New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-20
DE LONG AND HIS MEN.

.,ONDITION OF THE boDiEo WIEN $500
..r,r,vG DEATH FROM COLD AND HCNSE"-fooNp
prnIED IN THE sNow-rIE SEARCH FOX o"'ff
,r,a hodies of De Long and his men, eleven
liz" Tier were found by Engineer Melville
u" M far from where Noras ana Nnoer-
ho' Loft the party in search of help
n~ Longs hand was sticking OUT
De snow. They had all evidently
'oared o' greatly from exposure and nun
e" ear tbe hands of several being burned ms
e while diving, they had crawled into the
e. g. The bodies were buried in mausoleum
IS wood on the top of hill near by
onA n huge cross was set up to
.,or,, the spot. The search for the party OF
I;entenant Chipp was then continued. but, up
40 tho date of the dispatch, without result.
Melville. however, had not yet returned.
rvnrycEs OF GREAT SUFFERING.
,1r nopIFs DEPOSITED BY MELVILLE IN WOODEN
N.rsoLEUM on A HnL-NO TlDINGs AS YET OF
CHIP.
IBy cable 10 The Herald
,oxnoN. June 19.-W. ii. Glider, The Herald
,orrosnondent with the Rodgers, sends the follow
;nc dispatch. dated Lena Delta, April - 1852
melville found the bodies of De Longs party on
March %. They were in two places, 800 ana l'ooo
,arls from the wreck of the scow. Melvlles search
o,,, first started from the supply depot There two
words are unintelligiblel 10 follow Ninderma"s
,onte from Usterda to Mot Val. and afterwaro
from Mot Val back toward Usterda Inc Iouo"-
;pc sentence is again uuintclligible lhey stopped
ot the place which Nindernau ana NoraS P"SS'u
tho FIRST dav after they left De Long, feeling sure
that the others had not got much further. lheIe
thev fonnd the wreck, and, following along 'he
sticks here six words are unintelllglble
"Tbev set the natives digging on each SIDE OF the
sticks and they soon came upon two bodies uhdef
eight feet of enow. While these men were digging
toward the east Melville went Oh along the BANK
twenty feet above the river to find place 10 take
hearings He then a camp Kettle ana the re-
mains of fire about thousand yards from the
tent. and approaching nearly stumbled upon De
Longs hand sticking out of the snow about thlrty
feet from the edge Of the bank. Here, under about
. foot of snow. they found the bodies OF De Long
and Amber about three feet apart, and An sam
living at their feet all partially covered by pieces OF
tent and a few pieces of blanket. All the Others e1-
cent Alexia they found at the place where the tent
was mitchell Lee and Koch close by in a cleft
in the bank toward the west Two boxes of records
with he medicine chest and flag on stah were
beside the tent.
None of the dead had boots. Their feet were
covered with rags, tied on In the pockets or all
were pieces of burnt skin and of the clothing which
they had been eating. The hands of all were more
or less burned and it looked as if when dying they
had crawled into the fire, Boyd lying over the lre
and his clothing being burned through to the skin
which was not burned. COllins's face was covered
with a cloth.
IAN the bodies were carried to the top of hill
800 feet high about forty versts to the southwest
from where they were found, and there inferred III
q mausoeum constructed of wood from the scow.
built in the form of a pyramid twenty-five feet
long and seven high, surmOunted by cross twenty
two feet high and foot square, hewn out of drift
wood. and conspicuous at a distance of twenty
versts. The mausoleum was covered with stones
and is to be sodded in the spring The cross is n-
scribed with the record and names of the dead, cut
in by the search party.
After completing the tomb the party separated
20 search the delta for traces OF Chlpps people.
Melville went to the northwest part of the delta
and west as far as the Olenek River; Ninderman
took the centre and Bartlett the northeast Nlnder-
man and Bartlett found nothing Melville has not
vet returned The search is to be extended to Cape
Borchaya and the bay of that name They expect
10 finish in time to reach Yakutsk or Verkhoansk
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 natives
until the water falls the whole Of the delta is
covered with water in spring TO height OF four
feet aud in some places to twenty feet above the
level of the river. Otherwise they would have
buried the dead where they fonnd them"