The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-12-30
THE JEANETTE.
WHERE SHE SUNK AND WHERE TuE
CREW REACHED.
Arrangement. for Care Of the Crew.

WASHINGTON, December 22.-Geo. Ken
nan, Il Iris city, who has hal experienc,
= traveller and explorer In Northeast 81
era, sent the Secretary Of State to-day th.
following letter with regard to measures fo
the relief Of the survivors Of the Jeaspetta
WASHINGTON, December p, 1851.
Mr. Seerettsrp.
As Travelled some years ago over each N
the alternative routes which NAV be- taken
by the survivors Of the Jeanette In makiuo
| their way back from Lena river. In EasIers
Siberia. To America, beg leave respectfuIly
| IN offer for your consideration the foIlawius
suggestions with regard to the return a
Lieutenant Commander De Long aud his
men to their homes.
A board Of naval officers had. am to,d
under discussion today the question of
| sending vessel around through BEHRING'S
Strait tn the mouth of the Lena. To bring
nark the su Vivois Of the Jeanette by .. a.
would respectfully urge that this oiau ia
| utterly impracticable. First. because II il
10y no means certain that the vessel will
reach the mouth Of the Lena. either Ca, n-
west, on account of ICE; and, second. b-rausa
VI The vessel should succeed in doing So II
would not arrive al its destination until late
next summer or early in the fall. and wouIJ
almost certainly fail To get back thai wear.
In the meantime the survivors of the lean
'iett- would be compelled to live NJ The
NOUN 81 the Lena and endure efyhi or ,,jne
months mOre Of hardship and priyaiiou. IL
seems To me CLEAR, beyond even the n@cas
sny of discussion, that the survivors of the
Jeannette must be brought IN the Lena
RIVER this winter on a dog sIedge 10 the cirv
Of iokomzka. 1t is in the highest dagree
probable that the Russian Governor of Prem
ovski, the ablest on the sea coast provinces.
Within whose jurisdiction Lieutenant Com,
mandrr De Long aud his men now are. will
make, or already has made. arrangements
Tor ibeir transport alton to yukoutzka. with
out any Instructions from the home govern
'neht. Bui a. MEASURE If precautfon neces-
s1fs ofarrs should he telegraphed from st.
Petersburg to the Governor General of East.
-rn Siberia, and money TO defray the expeu-
s@s Of carrying them into execution. be sent
by tel-gaphic transfer to Irk0utsk. The
survivors Of the Jeanette ought 10 he able |
20 reach irkontsk from the mouth of the |
Lena in month or six weeks. If they are |
physically able TO endure the hardshius of /
the Arctic sledge journey.
AT the mouth of the Lena there II. | be- |
iieF", permanent settlement, and this |
seems to have been the appointed rendez-
Eons for all the boats. If the third bna,
failed To reach the rendezvous agreed upon-
he conclusion by no means follows that n
IN lost. The crew may have found An in
hahIed station nearer than the mouth of the
Lena, or NAV have been picked up by Rus
nan or native fishing boats aud carried or
guided 10 some other place of safety. Ia
'ueh case they might not be heard from for
month or more after the arrival of tb.
,ther boats.
Tie third boats crew onght not in he
,iven up as lost until We have heard from all
he villages along the Yana and Indlgirka
md from Nizh-i- Colima, which as a pIare ~
tiuer vas quite as accessible a. the mouth
4 the Lena. The retreat If these boats
cross $50 miles of ice, encountered in the
Arctic sea, 10 the Siberian mainland. is a re
Variable achievement, and one which il
afaiIrled In Arctic history only by the re-
feat ~ BarentZ and his men from the north ,
rf extremity Of Nova Zembla. aud of the
rev OF the Legetthoh from Franz Josef '
ara. That De Long and his men were i
nee months at sea, aud in open buals. be-
re they reached The mouth Of the Lena. ia
fact which Of itself tells a mournfuI story
haTdships and sufieriugs, and one which a
lore than accounts forthe pitiable condition }
which We are told De Longs crew at last a
rived.
The Jeannette's crew at tie mouth of the
era would be a well cared for a. at any A
hssiaf settlement on the whole Siberian C
'ast. they would find warmth, clothes. g,
od and sympathy, aud the care of warn, .,
.arted, hospiiabie people. As soon a. a
inter road was established and the crew ]
ere strong enough to travel, they pouId a
obably be brought up the Lena Oh dog =,
'hges Z" Jakutsk, which Is large Russian :,
VII VI 600 or 5000 Inhabitants, Here u
ey would have the comforts and MANY Of
e iuxtries OF life, aud the Russian Gov
nor 81 The seaenast provinces would fur e.,
st th@H WITH transport alton either across
r SianaFoi Mountains To Okhofsk. where vi
~ could be called for by one of the yes vi
IS at our Pacific squadron. or up the Lena cr
itknisk and thence overland 10 st. Peters =.
r.. They will have no serious diffirulrv O."
getting home from the mouth of the Lena. pi
~ journey mp the river from the Arctic si'
Ieoast 10 Jakutsk will be bard one. OH bo
'onnt of the climate in that part Of Siber- 90
but u VIII not occupy more than a month
a month and half. and IL Is not attended sh
~ danger To men Of THAR powers Of endur- pa
e. Ill ~ In some respects an easier a
rney than from Nizhi KnIfmato Jakntsk
ici is performed by various Russian
ders every winter. III
Ibe news received to-day was brought a
m lie mouth Of the Leua by special mes an
gers up the river 10 Jakuisk. on dog ,,;
i2es, and thence by Cussaek couriers.
yelling day aud night with RELAYS of tifi
ses, to lrkutsk, the capital Of Eastern ST a $
Ia and thence by telegraph to NJ. Peters ne,
2. Ihe news has been fully two months. . .
perhaps more, getting from the mouth
he L"na In iIkutsk, and it Ia more than TO
sthle that the next information we will lik
VIII " that Of the arrival Of the crew of asa
wrecked ship at Jakussk. The Governor -.
ne sfacoast province at Jakntsk il a man
nliiTaiion and eniightment, and, If / owe
axe not, member of the Siberian
zen nf the Imperial Biographical So :,
Y. Respectfully yours, I
.-.. GEORGE KEENAN,. 8,
Ew YORK, December 22.-My. George cit,
Of the editorial staff Of the Lol
dtd, says jerome J. Collins, chief Of the Ale
aid staff Of the Jeanette, Is safe. this
AsHtSGToS, December PIT. w. W. into
enhah~r, Of this city, received a tele. lash
} ffom his son John, third officer OF the whe
'nette, announcing his arrival nj the boa
th IT the Lena river. Tie dispatch was viii
ably sent up the river TO Irkoufsk by tive
messenger who brought the first news Of desi
'eannette, and has just been forg arded was
'e Governor-Generalof Eastern Siberia ring
Danenhaner, a. the Jeannette's third Wra
r. would naturally have command Of hear
No. 3, which was first to reach the r
n Of the Lena. Boat No. was under soul
nand Of Lieutenant Commander u. The
!. and boat No. 2, which is the missing year
was very likely commanded by the city.
nette's second officer Lieutenant ChIpp. In /;
SDos, December 22-3 a. m.-The fol- Ii
y telegram was received nj the London The /
a go this morning: n. y
iouTsk. December2t-2:0J b. m.-Tbe Lii
lrtie was crushed by ice in latitude 4 i
10 north. longitude 1877 east. The -
aud sieds made good their retreat to -
miles northwest OF The Lena river. Ami
the three boats were separated In Oh