, 1882-03-25

the remains OF the Jeannettes crew, IA
officers and men, In the frozen deserts OF
Siberia The following written memer-
toes of De Longs visit were found at diff.
ferenf places written In six different Ian
guages with instructions for the finder TO
forward it to the Secretary of the Navy
at Washington. There is something pa
thetic in the account of their brave suf-
ferings in their search for safety The
! following is belongs narrative
The Jeanette vas crushed and sunk by
ice 18th of June, 1881, in latitude IL. 10
v, longitude 155. After Laving drifted
- months in tremendous pack of Ice il
this ocean, the entire 80 persons compos-
ing her officers and crew dragged three
boats and provisions over the ice To lat;-
tude n '76 IS, longitude l503 E, where
We landed upon new island, sfterward
named Bennett Island, the 18th of july
Hence We proceeded southwark in boats,
sometimes dragging over ice until the
10th of September, when we reached ST.
montze land about 80 miles northeast Of
this delta We sailed frcm there in com
pany On the 18th of September, but that
same night We were separated in a''gale of
wind, and have seen nothing OF the two
other boats or their people. My boat
having weathered the gale, made land cn
the 10th inst, and after trying to get in
shore for two days, and being prevented
by shoal water We abandoned the boat
and waded to the beach carrying our arms,
provisions and records at point about Il
miles north and east of this place We
have all suffered somewhat from cold and
exposure, and three of our men were
badly iamed. but having only four days
provisions left Of reduced rations, were
forced TO the southwark. Monday, Sep
tember 19, We left pile of effects near
the beach, erecting long pole where will
be found everything valuable, viz: Ships
chronome,ei, ships log books for two
years, tent, ETC., which we could not
carry. 1t took us IS hours to make these
Il miles, owing to our disabled men, and
these two huts seemed good place to
stop awhile, while | pushed forward to
Noros and Ninderman to get relief to US,
but last night We shot two reikdeers
which gave US abundance of food for the
present, and We have seen many more, so
that anxiety for the future is relieved
| Soon as our three men can walk we shall
resume our march for settlements on the
Lena river.
Saturday, Sept 24-S M-Our three
lame men, being now able TO walk, we are
about to resume our journey with two
days rations Of pemmican and three
pounds of tea.
GEo. W. DELoNG, Lieut. Com
This paper is copy of note given 10
Kudmas and carried to Boukotf and given
TO me, and was the first intelligence had
of the first cutter
GEO. Melville, p. A. Engineer
No. 6-Arctic steamer Jeannette lost
on the 18th of June. Landed on Siberia
23th Of September or thereabouts Want
assistance 20 80 for captain and doctor and
nine other men
WM c. y. ZIMMERMAN,
LOUIS IL NoRos, Seamen, L. S "
! R-ply in haste. Want food and cloth
ing.
Copy uf record No found in hut by
a Yokut hunter and given to me al upper
Belum
G ". MELVILLE, z. \. Eng. L. S. Y.
Saturday, Oct. /, lS6l-Fourteen Of
the officers and men of the L. S. Arctic
steamer Jeanette reached this hut We'd
nesday, Sept IS, and having been forced
to wait for the river TO freeze over, are
/ proceeding TO cross to the west side this
morning on their journey to reach some
settlement on the Lena river. We have
two days provisions, but having been for
tunate enough thus far to get game for
our pressing needs, We have no fear for
the future. Our party are all Well ex-
cept one man-Erickson-whose toes
have been amputated in consequence Of
frost. O'her records will be found in
several hu;s on the east side of the river,
along which We have come from the
northwest.
GEO. W. DELoSG,
Lieut.. L. s., Commanding Ex.
/ P. A Surgeon Amber, Mr.. J. J. Col
Inns, W. F. Ninderman, II. Ericsson, \.