The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-05-07

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Alex. belong. Landed at Len
~ =. September 18th, 81. Erickson
Is fow DAYS sfter and was buried il
Tan "a Ninderman and Noras wer
' TIo9-wsrd for relief, aud were forum
a1 L..a -, 70 find Melville. Norss
CIV his way home with Lieutensn
onanbower, but Ninderman Is will
IIoiiIe With the exception Of n inder
bsl'a,IId Norss, sll Of the people in De-
qPong's cutter are dead
TALE OF SUFFERING.
I'm York. 8.-The HerGEd's CORES.
- had sn interview " it'll Louis P,
p9l1eA' rnder date of Irkutsk, March
A0I4gs a ss9qthey landed at q point near tb Z
=, ..5ernmost branch OF the Lena, but
DE-. s;nb the captain found it impossible to
~ ~ on account of shoals. belong
fl.sif e determined to land at a point
lI L. thew could see this nOrtherly cut
Spe bot were TO the east, and pTesum-
f. e. D uttered the point marked S4Rasta on
soy en- Two miles from the beach he
'Ds De. The he csptain ordered those of the
'Sys wbn could walk to get out and drag
MeIL 80 nearer TO EhOre The Captain,
l Io JoCtor. Erickson and Boyd (bOth
;G1 biadl stayed in the boat, which the
l IT, we're then enabled to drag mile
ether toward the land, when
lSev TOO waded to the shore.
c T9y bad eft the boat with the frst
~ and had made = fire on the shore.
ny wss on or about the 10th OF Septem-
- -" and the lending of articles was COM
10 ~, on the 18th. There the party
lp. .'rT5 twj DAYS 10 recuperate, all the
s.py 6eing badly frost bitten, including
IL c,ntain. the doctor alone being in
-, aroUT,nsTatively good condition. Noros
w III Ninderman were the best cOndi-
tioned among the men. The Journey
sontb was then commenced, the burdens
soi, distributed. he captain bore his
1 D1-h blanket and some records.
The Tb hnrdsns borne by some of the
1tbors were hssvv. Some complained of
toTing ibsm iurlher, but the captain in
listed The party then travelled south
5our DAYS. On the way two deer were
.boi bv The IndiHD Alexis. The party
sst down and had 8 good feed, Belongs
motto being, Neros says, ito feed well
Then they had it." Noros thinks they
made twenty miles in the first ten days,
and thst they reached a poin! near Inc
me marked on the map as TchOlbogtoie,
hut which was only simple hut. The
'our next days brought them TO the ex-
rsmitv of 8 peninsula, and after some
iplsy waiting for the river 10 freeze. !
bev crossed the river to the west bank |
M or shout the first of October. The !
width Of the river there was about 500 |
ards. Before crossing they got snolte r
eer. The captains intention was 10 |
make for the place called ~
sIts on the map. Erickson |
lied. HiS toes had to be amputatei |
y the doctor during the retreat. After
TOssing the river, he, one night, pulled
f his mittens, and one of hi. hands be- /
sme fr0st-bitten, and the circulation
ould not be restored in it. He died and
7ss buried in the river. Then it was
hst The captain decided to send Noros
nd Nindermsn ahead. The food had
zen quite exhausted, the party existing
My on brandy. Noros thinks it was
undsy when they left. The captain had
cid divine service. The men were seated
q the bank of the river. After service
g called the two men, told them ne
Isnted them to push on ahead, end that
10 would follow with his party. "If you
Ind game" we're his last words,
then return to US; if you do
Of, then go to Human Surks."
Oros thus describes the parting: 1.-THE
plain read divine service before we
It. All the men shook hands with US,
d most Of them had tears in their eyes.
)llins was the last, He simply said,
'OrOs, when you get to New York, re-
embeT me- They seemed to have lost
,pe, but as we left they gave US three
GERS. We told them we would do all
OF We could do, and that was the last
} saw Of them" Such is Noros' story
the last seen Of Captain belong and
scattering party.
Noros continued, when We left the
iptain said that Kumak Surka would
the nearest village. Snow had fallen
the depth Of foot to a foot end a half.
rom questions then put to No
5, | gathered the following des-
ip!iOn Of the place of leave-tskiDe:
be river there was about 500 yards
Ice, and the place was near where the
curtains on the western side end,
here was one spot which remained dis
letiy Impressed upon his mind, namely;
high, conicsl, rocky island, which rose
out OF the river, and which he called
ssays, or StslbOy. How he got the
anne Is not quite clear, but the rock
isna was marked in his memory. and
pore shout east by north from the spot
sefe they left the captain. The rock,
s9ys, .'Is Just at the end oflthe noun
.ls. Tie mountains commence with
81 lock" After leaving this rock the
0 men Travelled slowly and YEARLY.
icy sighted deer once, but could not get
II them. They shot one grouse and
lght one eel, which was all the food
y had. They made a kind of tea
N the bark Of the arctic
low, but often had onIv
water to drink. They chewed and
portions of Iheir skin breaches. and
leather soles of their mocessius. The
It point on which news is clear is that
'ut two days after leaving the Captain
= crossed the Lena on The east side
me hope of finding game in the mount.
s. and that 1t took them q very long
.e TO cross the ice st that point.
Iuege, therefore, that the place
aSed By them is the broad expanse Of
Lena marked on the map as Nesv
Jas Therefore I conclude that the |
I !e9 Will have to be made to the north
!.nls expansion Of the river. Noros
ewes that Nindermsn will be able to
L. Rnere they left the captain. Noros
L5Q 10 60 himself with Melville on the
vi out for some reason or other
'!lile refused his assistance. The resEof
iOu[ney OF the two men Is told |