July 17th, 1846, and he was therefore a mere youth when, serving with distinguished gallantry in the Federal ranks, he attained the rank of captain.
South of Melville Island, M'Clure, who had sailed through Bering Strait, met the ship of Killet which had come through Lancaster Sound. M'Clure, having wintered near the connecting waters, had really established the existence of the passage by observation before the meeting. Twenty days later Collinson came up in his ship.
In a few seconds, the savage at whom Davis had flashed, shot Caffree as he lay upon the ground and gave him a mortal wound and was instantly shot in turn by M'Clure who had reloaded his gun. Caffree becoming very weak, called upon Davis to come and assist him in tying the Indian, and directly afterwards expired.
M'Clure hastily reloaded his gun and taking the rifle which Davis had dropped, followed them for some distance into the forest, making all signals which had been concerted between them in case of separation. All, however, was vain he saw nothing more of Davis, nor could he ever afterwards learn his fate. As he never returned to Kentucky, however, he probably perished.
Another set of four vessels were despatched under Sir Edward Belcher in 1852, who were fortunate enough to reach M'Clure in the Investigator in the following year, and enabled him to complete the north-west passage, for which he gained the reward of £10,000 offered by Parliament in 1763.
'Why, sais he, 'I guess we call the he-moose M, and the other N, as the case may be. "'Who gave them that name? said M'Clure. "'Why, I reckon, said the other, 'their godfathers and godmothers at their baptism, but I can't say, for I warn't there. "'I say, my man, said M'Clure, 'you had better keep a civil tongue in your head.
Word Of The Day