The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-08-23
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3010UED.
Dese - OF { . A0archs Yiudin9
ana Bur 81 OF 0sLong and
Party.
8Do1nos 1.lvillo's Long and
Sad Journey en- The Ot ass
OF siberia
Aournful s>pulture OF tho J IN.
naeeo kxplorero-R0OoedO
OF the Dead.
Sad Prooump ion that Lieu en-
ant Chips Boat sWsmped
ana Ill Pori0hed.

= ~ 10 view v068 0e61l0.
RxIKsFF, LENA DELTA, April q
l>X2.-Ou the l6th II March, Ill prv
liuliuxrles having he.en arrnnxed
Cniei En- .jueer AelviIle's search l,ar
y st.srt<d igs,sN the temporary depss
ise hsti established ut las Carta {.
make \ t,M,rs'ugh aRd exhaus.iv,
sear h Tor Captain DE- LOnv and hi
unfortunate cssnpauis,Ds. The search
lsaTty ~ DfyauiEssj cOnsisted OF Chic
Engineer q. w. Melville, cs.m,sa nd
ing; Jx re. n. bartlett, sssistant Q !
giueer Of the Jeannetie, and WilIixss
Nindernian, who was Dne Of the twa
who wss sent ahead by Captain d
Long I" seek the sid they could no
reach In body, and thus escaP<t
the tragic fate tbst awaited these lef
l,ehind. Besides thts.e named thu
earcal party comprised Nessss,
Gre~nbek and BOlnnIkolf, interpret.
en-; K',linkin, . Co-sa. k, aud y Rus
SIAN exile. Yatsem kapella, emer~l
ssslstan and Supervi.sir Of the Va
ksn,t Dig drivers and helpsn, whu
were TOslsat COnstxntin, 0rorxis
NichUlai, Captain" Innuk k..nty
6SInsul06, Story Nichol~i, V~~sgllI
Koslgask and Sime,m lllsk, with
Iv. n Postnyagin aud his wife, cook
and helper.
TINE SEARCH.
The aearch was iirst fssu Usterlsy
following the track ~ the retr ut un
u arriving 1t Matvey. This ~exr..ll
rssulied In 0ndinx nOahiD9 new cs'n-
e.trninx the knt one-, and then (:his.i
Engineer Melville decided to work
imck ulAsn Nindesn,am's line k n.
treat. They started an the ssrd III
Nsr.h fls'ssi Nalvey, snd ss'on fund
the wreck al = ss.rDw far wl,icis they
lsed bern lsn.king, Tor Njnslernsals
feli Il " uld = = s,,rrr guide thar,
sny other to- the lensnins lf the f:,rnl-
er ~hil il,matss. He had pa~~esl thi-
wrstk when In cOsnlnny with NOr.,
the tirra slxy they x<'l:~vste's frwm in.'
nistn la'1y. and war cs'nvtNcesl. ji,six-
ing frsnSs the csDnJitis,n In wlis'l, H..
lssd Isest his cs,snD DaniDn3 an'i tire fs,e
u; trsvel they we're s'.le Ia maintain.
:hst they had not aslvxnsesl lar I'&-
yUasd tbs sON~pirus'sss Object. And
~ Il l't,,v.tl. kDr after they l,asl tOussti
the wr.k they had not hunted along
the bssnk s,ss,re tlDaM alnsu five l,u =
alresi yard. when ti,Cy came upon the
barrel al y rifle. which, v ilh the ends
Ot four ls.'e. dashed together ulv.,,
which Il hung. WIN pss,iruslin:s frs,n
the slSOwdrift. The piles had j,eem
las',esl together to sssrpOrt one end "f
the ria)geis'Ie VI the tent. while the
sAls<r extended tack and rested uron
the tank.
4 MOCRNFCL DISCOVERY.
The natives were at ssnc'e .s.'t to
wsrk digging out the SNOW on either
sisip Of the ,,0ie~. which here Was
n's's,l eight feet deep. .m'l ssn', r,sa'i'
sHmss. up % . lssnly ut the same time.
THUS Bs.yd and G"rtz wrrr found,
snd Chief Melville, after dir citing
then, 10 clear sway TIE. >n..w toward
the east, ~ endtst the t'as.k. here
twenty test als,ve the level Os ti,e isv',
To nnsj q place tr,sm which he csDu1d
take . rs,um., Of singles with his conn.
,sss.. While proceeding In = wt<ter-
" irectjssn his attention was draw
iO . tan,p-kettle ain'ut y thousand
wards ir'iM the tent place, and, A..
pssaclsing, lse nearly stumbled over
\ tar. hand pss.truding cut Of the
-now. Simrpfng dawn and ren"vinx
lse SNOW, which wss ns't "<era fO''t
!, l:~pth. he Mulld the rs'ssIn;ns
VI the unfortunate Ss'Slliluand-
- of the expedition, Captain ID.
l."my. and within three feet Of hsm,
" DR.. Am,l,kr. while '''ia'n." the
C;.im - c-.,k. was y; rrtcl;.ri ut their
i.x.i. AL were partly ,v'vrrd by tih;.
I,H,f tent which they ',asi drought ul'
with them when their es'iDls,HiOD<
NJ, k:ny..r needed il. md ~.E'r p.cc-
-: i.lank-t had ;,is'' let.n u>.si W Sc
.lrp F." title Snr,s,h. Near iy wrrt'
~. r..s,,nil,x VI u Il. z and H. t!:.. camp
kettle >.,,,l.. ritsr's M Arctic willuv
~ which they had nla.ie tea.
RHuRDs o. THE DEAD
On the ,srsv,nd near hin lay Cap
lain II. Lon r IMs.kct Journal, n few
.xI Ir....sx frOs,, w!i..l, y Ollrniill rst'.Tl
have alrsa.ly rent y"u. II -. n"s'
,",s,rpnt that I've. with the sur.e.'S
and ''ssm,." had ,iesl tl." day "f he
mst entry Of this ',arMa1. and l'rs'lna-
his the. h.,ok had MT Ixen returned
fo ,.ix n. p.cket after m,as ing that entry.
Ii,r his lM.na.il was a1.sp "n he grs'und
near the lsok. He had ever 'srn
rarttcul.r to make some entry IN his
|mn,k each day. AMI when n"thtn.
lranxp.rPs, he dexiresl to nIPnstOss 't
merely wrOte the date and the num-
|~.r Of day. since the vs.ssel sank and
lie rs.treat te,Wsmlencssl. Before lt.sv-
ing the tent place I" slvay their weary
sm.l .l.Oclcss feet /" their last rest
they had respectfully tnvered the
tacs. of Alr. Collins. their Lrshher off,
rr. with . cloth. TiIetrnt had bt~'n
|,Itrl,.al In . deep gorxr In the river
|nuk. Tie two (~'xss vt rssrrjs
we're found ut the tent place, ts''''w
tl,s. hank, and y lstt e further toward
he east WERE the n,ttlirine chest
and the fay still upon iis staff.
THE .'THER VICTIMS.
The lspli..s of Iven.om and Dre.asier
we're lying xisle i.y side just outside.
VI where the half tent shelter had
hung from thu. ridge pile. ami that
NJ NJ. ('Dliin~ was further in rear IN
The inside of tl,e tent Lee AMI
Kuaa.k vet. u Il discovered f''r sO'sse
li,,.e, hut nv referring To the ny
fsiu'x ts.urnal the sears.i'"r. ft"'nd th:.
that after they had died
heir lrnlies we're carried ''ar'und the
u.r,,er nut ,f sight" hy the three "ffl.
~rs. WIN. with the cr~,k. wer. now
Ihe onlv Survivors. aud ton weak I"
|,lry their fallen cOm,rads.s. sy -.'''' IL
In. thuuyh the SNOW t"wari the
west the ,ni~-ing lxaliss wrr. ftk''i
IN q rleit in lssnk near by. Nome
uftl..sae. f;,ssusl had in~'as IN their tcs'e:
|,u. i,s-tcai had wrapped rsgs NJ. un'
and Il. d the'm on to prOts'ct t!'e:"
.u,,evl,st ftsm, the cs'lli. In their
lns.k%ts. hOw ver, were Os'n't the r.
',,.i,,s of harmed skin bsH'es. which
l.ut t.n plainly 7" what strait
th,.v tad i.s-~n vsslwcxsl fsr E""l. TIE