The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-30
Obituary.

LTEurEsAsr STRAIN, r.H.T.
IsAlo q. STRAIN, Lieutenant In the United States Navy,
and one Of the brightest In ~ history breained
his lat A,pnu all Thursday night, April 90 HIS re-
mains we're Inferred following Tuesday in Mount
Bc,e Cemetery oorpes being followed Iva last
ing place by officers OF Brush ana American
,hi,% port, by many of the leading cuasus Of As.
pin~sn.
Lieutenant Stain q native OF Pennsy ivauia bu,
emxrs~a early .xv with his fahcr, Spring seld
OHIO. Under the patronage Of General Sampson Mason
mber Of Congress the Fourth Congressional
trct young Strain entered service 10 1887
nldshipman the nrst OF Ja-uary hs name stood
September q, 1850 His career mas been emneotly
vo having twelve years three months service
svo yca,s eleven months duty shore, and but three
teen ye.,, In the service snce last 0ctober he bad
been engaged 90 the o~st survey, but went pas
in the hmm. her dspCture port,
berg ordered To- tnu The rl,op-,f gar Cysne
The n-me 81 Lieutenant ssra'n y indssoluby united
With he D~riep bihmas. TIA, portion Of the western
orptbent sealed bunk civilized nations until the
party Ted BY Strain opened up volume
the world. RELYING the assertions u self -tyiei
erpedion ~nih attempted tbs passage pscinc 10
The Atlantic, but sfler penetrating twenty six miles
the interior and ksng fnur Of their by attacks u
INDIAN, they lot coufss and returned IN their sh
second boiy sit-n.t-d the survey shaat utns -uh-e
quenty for all England enthusiastic the proec,
Of t~risn ship canal and compsny had bscn FORMED
With a cstata Il go COZ coo n resh,s n va e,na.
sertiy stated by certain engineer th nowhere the
Itlnlrs did the lard eyc-e' 40 te-t IN ee vsspn
assertion which Ens-n expsous failed examine
but -h oh the American explorers erpasucsliy dis
proved Gong-aphrrs enabled a. The true
of the Isthus and the tnosetge die the
sirc ching courage aud determination ~ The salan,
Strain
But Third rarity attempt the pas-.xs-,oe, -,
coed 81 souh Anercsrsnen Injured " the ch
and I'D by the yriDc,ai engineer OF Nes Granada A
s,m'.r rc.nn ai~od~d ,hsir .b,rs lat q al came the
vrred s'sies eycedioon, under the con nsnd n strain
Who started with hts rarty ~ tren -seven mel, ali
told In he month ~ January 1874 the print ~ do
being Columbia Bay and tber object nsyen Hs-bo- Ve
lying The statements ~ former al f1nf explorers
Csvousiy did they su1sf this account sr 10 spite OF
difficulties unpsraiie5 10 the ti tory o. exploration ritb
Inevitable Starvation staring them IN the FACE, ami hse
eedte 10 the othsr side when all nope o-s the ss
ant Infused con science Into the hearts ~
psnio5s AMI bis gun brougbs food N them and sssn ali
apie1aement Of their hunger seemed impuib's, Srsin
threatened fo shoot the Crit mse ~ho hunted ~ ~ anost
lsuhssse csnni,alism The saivsuon Of the party so ~
70 him.
But though bic name e -oyen With all TIA, re-
iser me lshnus of fsr.B, yet his abl,s-- and
sge co hin Into ether and s more varied sceu~s He
usNeeu eorors NE entire cnbttneg< ~ south America
horseoas usve,sed s unmeo-e expssse or the Brazls
sscenoeu De Andep, passed that inmAnse vo~ky b.k.
bone Of the Western hemisphere ana yeacti the Paas
this, Too, rme when he osnt a.rsf 4, b. un.
employed The hairsreadth escapes aAd strange fven
or this journey viii WITH anvtn,,y IN a.
early romance Of discove~ers One his n,sani - 49,
rays thai susn vosd isv walked N the eosh pole az
foot a~re. He scientfc sstanmen e9qaIled hia co,,
age and pointed him on 80 NJ assistant 70 tIeu,nsrt
nsYry 10 the United Na stssmsr Arctie when Al.
for the Atlantic csbie.
IIspsepsrt swan vas very poruly Nth the omys NJ
ne navy parrcu hrv 9Th thu Younger In aocssy
D. was CUTS, rnodes and sscssd'rgv rpAs'psaus. ant