The Evening critic., 1882-03-21
THE ARCTIC SEARCH.
One orLieutcnnns nc Longs RccS

The following ia one OF the Enclosures which
accompanied tho reply OF Engineer Mel
Vile, published in yesterdays CRITIC. IL is
one Of De Longs records, and was found In a
hut by a Yakut hunter, who gave It TO Mr..
Melville at Upper Belum;
ApcTo EXPLORING STEAMER JEANETTE, at
hut on the Lena dolta, believed 10 he near
Tchalhogo1c, Thursday, Sept. %, 1881.
the oflcors and crew of the Jeanette, reached
this place yesterday afternoon on foot, from
GEORGE W. DE LoNa,
Commander OF Expedition,
Lieutenant United Statos Navy.
Whoever finds this paper is requested to
note of the time and place at which 1t was
found.
tCopfes OF the above In six languages fol-
iowedl
The Jcannette was crushed and sunk by the
ice on the 10Th OF June, 1881, latitude W Is
north, longitude 1852, after having drlfted
twenty-five months in the tremendous pack
ice OF tho ocean. The entire thirty-three per-
sons, comprising her Officers and crew, dragged
their boats and provisions over tho leo TO lati-
tudo north T0o 3S>, longitude 1902 30 east,
where We landed upon new island( Bennett Is
land) on the Doth OF July. From thence we pro-
ceeded southwark In boats, sometimes drag
ging over ice, until the 10th OF September,
whom we reached Simankl Island, about ninety
miles northeast OF this delta. We sailed from
there in company on tho 18th OF september,
but that same night we were separated In n
gale Of wind, and have seen nothing since of
were divided as follows:
Second cutter-Lieuienant Chipp, Mr.. Dur
bar, A. Sweetman, W. Shornell, Z. Star, II. ID.
Warren, A. b. Khune, p. Johnson.
Whaleboat-Passed Assistant Engineer Mel
Vile, Master Danenhower Mr.. Newcomb, ].
Cole, J. II. Bartlett, H. Wilson, J. Landerbach,
L. Marson, Charles Long Sing, Aniguin, II. W.
Leach.
My boat having weathercd the gale, made
the land on the morning OF the 18th Inst, and
after trying to get in shore for two days and
being prevented by shoal water, we abandoned
the boat and waded TO the beach, carrying our
arms, provisions and records, at n point about
twelve miles to the northeast OF this place. We
had all suffered somewhat from cold, wet and
exposure, and three of our men were badly
famed, but having only four days provisions
left reduced rations, we were forced to proceed
TO the southwark.
on Monday, September 10, we left n pile of
our effects near the beach, erecting long
pole where will be found everything valuable
-chronometer, ships log book for two years,
tent, etc, which we were absolutely unable TO
carry. 1t took us forty-eight hours to make
these twelve miles, owing TO our disabled men,
and these two huts seemed to me good place
to stop, while pushed forward the surgeon
and Ninderman to get relief for us. But last
night we shot two reindeer which gives us
abundance of food for the present, and
| have seen so many more that anxiety for tho
| future Is relieved. AS soon as our three sick
men can walk we shall resume our march for
q settlement on the Lena River.
| SATURDAY, Sept. "a, 8 a. m.-Our three lame
men being now able to walk, we are about to
resume our journey with two days rations
1
| and three pounds OF tea.
| GEORGE W. DE LONG,
Lieutenant Commanding.
This paper is copy of the note given to
Noros and carried to Boukofr and given to me,
| and was the first Intelligence had of the first
| cutter.-GEoRGE MELVILLE, Past Assistant En-
! gineer.
| No. 6.-Arctic steamer Jeanette lost on the
| 11th OF June, landed on Siberia 25th of Sep
tember or tnereabouts. Want assistance to go
| for the Captain and doctor, and nine other men.
| WILLIAM @. L. NINDERnIAN,
LOUIS p NoRos, Seaman U. s. n.
Reply In haste. Want food and clothing
Letter From Louis j. NOrOs.
The following letter was received at Fall
| River, Mass, on Saturday night from Louis
j. Noros, one Of the two men on the Jeanette
who last saw Captain De Long alive. Noros
was In De Longs boat
YAKUTsK, SIBERIA, January z, 1882.
DEAR FATHER: send you a few lines to
let you know that am alive and well. Our
ship was broken up June IL, and left thirty
three men on the Ice hundreds of miles from
civilization. We travelled 800 or 900 miles,
some 800 or 400 Of which we sailed in mail
boats and landed on the northern coast of
| Siberia. One Of our boats landed on the east
| coast. The other We know nothing about
There were eight men IN the boat that is
| enough. We had fourteen men. Some of the
men had their feet frozen Mine were frozen.
One man died after We got on shore. We trav-
eled about two weeks short of food. Then the
Captain decided to send Ninderman and my
self on ahead to look for assistance. We
|
six days we had not a mouthful OF food We
| were most starved when found by the natives.
The Captain and the ten men, fear, have died
from starvation and cold Three men-En.
gineer Melville, William Ninderman and
Bartlett-will remain here this summer to
search for their remains and for the ships
| papers. The rest of us-there are ten men
! will proceed to the United States soon as
| possible. We have been travelling now fol
over q month ON sleds drawn by reindeer, and
this is the first place OF any account we have
come to.
MelviIIe's Letter 10 His Wife.
Mrs. Melville has received the following let
ter from her husband
YAKUTsK, SIBERIA, JAN s.
DEAR HETTIE: My kilograms from the Naval
| Department, received couple of days ago
give me power TO remain here ana continue
| the sad search for De Long and his comrades
Lieutenant Danenhower and nine men who
are TO return to the United States Will leav,
tomorrow. 1 am fitting my expedition to g
north again, and hope TO get away in abou
ten days. Will take six months provisions
and arrange to have as much more sent me
| l mean to search Arctic Siberia from the Lem
River TO the Kolyma on the sea coast. / hop,
to got through this summer and to reach th
States IN the fall or WINTER although there ar
| perils to face, and 1t is hard TO say when
Will see Sharon. am pretty well, but am
feeling old and sore.
My bones ache, but a cruise to Brazil viii
| thaw me out. hope you are well and gettini
along comfortably. When you get this yol
| Will have the spring sunshine and the beaut
of green trees about ,you-something We
| not have here to cheer us. / have nothing +
write, dear Hettie, about the horrors of tn
past. The experiences OF the past six month
have been far from agreeable. You have n
doubt seen the particulars in the newspapers
. expect the children are getting to be bi
r girls by this time. thrust they are growing II
) goodness well as otherwise, and hope to n
ceive letter from them to bring a littl
brightness into this far-away land. 1 hav
written TO the Secretary Of the Navy about =
Idesire that you Will write me once mont
/, until further ORDERS" as they say in tn
Navy. Good-by. Love TO the children, an
: hoping 10 hear from you when get back,
am yours faithfully. GEO. W. MELVILLE.
+. 81 forget how far / am away frol
i you and how long 1t takes the mails. You nee
o not write after August, 1882.
y what Lieutenant ScbwatIka Think
!, of the Jeannette Expedition.
Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka, the bra,
O and dashing young army o1icer who dist
4 guished himself In history by solving u
i mystery Of the fate OF the late Sir John Fran
2 lin, arrived In the city Sunday night and
> quartered at the Ebbitt House. A represent
,. tive OF THE CRITIC met the Lieutenant In Il
a lobby OF his hotel this morning, and, with h
r usual modesty, proceeded to apply tho Int
/ viewing pump. said the scribe, by way OF
~ flyer;
"rell me, Lieutenant all you know abo
"a Arctic expeditions and things"
v "what," said the scientist, "do you want
In a.tta