598 LAST REPORT OF CAPTAIN HALL. 



" SIXTH SNOW-HOUSE ENCAMPMENT, CAPE BREVOORT, NORTH SIDE ENTRANCE TO 

 NEWMAN BAY, latitude 82 3' uorth, longitude 61 2U' west, October 20, 1871. 



" To the Honorable Secretary of the United States Navy, 

 George M. jRobeson: 



" Myself and party, consisting of Mr. Chester, first mate, 

 my Esquimaux Joe, and Greenland Esquimaux Hans, 

 left the ship in winter quarters Thank-God Harbor 

 latitude 81 38' north, longitude 61 44' west, at meridian 

 of October 10th, on a journey by two sledges drawn by 

 fourteen dogs, to discover if possible a feasible route in- 

 land for my sledge to journey next spring to reach the 

 North Pole, purposing to adopt such a route if found 

 better thaia a route over the old floes and hummocks of 

 the strait, which I have denominated Robesou Strait, after 

 the honorable Secretary of the United States Navy. We 

 arrived here the afternoon of October 17th, having dis- 

 covered a lake and river on our way. Along the latter 

 our route, a most serpentine one, which led us on to this 

 bay, fifteen miles distant from here, southward and east- 

 ward. From the top of an iceberg near the mouth of 

 said river we could see that this bay (which I have named 

 after Rev. Dr. Newman) extended to the high land east- 

 ward and southward of that position about fifteen miles, 

 making the extent of Newman Bay, from its headland or 

 cape, full thirty miles. The south cape is a high, bold, 

 and noble headland. I have named it Sumner Headland, 

 after Honorable Charles Sumner, the orator and United 

 States Senator, and the north cape, Brevoort Cape, after 

 J. Carson Brevoort, a strong friend to Arctic discoveries. 

 On arriving here we found the mouth of Newman Bay 

 open, the water having numerous seals in it bobbing up 

 their heads. This open water making close to both Sum- 

 uer Headland and Brevoort Cape, and the ice of Robeson 

 Strait being on the move, debarred all chance of extend- 

 ing our journey on the ice up the strait. The mountain- 

 ous land (none other about here) will not admit of our 



