Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-12-20
DE LONGS KEs.

Senator Jones Tells what n Rus.
sian Says OF Inc Arctic Region
md Travelling Ttferein-CommOn
Sense Views and suggestions.
The following appeared in the Carson
Appeal of Dec. II: Senator Jones, who is
spending q few days in Carson, gives the
following interesting account Of De Longs
Arctic expedition, which he got from
Captain Neibaum, in San Francisco. Nei-
baum is a Russian, who has been for many
years in the service of the Alaska Fur
Company, and was the last man from
whom the De Long party received pro-
visions. He says: ode Long left my sta
ton, almost at the most northern point Of
Alaska, and l furnished him, at the order
OF the Alaska Fur Company, with sleds,
dogs and provisions. He took twenty
seven dogs and one Indian.
THE GREAT VALUE OF DOGS.
l account for the loss of the party on the
theory that they killed the dogs. l don't
believe that De Long knew anything about
the undertaking he was graphing with.
He was ignorant of the means by which
the trip could be made in that region. l
see by his diary that there was but one
dog left a few days prior to his death. He
must have killed the dogs without know
ing their tremendous value, and when the
dogs are gone there is absolutely no hope
left. He may have wanted to get the dogs
out of the way because they annoyed him
with their incessant barking at night.
The dogs could not have died or been lost;
they were killed. The scent of these ami
mails is remarkable, and they will detect
provisions no matter where they may be.
BoNANzAs OF BEAR MEAT
When men in those regions kill polar
bears and have more meat than they can
keep they cache the meat, and it some
times lies hidden in the icebergs for years
until discovered by the dogs. The ice,
bergs are full OF these places. If you meet
an Indian in that region and kill his dogs
he lies down and dies, considering that
the better part of him is gone.
BRAVE INDIAN.
The Indian l gave belong was as brave
a man as ever faced the terrors of an Arc
tic sea, and capable of great heroism.
When DeLong was dying the Indian took
off his coat and laid it over his COM
mander. | have no doubt that he kept
his courage mp until the dog died, ana
then resigned himself to his fate.
ABOUT GUNS.
Another great oversight was the neglect
to take the right kind of guns. l offered
belong a fowling piece, made expressly to
use in the Arctic seas, and calculated to
stand the climate. He refused it, because
he said he wanted a gun that would kill
bears. l explained that he needed guns
for birds and not bears, but he would not
listen to me. and took Remington rifles,
the weight Of which hampered HIM, and
were OF no use. He must have seen the
sea fowls flying over his head all the time,
and yet he could not kill them. The diary
says that the Indian, after drawing the
sledge all day, would go out at night and
sct birds, and he kept the party alive for
I'VE weeks.
HOW TO CATCH FISH.
Anywhere you cut a hole through the
ice and flash a light down the fish will
swarm: but they had no fishing tackle.
All their chances were thrown away
through Ignorance. l an not saying a
word against belong: 1 liked him per-
sonally, but he was not the man to com
mand an Arctic expedition. The North
Pole, in my opinion, can be reached only
by following up the warm current which
to the Pole, and beyond there is an
open sea. Put men into such an eXpedi-
ton who have been raised in the northern
part of Alaska, and who know all about
the region, and there is a strong chance of
success