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English: The funeral of Captain Charles Francis Hall

Identifier: frozenzoneitsexp00hyde (find matches)
Title: The frozen zone and its explorers; a comprehensive record of voyages, travels, discoveries, adventures and whale-fishing in the Arctic regions for one thousand years
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Hyde, Alexander, 1814-1881 Baldwin, Abraham Chittenden, 1804-1887, joint author Gage, William Leonard, 1832-1889, joint author Shields, Charles W. (Charles Woodruff), 1825-1904
Subjects: Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 Polaris (Ship)
Publisher: Hartford, Conn. (etc.) Columbia book company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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tairs. Captain Hall did not eatsupper, but only took cup of coffee. I did not seehim that night. I saw him next morning, Sundaymorning. He did not speak. He remained abed.After breakfast he asked to speak to me. He says,* Very sick last night. I asked him * What is the mat-ter. He says, I do not know. I took a cup of coffee.In a little while very sick and vomiting. He wassick the first time two or three days. Complainedof stomach, headache, and bone-ache. After he gotbetter I go see him every day—every night. After awhile something the matter with head. Did notknow anything. Perhaps crazy. I tried to speakhim. He did not know me. I wish to stay with him.Captain Hall called me to stay with him. After hegot better, I asked him what made him sick. Hesays, ^ I dont know. Everybody went to breakfast.I staid with him. I said I was very glad he wasbetter. He said ^ I have been sick. Dont knowwhether I will live or not. I asked him, ^ Do youknow Avhat is matter ? He says, * I cant tell what
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rUNEEAL OF CAPTAIN HALL. 719 is tlie matter. Bad stomach. Very bad stomach.After getting breakfast I wanted to find out whatwas the matter with him. A man came down intothe cabin, and he said nothing to me more. Afterthat Hannah talked to him. Every morning I wasabsent seal-hunting. I overheard Captain Budding-ton talk about Captain Hall. I wanted to hear.Captain Buddington said he was sick again. Didnot know me. Once in a while he called, ^ Halloo,Joe ! Then did not know me. Two nights he wasvery sick. Died two nights and one day after. It takes two days to dig a grave with picks andice-chisels and axes in the flint-like ground, and onthe third day after his death, the crew, dressed intheir Arctic clothing and with lanterns in their hands,bear to his long rest the remains of their loved andhonored commander. The bier, covered with thenational flags, rests on a sledge which the men, inprocession, two by two, draw gently by the rope. Fol-lowing the sledge, the Esquimaux straggle on inb

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