Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-07
tHE DIARY OF DEI.ONG.

tIE DIARY OF DEI.ONG.
We have mentioned the recovery hy I'm.
ginccr Melville, of the diary of Lieut.. Dc
Log, the Inflated commander of the jean
nette Arctic expedition. But no American
can be content with mere abstract OF a
record of such fortitudc, Christian trust
and heroic endurance. In the chapter OF
Arctic adventure aud suffering there IS nt
more thrilling record than is found in these
pages, found by Melville in the Siberian
snow by the side OF the dead body OF th"li
author From the first entry, Oh the LIST ol
October to the word dying" which fifty
closes the touching history, written on the
30th of the same month, it is one story o
sore hardship endured with uncomplalnnl
patience and absolute devotion 10 duty, and
true brolherly conradcship. Their sick man
Erickson was faithfully cared for, though a
terrible cost to the rest. Lee was carried
along with them for eleven long days altc
he had legged to be lr!l. Though they diet
of starvation there was apparently not a sug
ges,ion of the horrible alternative Of the liv
ing feeding on the dead.
While all the men seem to have done thci
hns, the energy and usefulness of Alcxi,
seem specially striking. On Oct. |, we iint
him the associate of Nindermann, who wa
the hardest of the whole party, examining
| the river. On Oct. ., DeLong writes 81
N ~ '.,.,... ,,,,,
AltNia had not "r"PPc" MS se'''"'" "'''"'
me and sat alongside OF me to keep me warn
lao fine beat of his body, think should hav
-, I.,um
''oHc" W u."'.
IL was AicNin WHO e'scoVe'cu '''' mus '"'
shot the game which prolonged the lives o
the rest. ill he sank an persisted under Eek
hars,;or from, starvation" Rut the dinr
naus','" ''o''' '''' '"','n' 49,.
tells its own story, ana we extract us large
" us our limits of space will permit, iron
Ito noccs.
| THE DIARY.
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,,,a eniooss, ,nI ma, If ,hn United state
Aro,in s,oa,,nr Ioonno,i. rcachpd This la,
n,V Wo5'.eaha,, So,',an,her % nnJ hovin
i,n n sod ~ ,voit fnr The river to frc,z
ouor ro ,,racood;ng n cross IN tie west sid
~. a.. ~, ,hair iournnv IN roach som
sn,,,nn,nr, on ,hn .ona river we have tw
dave, nrnvisions I'm, having been fortunat
Sn + ,h,s far 70 no, ca,nc in our nrrssin
,aoSs ,ra hoyo NO Far for the future On
n nor,,, oro nj ,y,Ii nxccnt ono man. Ericksen
whose Toes have been amputa,ed in cons,
ononco of fro.i hi,c
dI On,ohar o -Twn Mills nm hour distanc
,oIn tooa ion ,o twelve miles and whcr
';r,r a, Inc, w, saw two old 6u,s n, n dis
I've ,., az ".' ;,o oro n't of our rood nm
, I'LL 'i.,,, nn hoIe conc Kent on the ice n
,h ho u ,,.av and ibercfore think we were owe
, "e h,t ,ho stream was so narrow and 5
crooLod tho, il never could have been nayl
ooiin s,raar' No chart ic simn,v useless
$50 90 ~ ,,,oiJ;,r r. tho eouthwnrd trus,
;na in oil ~ nuido mo 10 some settlement
sns hora - s;nco roo,;zod that we ar
nn,yor,nss ~ hs,n ourselves A bright calm
hoon,;t,,i dow i,rnuch, sunshine IN cheer MS m
Az ;o,, road and ono dov,s ration vet Ron,
rrn,an If oourSa and boulcd nm No I'm
in sirb, and we halt on a bluff to spend
cola and co,foriioss n;qbt Sunncr-hal
nonnJ ,neot and ten Rnilt a roilsinp fire
Rmii, a H. hcd Set watch. Two hour
oacI IN icon fire coing and pct simmer. The
we stood hv for second cold md wretche
n;oht rboro vas co much wind we had I
nj, NJ, onr ,nn, halves for n screen and 81
s eli, e in onr half blankets
Mia no, Q 1881 N111,b dav
was so CO. fao,fn T cola and wrctcbcd iha,
sorveJ ont tca IN ali hands md on this w
n,arorod 70 s,rnTaIn along mill i n. m.
when ,,o a,o on1 lac, dccr meat and ha
more nrn , c w 0ur morning food now consist
Of Id of n mound Of mem ican each and
ba,f.s,arvet p Jog Nav Cod aroin inclin
mn,o o,'r al low much far,her W., bnv
,n 90 hnrore MAKING n shelter or scttlemcn,
liz onlv Knows Brisk winds baromete
an % a, , "a ,omneroture Ericksen seem
Sa,l;na liz ;s veal. and nowrrlrss and m
mnment he closes his ewes talks mostly i
nan;.h Gorn"n and Engl;sh No one IN
sleon rvcn though our other surrounding
ncrmitted For some cause nv watch stoI
ned nj I(1a5 last NIGHT while one of the me
IN watch had if set II ms near as coul
Nv gness;ng o,,r distance made and we mus
RIM Inv that mill | can do better. som
t;mo and distance wos lost Inv crossing Nh
river upon seeing numerous fox traps.
n,on,s trocl, WIG also soon in the snow boun
n, tnd d 90 f,iIoUod !, nn,ii /, crossod II,
r;var 10 ill.,, ,,,ost homk ogoin JIora we wer
nh,igod IN 20 hocl, again in our tracks f.
the FLYER was omen in nlaces and we coul
moi follow tho mans track direct For suI
nor nothing remained bnt the dog ther.
fore ordered him killed and dressed by Two
SON and soon after a stew was made of suc
naris ne could moi Inc carried of which ever,
bodv cycen, the doctor and myself eagcri
noriooL Tous two i, was n nouscoiin
mess and - I'm, WIN 90 on viii
smell n disacreeable subject i Ina
The remainder weighed. and | al
nni,e snrc we had twenty.seyen Mound
fhc animal wos fat and as he ho
noon led On ncmmicon nrcsumoblv clear
We ,broo NO, poonio Shav,pr fallen tbrouo
the ice of the liver were burning and stem
/ inc hefore tho tirc Collins and Coriz hq
,aion some olcoho, int I could moi cet
} dorn Co,d ,uoa,her With 81 raw nor,hwc
Iuo"u. SoiN "S"'hN'' "'sA =" 80" A'''' VS.