The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-07-05
ps LONGS TERRIBLE FATE.
4 Lonely Mauscicnm Cpcn the Lena
Delta.

LONDON. June 19.-Mr. W. Ii.
Glider. the Herald correspondent
with the Rodgers, sends the follow.
ing dispatch, dated Lena Delta,
April II, 1882:
Melville found the bodies OF De-
Longs party on March IL. They
we're in two places, 800 and l,0oO
yards from the wreck OF the scow.
Melville's search party first started
from the supply depot there two
words are unintelligiblel to follow
Nindermans route from Usterday
to Matvev, and afterward from Mat
vey back toward Usterday. The
following sentence is again unintel-
licible.1 They stopped at the place
which Ninderman and Noros pass
ed the first day after they left De
Long, feeling sure that the others
had not got much further. There
they found the wreck, and, follow
ing along the bank, they came upon
rifle barrel hnng upon four sticks
there six words are unlntelllgioie.J
They set the natives digging on
each side Of the sticks, and they
soon came upon two bodies under
eight feet ofsnow. Whilethese men
were digging toward the east, Mel
vile went on along the bank, ~
feet above the river, TO find a place
TO take bearings. He then saw a
oamp-kettle and the remains OF a
fire about a thousand yards from the
tent and. approaching, nearly stum-
bled upon De Longs hands sticking
out of the snow about 30 feet from
the edge OF the bank. Here, under
about q foot OF snow, they found
the bodies Of De Long and Amber
about three feet apart, and All Sam
living at their feet, all partially COW
cred by some pieces Of tent and a
few pieces Of blanket. All the 9th
ers excep: Alexia they found at the
place where the tent was pitched.
Lee and Knack were close by IN a
cleft in the bank toward the west.
Two boxes Of records. with the med
icine chest and a flag on a staff,
were beside the tent.
"None of the dead had boots.
Their feet we're covered with rags,
tied on. In the pockets Of all were
pieces Of burnt skin and OF the cloth
ING which they had been eating.
Tie hands OF all were more or less
burned and it looked Us when dy-
ing they had crawled into the fire,
Bovd living over the fire and his
clothing being burned through TO
the skin. which was not burned.
Collins's face was covered with a
cloth.
"All the bodies were carried to the
;op OF a hill 500 ieet high, about 40
versts TO the southwest from where
they were found, and there inferred
in q mausoleum constructed ofwood
from the scow. built in the form ofa
pyramid p feel long and high,
surnounted by ! cross p feet high
and a foot square hewn out of drift
wood and conspicuous ut a distance
of 20 yersts. The mausoleum was
covered with stones and Is TO be
sodded in the Spring. The cross is
inscribed with the record and names
of the dead. cut in by the search par
ty.
Alter completing the tomb the
party separated TO search the delta
for traces OF Chipp's people. Mel
vile went to the northwest part OF
the delta and west as far as the Ole
mex River. Nindermann took the
center. and Bartlett .he northeast.
Nindemann and Bartlett found
nothing. Melville has not yet re-
turned. The search is to be extend
ed to Cape Borchaya and the bay of
that name. They expect to finish
in time to reach Irkutsk or Nerho-
iansk before the rivers break up. If
they do not finish before that time.
they viii have to retreat to the foot
of the hills and mountains with the
natives until water falls, as the
whole delta is covered with water in
Spring TO a height of four feet, and
in some places to 20 feet above the
level of the river. Otherwise they
would have buried the dead where
they found them"
THE DEAD.
There were il occupants of the
first cutter under Lieut.. De Long.
Of these, Nindermann and Noros
left their comrades to obtain assist
ance and were cared for by the ma
tives. Hans Erikson, seaman, died
Oh Oct. :. as appears from De Longs
records, subsequently discovered.
The following arethe eleven men re-
manning. whose bodies were discoy-
cred by Engineer Melville, as relat-
ed by Mr.. Glider: Lieut.. George W.
De Long, DR.. James NJ. Amber,
Jerome J. Collins, Henry Knack,
Adolf Dressler, Carl Gortz, Walter
Lee, Neils Ivorsen, George Boyd,
Alexia, All Sam.
The followidg were the occupants
Of the second cutter, search for which
Is being continued: Lieut.. Charles
". Chipp, Capt. William Dunbar,
Alfred Sweetman, Henry Warren.
Peter Johnson. Edward Star, Albert
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