Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-06-29
The Jeanette's Dead.
How DE LONG AND HIS CoAFAN-
IONS wERE FoUNp, BqR1sp IN THE
Snow.

ONOT.
Perishiaeg One by One from StawG-
ton and Cold. Msy Seemed to hare
Crawlea into the Fire I'm their Vutn
Efforts to Sustain Life-.B,sxied IN a
Mausoleune-TBe Search for Lieu
tenant Chip and His Crey Coistas-
a4ed.
LONDON, June 19-Mr. w. 81.
the Herald correspondent
late with the Rodgers, sends the
following dispatch IN relation to
the finding of the Jeannette's dead,
dated Lena Delta, April 10, 1882 :,
" Melville found tho bodies o:
Do Longs party on March %.
They we're in two places, 500 and
1 900 yards from the wreck of the
scow. Melville's search party first
started from the supply depot There
two words are ucirtelligiblel to
follow Ninderman's route from
Ustcrday to Matvey, and afterward
from Matvev back toward lister
Gay. EThe following sentence is
again nnintelllgible.l They stop
ped at the place which Ninderpan
and Noros passed the first day af-
ter thoy LETT De Long, feeling sure
that the others had not got much
further. Tnere they found the
wreck, and following along the
bank they came upon rifle-barrel
hung upon four sticks There six
words are unintclligiblel.
I" They set the natives digging or
each side Of the sticks, and 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 le and the remains
of a fire about a thousand yards
from the tent, and, approaching,
nearly stumbled upon De Longs
hand sticking ont Of the enow about
thirty feet from the edge of the
bank. Here, under about a foot of
snow, they found the bodies of De
Long and Ambler about three feet
apart, and Ah Sam lying at their
feet, all partially coyercd by piec-
es of tont and few pieces of bian-
ket. All the Others except A-lexia
they found at the place where the
tent was pitched. Lee and Knack
we're close by in cleft in the bank
toward the west. Two boxes of
records, with the medicine chest
and flag on staff, were beside
the tent.
g. None Of the dead had boots.
Their feet were covered with rags
tied on. In the pockets Of all were
pieces of burnt skin and of the
clothing which they had been eat
ing. The hands of all were more
or less burned, and it looked as if
when dying they bad crawled into
the fire, Boyd lying over the fire
and his clothing being burned
through to the skin, Which was moi
burned Collins face was covered
with cloth.
All the bodies were carried Il
the top Of a Hill 400 feet high
about 40 versts to the southwes
from where they were found, ano
there inferred in mauscleum con
structed of wood from the soow
built in the form of pyramid
twenty two feet long and sevcl
high, surnounted By cross % fee
high ard a foot savaro, hewp ou
Of driftwood, and conspicuous at
DISTANCE of 20 yersts, Tie maus-
oleum wae covered with stencs, ant
is to be sodded in the spring. TIL
cross is inscribed with the recor'
and names of the dead, cut in b
the search party:
" After completing the tomb tn
party separated to search the deIt
for traces OF Chipp's people Mel
vile went to the northwest port q
? the delta, and west as tar as til
Olenek river Ninderman too
the centrc and Bartlett the north
, cast. Ninderman and Bartlett toun
nothing. Melville has not yet re
turned. The search is to be ex
) tended to Cape Borchya and til
bay of that name. They expect t
finish in time to reaeh Yakntsk C
( : Verkhejansls before g river
!, break up. # they do not finis
before that t1re they will have
: retreat to the foot Of tie hills an
t mountains with the natives unit
the water falls, as the whole Of til
e delta is covered with water
j., spring to a height Of four feet, An
in some places to twenty feet, Sbo'
8 the level of the river. 0therwi
= = they would have buried the des
: whera they found Them"
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