Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-06
ZIMMERMAN AND NOnos
ZIMMERMAN CONTINUES rHR NARRATIVE or uu
FEARFUL JOURNEY.

Their Weary March Over snow aud To-.
NISDRRNAN CONTINUES rHR NARRATIVE or nm
FEARFUL JOURNEY.
Before the Jeanette board this morning sea-
man Ninderman continued the narrative OF tina
| forced marcn OF himself and Noros beginning
with the events OF the morning OF October Is issi
having been separated six days from their COM
rades. The snow had stopped drifting and they
made start travelling along the river bank
SOUTHWARK and eastward. On an island which
they crossed they found signs OF natives who had
| oeeh there. They then traveed-on the Ice on the
river, and about o'clock halted, as the snow
dr1fted so they could not travel further. They
stopped 10 rest In n crack In bank into which
inS caa r LOT the night and succeeded in start
NOTHING TO RAT,
eney cut up some pieces OF their clothing roasted
them and ate them. There was not room for both
alongside the fire, so one crawled up above thu
nre, but he couldn't stand It long, and they had %
keep changing places about every twenty min
uteS They were not able TO keep themselves
very warm, and every now and then they would
look out and see whether daylight had come or
not A little before daylight the wind had moder.
soon as daylight came and they could see the
mountains TO southeast they made some willow
snd anu ase little more OF the seats OF their pants
anu started again on the march 20 ind the main
river, going 10 the southeast They crossed the
| fNef anu lheh got on TO some sand splits.
WALK OR FREEZE
They tried TO rest few times behind soroe ham
mocks, but the wind whistled through their CLOTH
ing and they were obliged to continue their ,our.
ney until large sand bank was reached. about
| three miles from the mountains Here the river
was not In sight, and witness feared they had
passed IL, as they had already crossed so many
large rivers, but concluded to keep on until they
| reached the foot OF the mountains, and upon not
] fhQ rfu
until they should reach It. They kept on 60 the
southeast on the sand splits, and II was not long
before they sighted the main river A little before
the mountains, and as this is sign In the arctic
regions that natives are somewhere near the
n, Were not 10 leave the west bank OF the river
Thought best TO cross the river and see II game Of
some kind could not be found. They therefore
started across but had 70 feel their way as there
were large holes OF open water
| NoRos SPLITTING BLOOD.
when half way across Noros said he didn't feel
well.and had been splitting blood. Witness would
get little ahead and then wait until he came I'M
They were about 800 yards from the east river
bank when witness said he would 60 ahead ana
would wait for him. When across witness waited
resting nan an h9Se tor MorSs TO catch up After
east bank OF the river The foot OF the mountains
ehIenaea INTO the river In places and they were
Ihey struggled along Till night but found no signs
| OF natives or game.
| SEAL sklN PANTS FOR SUPPER
| They took shelter In a ravfne and built a orn
warmed some water, and as no willow could b,
found they again partook OF the seats OF their q Il
| skin pants They spent the night further I'D the
| ravlne but couo get little Sleep and II the night
had been clear they would have continued their
march AS soon as daylight broke on the 18TH they
started down the ravine and followed along the
river bank The walking was very bad, and but
| nttle headway was made. About 10 they started
fire. boiled some water and had another niece Of
seal skin pants. Here they had TO stop an hour 40
| as TO hx the soles or their boots They Continued
| for another mile, but finding the walking so had
ana there being no signs OF game, witness thought
II best to cross again 10 the west side. It was
| noon before they got across and got in some sand
| splts- The wind had shifted to the southwest and
commenced TO blow quite fresh After crossing
| the sand splits
LARGE RIVER WAS REACHED
| where the ice was smooth with large holes of
| open water They felt their way across and nv
this time it was blowing and the snow was drif-
Ing. 1t was getting towards evening when they
reached some more sand splits They were un.
aoIe 10 see wei, but struggled along until some
low land was reached, where they tried 10 find A
piece OF wood large enough to get behind for the
! high bank to the southwest before dark thew
started for It, and shortly reached another river.
IL was midnight before the bank was reached
SNOW BANK FOR BED.
hole was dug In a Snow-bank and into IL they
crawled for the night They got but little rest al
the weather was very cold. On the morning OF
The 18th, at daylight, they found the wind had
moderated, so they started again going south.
About 10 O'Clock fire was made and some willow
Tea, and again partook OF the seal skin pants
| They then struggled along, walking on the river
when possible. Sometimes they would 90 on she
bank to see II there was any game or any hutS
| They could walk buta short time on the bank. "A
the moss and snow were so deep that they would
go In up to their knees They Kept on until about
| pm, when
A HUT WAS SIGHTED
| from the river bank about a mile distant They
walked TO it, and found there.was no door and the
| hut was almost full About a mile distant they
saw some objects, which proved to be sleipha
They returned to the hut with the sleighs, which
We're used for frewood, after digging out the snow
from the hut Some Arctic willow was gathered
| and tea made, and some more OF the pants were
hut they slept pretty well that night All day s.
light, after making some more tea, start south
was made About In the afternoon they came to
hlgn clll1, where they saw owl flying In q
circle but II did not light and they saw il hnally
disappear over the Cliff.
THEY STRUGGLED ALONG
until about T. when a river was reached, ana m
crossing 1t Noros exclaimed: " Ninderman, there
are three huts on the river bank" They crossed to
| them and found kyack and some fishing mate.
| rial They found some blue-moulded fish, which
nadno taste eo and was Just like eating 50 mucn
| and boiled some tea Afterwards they went o.
to gather some wood for the night They ovsTs
hauled another hut, but found nothing IN It AbOuo
9 o'clock they boiled some OF the fsh and ate Il
fixed the IRE and lay down for the night on t.
| morning OF the 10th they had some more tea -
then went out to get more wood for the day. ~
this time
BOTH HAD THE DYsKNTERY
and were very weak Sitting alongside the nro
they felt pretty strong, but when they got O.
| they found they were very weak They spent tns
night there, and on the morning OF the 21st tbny
got ready to make astart, but were 90 weak it va
thought best TO stay another day and TO start On
the morning OF the ed During the INST theY
measured IN their cups the fish they had, and
found they had ten days provisions They ha6
their skull caps to carry the sh In, they MADE
bags OF them and sewed them up On the even,
ing OF the I'D the weather was very cold Wftneoo
wanted TO start. but Noros said: "We are pretty
weak still and the weather is cold; we had bette
wait another day." The dysentery was so bad
that witness thought n they had started ehey
would have frozen on the way.
NARROW ESCAPE or A NATIVE
At noon OF the I'D they were sitting alongxido
the fire making something to eat, when witness
heard something moving outside, and looking
through the rack thought IL was a reindeer He
started towards the door with his rife, when The
door opened and a native appeared Seeing the
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