The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-21
ARCTIC ANCHORETES
sEcRErED IN NORTHERN cLlMEs.
TA.ADsul.A and Peril. of lIuu.lns the pol.-rA.
StOrIss TOldby the Log Ofths Lost Jeanette
CrsW-Ths Wanderers on the siberian
wnts-DansahOwsts Data.

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9th. The Lieutenant says we made land O
themouth ofthe Lenariver,on Septemberlt Il
four daysafter the dispersion otthe Jeannel
te's three boats and reached scttlemen
called Bukotf on September 28th. The ic
was making in the river. On the next day
made effort to get up the river with thre,
native pilots, but after grounding yer,
often, the pilots insisted on returning and a
the condition Of the party did not warran
mein advancing, for the most Of US wer,
very much exhausted, suffering from thu
frozen feet and legsand the lack food and III,
majority being unable walk, the native.
gave us quarters and limited quantity o
fish and decayed geese,
On October 8th Russian exile named
Koosmoh GuymayeiI, discovered us acci
dentally. He gave us salt and all the foot
his scanty supply allowed, and agreed tt
90 to Belun to Inform the commandant a
that place ofour presence, and obtain iool
and transportation. He started October
10Th aud was to have returned in five days
but he did not return until October Goth
when he brought small supply OF food
and reported that the Commandant wolld
be at Bakof on November lst with dee
and sieds to carry the whole patty to Be
lun.
On his way back, October 20th, Koosmoh
met two of the first cutters crew nj In
monk TuaEa, and they gave him brieI
note. | Immediately started with a dog
sled for Belnn hoping to intercept the com,
mandant oil the way, but he had reindee.
and travelled by different route. Master
John w. Danenhower having recovered
the use OF kis eyes was placed in charge Of
my purity with orders to follow me 10
Belun as soon as transportation could be
obtained. l arrived ut Belun on November
>, and found the men in very exhausted
condition. From them | learned the
following particulars OF what Eranspired
subsequent to October !, the date OF the
latest Of Lieut.. De Longs records:
The party crossed the Lena to the west
bank on October lst at a summer hunting
lodge called Usterda. The toes Of the sea.
man Erickson having been ampata,ed, he
was placed upon an improvised sled, which
was hauled by his comrades, several Of
whom were hardly able to walk, owing 10
frozen feet and legs. They proceeded
south slowly for two days, and crossed a
small branch OF the Lena, which they had
TO wade. On October 9th they stopped al
small hut where Erickson died the next
day, and was buried in the Lena. By this
time they were in dcplorslbie condition,
having eaten their last dog meat, and be.
ing on an allowance Of three ounces OF al.
cohol per man per day.
They proceeded south until October 9th,
when Lieut.. DeLong decided to send two
men ahead 10 seek relief. The feet ol
Ncnderman and NorNs were better than
those OF the others, and they were supplied
with their blankets and Remington rides.
forty rounds OF ammunition and sixty
ounces OF alcohol, which was a per capiti.
division OF the whole stock OF the latter.
They were ordered TO proceed south on the
west bend OF the Lena, and TO send relief
il found, being told the others would fol.
low their footsteps. When the two men
started the party was ut Il halt on the north
bank Of large western branch OF the
Lena. The two men assembled that branch
about FIVE miles to make crossing, and
then travelled southeast TO hut known by
the name of Two Crosses, and situated on
the Lena bank. After fourteen days intense
suffering and slow progress they reached
BulCour, and were joined by three natives,
who Supplied them with food and trans.
ported them to Belun by deer sleds. arriy.
ing at that place September eth. The
commandant of Betun took good care OF
them, but WAS unable to understand them.
He gave them material and they wrote a
long dispatch, addressed to the American
Minister at st. Petersburg, which the com.
mandant took with him to Bukof DAnen.
hover Immediately sent it 10 me by a
special courier, 10 get here with the order
from the commandant to u subordinate Mt
Belun, to furnish me with an outfit, and
appointing Ban'ulok rs n rendezvous.
ut which place l met him with
the remainder Of my party November 9Th,
had consultation with the cOmmandant,
who ordered DAnenhOwer TO proceed
south with all the party except james II,
Bartlett ttrst.class fireman, who was to re-,
main at Belun to communicate with me,
and | started north on that evening to the
relief OF Lieut. pel.ong, having with me
two natives and two dog trains, with pro.
visions for ten days. November 9Th reach.
ed Ralcour, where found two deserted
Houses and the traces OF two men, Ninder.
manandNoros. Examined a small hut where
two men had slept and where number OF
sIeds were stowedj slept in snow bank
that night; visited huts ut two Crosses
Shoal at Astoliria, reaching Mottai after
midnight.
The next morning found in the hut n
waist belt that had been manufactured on
board the Jeanette, and there were good
indications that one or two OF Lieutenant
De Longs party had slept in the hut. On
November 10, the provisions running
short, J decided to go to Upper nelun in
order to renew them. reached Upper
Belun on the llth, having stopped at the
deserted hunting station Of Cath Conta,
and having also visited eight huts on the
route. Considerable stale fish and deer
meat were found at Cath Conta, but there
were no signs that the huts Ind been
visited by De Longs men.
On my arrival at Upper Betun the
natives broughtme Lieut.. belongs record
dated October |, and | learned others had
been found. / sent to a neighboriup
village for them and the next morning the
records, dated September % and "a, and n
Winchester rifle were brought to me. The
only provisions that could be obtained
were deer meet and fish, there being a
ascarCity Of the latter the natives having
sept $50 veFsts for their own supply. on
November "a obtained four days supply
OF fish and fresh dog teams and natives and
started for Battock, a hut in which record
No. . and Winchester rifle were found:
slept there that night; found both huts
filed with snow.
On November II, followed the east
bank OF the Lena to the coast; followed
the coast about three miles to tlie east, and
found the cache that had been made hy
Lieutenant De Long, September 10Th, 1851.
l made thorough search and gathered IN
everything, the sleighs being loo heavily
laden TO carry it. l searched for the hoat
both east and west Of the cache ior a dis.
tance OF five miles each way, and 10 the
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