28 Conference for the Second Voyage. 



death of tlu-ir infant iKk-ce-li-Jie-ta, born to this Eskimo couple in 

 Rescue Bay, September 0, 1861. He records in liis journal his sym- 

 j)athy with the mother, who was herself thought to be near death, but 

 who rallied and attended her child's funeral at Groton. The health 

 of these people was excellent for some time after their arrival in the 

 United States, but the change of food and of climate began sensibly 

 to atlect the '' icy children of the North." 



On tlic 17th March, 1863, an anxiously-awaited conference w^as 



Ijeld witli Ml-. Grinnell and Mr. R. H. Chapell, of the house of AVill- 



iams lit Haven, at wliich Hall presented the following first notes for 



his second expedition: 



Proposed expedition to Boothia and King WilliamK^ Land for the final determination 

 of all the imjsterions matters relative to Sir John Franldin''s Expedition. 



I. A vessel of about 200 tons, to be furnished and provisioned for two years 

 and six months, the same to be under my command. 



II. This vessel to be fitted out for whaling, the object being to have the 

 whole expense of the expedition paid by the proceeds of whale bone and oil. 



III. This vessel to go on or before the 1st of June of the present year, to 

 make direct for the north side (near the entrance of Frobisher's Bay), there to 

 take aboard thi-ee or foiu' Eskimos, with their wives, also sledges and dogs; then 

 to make for Ilud.son's Strait ; thence to Hudson's Bay, west side, south of South- 

 amjtton Island; thence up the channel of Sir Thomas Howe's Welcome to Repulse 

 Bay. 



1 \'. H whales are found on the way, to secure as many as possible, yet no 

 further delay to be allowed than will admit of getting into Eepulse Bay by or on 

 the 1st of Sejitember of the same year as starting. 



y . If it is judged advisable under certain contingencies for the vessel to pro- 

 ceed at ()nc<' to otlier wliale grounds than that of Repulse Bay, she must do so 

 aft«'r liaving landed me and my special i)arty and outfit for land service, to wit, 

 for my expedition from Repulse Bay to King William's Land. 



VI. Three men fioin the States to be my special party, to wit: Walter Grin- 

 n<'ll, of N(.-\\ V(.ik ; I'raiiU IJngers, of Xcw London, Conn., and William Sterry, 



