Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-02
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stretch of the earth's surface that yet
remains unknown is that region
which it is presumed the Jeannette
reached in the days Immediately sue
ceeding those upon which she was
last seen by Captain Barnes, Of the
Sea Breeze. 1t will, we confidently
believe, prove to naturalists aud
geographers-to electricians probably
more than all--that Captain De Longs
winter spent at Wrangell Land will
supply invaluable additions for the
solution of many important problems
in the different Investigations of the |
sciences from geography to anthro-
pology.
But if cairns are not found OH
Wrangell Land or Herald Island,
what then? 1t is supposed that tho
indication of such a fact will be
gloomy for the safety of the exrlor-
crs. If they were not able to make
the land at which they counted to
pass comfortable winter they were
doubtless much the worse for 1T
through that difficult season. There
is the possibility also that the move
ment of the packing ice did them
harm. But it was assumed as part
of the peril of the voyage that they
| might not be able to reach Wrangell
| Land, and the discovery that there
are no cairns there will prove only
that failure, and not any fatal conse-
quences of it. If Commander De
Long was forced by tho difficulties Of
the season upon the course which he
contemplated as an alternative Que
1T is probable that he then passed i'm
mediately out of any region where
the Rodgers can follow him this year,
and her part of the search will per-
haps end at the demonstratiOn that
the j Jeanette never reached Wrangell
Land. 1t is true the instructions per-
nit the Rodgers to winter III the
Arctic, but this will perhaps only be
, done If late in, the season she comes
upon some evidence that the expedi-
tion or some remains Of it are with
|, in reach of succor. If feasible for
her to forward assistance she would
mot come home without doing it.
elf l find," said De Long, "that w
are being carried east against our Of
!, forts to get north shall try to pusf
; through into the Atlantic by way
:, of the east coast Of 1Greenlant
if we are far enough north
!. aud if we are far enough soutl
= = then by way of Lancaster Sound an
= Melville Bay" Either plenty Of trace
of the Jeannette will be found Q
!. Wrangell Land, or her officers an
y crew or seme of them will be found
:. the ship being lost on the New Sibel
y ian Islands; or she is far on one {
=" these alternative courses toward tn
:, Atlantic. For the two first name
~ nrobabilities the search of the R0dQ
- ers will be complete; for the Other
the expedition Of the Alliance an
that Of Lieutenant Greedy shOul
. . cover every chance. If the Jeannet'
o. . reached water that would lead hi
~ out by the east coast of Greenlan
~ or if she perished on the way ther
some intelligence of her should
=. obtained by the Alliance this sumrne
W If she went by any seutherly rsu
~ ~ leading into Baffin's Bay she CT
~ scarcely escape Lieutenant Greel
:. who is authorized to send as far
~ ~. search of her as Cape Joseph Henr
s 70. He will thus cross every channel
~ which the ship or any survive
"a would come in that direction.
Not chance seems to be overlook
! in the provision that an enlfghten
D. and liberal government has thus ma
; to carry succor aud safety-in CO
- they need ito the daring navit
tors who have either succeeded in
5. great achievement or have heroica
perished in great endeavor.