National Republican., 1882-12-09

ing the bodies where they were found, leaving
landmark by which they could recognize the
place in case the snow drfted. At Matrei they
found Bartlett, who had arrived about noon.
On the morning of March "a witness and
Bartlett were ordered by Melville to return
to the place where the bodies were found.
Upon arriving at the place they commenced
digging where the first three bodies were
found, finding many small articles. From
the captains journal they learned that Alexy
was buried east of the fatboat, and they tried
to find the burying place, but did not succeed
They then placed the bodies of the captain,
doctor, and Ah Sam on the sleighs and con-
veyed them to Matrei, where they were
buried in the snow, being covered with the
tent The court at this point adjourned until
this morning at 10 o'clock
NINDEMANN's JOURNAL.
DR.. Collins, the brother of Jerome J. Col
Inns of the Herald, representative ON the Jean
nettc, who has created so much excitement by
his various charges against the management
of affairs on board the Jeanette has pub
lished recently, at his home in Minnesota,
statement that the testimony being given
by Nindemann is at variance with q story
he has heretofore told, and asserting that
if he (Nindemann) was obliged to produce the
journal which he kept during the whole time
he was absent, and which is still in his poses
sion facts would be made known which would
startle the public, and bear him out in the
charges he has made against De Long and Mel
vile.
A reporter of THE REPUBLICAN had an in
terview with Nindemann last night, and heard
from him the following story:
1 had my attention called Thursday night TO
the new story of journal kept by me while
on the Jeanette expedition, which has been
started by DR.. Collins. He is partly right,
but mostly wrong. While on the Jeanette
Iatlrr ,l,,,, nF
eral events-you might call it Journal
from the time we sailed from San Fran
cisco till the ship went down in the ice
in June, 1881. / have kept such journals be-
fore, while on my various cruises in the Arc
tic region, and they comprised memoranda Of
general events that happened and such mat
ters as interested myself After we entered
the ice in September, 1879, l kept up this
journal, as DIR. Collins calls it, to pass away
the time and as q method of amusing my
self. l was never in the ship except
when my duties, or bad weather, kept me on
board. Every time it was possible, Bartlett
and l were out on the ice hunting /
went to the observatory after it was estab-
lished on the ice three times every day to get
the thermometer readings, which entered in
my journal, and / supposed from that Mr..
Collins knew / kept record l mean Mr..
Jerome Collins. l used to put down
just what occurred to me, such as
what work did; what work the whole crew
might be at, such as roofing over the ship, &C.;
what luck Bartlett and would have hunting,
what each one killed, and if any one else
killed bear would put that down. Ididn't
bother about other peoples affairs, as it was
none of my business, and if l heard dog
bark outside the ship didn't rush out to see
which one it was, and write it down. /
didn't think the journal, as DIR. Collins
calls it, was of any value or interest to
any one, and 1 valued it so little that when
the ship went down 1 didn't try to save it,
although could have done so, and it sunk
with the ship. l kept no diary, Journal or
memoranda during the retreat, the trip across
to Siberia, or the march on shore until after
got to Belun, when could get paper. From
that time kept journal, and have it now,
That is all there is in the story. l never paid
any attention to other peoples affairs, but at
tended to my own as well as l know how. My
testimony before the court of inquiry has
been given from memory up to this time, but
as l told you, got paper at Belun, and from
that time have my journal to fix dates and
circumstances connected with the search fol
Capt. De Long.