The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-28
RALEIGH, N c., WEDNESDAY, JUNE %. 1882.
An Awful Fate u Found Under
the Snow, with their Hands
Burnt OF.

When the L. S. Steamer Rogers. which
went in search of the Jeanette, was burn
ed on the coast of Siberia, Mr.. w. III.
Gullder, newspaper reporter, started IN
a dog-sledge to drive across the thous>
and miles of ice and snow in search of the
Russian settlements, 10 seek relief. He
got through safely and met Melville
shortly after the latter had found Capt.
De Longs remains. Guilder writes:
They came upon rifle barrel hung
upon four sticks They set the natives
digging on each side of the sticks, aud
they soon came upon two bodies under
eight feet Of snow While these men
were digging toward the east Melville
went on along the bank twenty feet above
the river TO find a place to take bearings.
He then saw camp kettle and the re-
mains Of a fire about a thousand yards
from the tent. and. approaching. nearly
stumbled upon De Lcug's hand sticking
out Of the snow, about thirty feet from
the edge of the bank. Here under about
a foot of snow they found the bodies OF
DeLong and Amber, about three feet
apart. and All Sam lying at their fest,
all partially covered by pieces Of tent and
a few pieces OF blanket. All the others,
except Alexia. they found at the place
where the tent was pitched. Lee and
knaok were close by in a cleft in the
bank toward the west. Two boxes Of
records, the medicine chest, and flag on
a staff beside the tent. None of the dead
had boots On. Their feet We're covered
with rags tied on. In the pockets of all
were pieces of burnt skin of the clothing
which they had been eating. The hands
of all were more or less burned, and 1t
looked as if when dying they had crawled
into the fire, Boyd lying over the fire, and
his clothing being burned through to the
skin, which was not burned. Collins s
face was covered with a Goth. All tine
bodies were carried to the top of hill
three hundred feet high, about forty
versts to the southwest from where they
were found, and there inferred IN a
mausoleum constructed of wood from the
scow, built in the form Of a pyramid,
twenty two feet long aud seven feet high,
surmounted by cross twenty-five feet
high and foot square, hewn out of drift
wood, and conspicuous at distance OF
twenty versts The mausoleum was COW
cred 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 party. After completing
the tomb the party separated to search
the delta for Chipp's people. Melville
went to the northwest, Ninderman took
the center, and Bartlett the northeast.
Ninderman and Bartlett found nothing.
Melville has not yet returned. They ex-
pect to finish in time to reach Yaykutsk
or Verkhojansk before the rivers break
up. If they do not finish before that
time they will have to retreat to the foot
Of the hills and mountains with the ma
tives until the water falls, as the whole
of the delta is covered with water In
spring to height Of four feet and in
some places to twenty feet above the level
Of the river. otherwise they would have
buried the dead where they found them. !"