Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-07

The courtsthen, at O'Clock, adjourned till TO-
morrow morning.
NINDERMAN'S FEARFUL JOURNEY.
His Narrative Continued To-day.
WARM HEARTED NATIVES ENCOUNTERED IN THE FRO
| ZEN LANDS.
The Jeanette board met again this morning
and seaman Ninderman continued his narrative,
taking up the thread of the story at the point
where he and Noros were found In hut by ma
tive at noon, On the 22d Of october. 1881. When
witness saw that 1t was native he threw the
rifle into corner and begged him to come in. At
first he was little shy, but came in after awhile
| They offered him something to eat, but he shook
his head, as much as to say, 1t was no good. They
| then went out and looked at his sleigh
TO TO! see what he had. There was nothing to eat.
Witness picked up his (the native'S coat from the
sleigh, took it into the hut, took OF his flannel
shirt and offered 1t for the coat, but the native
shook his head. He went to his sleigh, however,
| and brought pair OF deerskfn boots They tried
| 10 make him understand they were in search OF
assistance ass but could make him understand but
| little They then made signs that they wanted to
go ana had to have his coat He (the nat1ve) then
| brought in deersk1n and held up three or four
| or four hours or days. He took the shirt of wit
ness ana started In his deer sleigh to the westward
along the river. Witness and Noros consulted, and
witness expressed sorrow that they had let the
| man go, tearing he had been
FRIGHTENED BY THE RIFLE
and would not return. Noros, however, thought
he would come back, and they concluded to wait
four days. and If he had not returned they would
| start again. About O'Clock they heard something
outside, and before they could get to the door IL
opened, and the same native appeared, followed
by two others. They tried to tell the natives
where they came from and what they wanted.
one then went out and brought In some fish, which
was given them. Before they had finished eating
at limo to-
and, going out, brought In some deer skin coats
and boots They put both of them In the sleighs
ana started TO the southwest towards the noun
| tafns They kept on until about 12 that night.
over the mountains, when a ravine was reached
and there they saw couple OF tents, which were
soon reached. The natives then took Noros into
one hut and witness into another, and offered
them something to eat. In the tent that witness
was In there were five men and TWO women and
IN Noros' tent two men and one woman.
woMAN's PITY.
After witness had been there little while one
Of the women offered water to wash. Witness
washed his hands, with but little improvement,
and when he went to wash his face his fingers
bent so he couldn't The woman noticed it, took
pity on him and washed him. Witness tried to
make them understand that he was sent by the
captain to get assistance. They wanted to know
what witness had In his possession, and took q
rouble bill from witness pocket. Witness tried to
make them understand that they had plenty Of
money in the ship but 1t all went down, but that
well repaid. Whether they comprehended
or not witness did not know When they were
ready to retire they all stood up and crossed them
selves, directing witness to do too At daylight
on the 231, when witness woke, he found break
fast ready, and during the meal he tried talk to
them again After breakfast every body went
outside to catch the deer. The man who appeared
to be head man sat down, and witness drew for
him chart on the snow, showing the landmarks
he had seen. Sometimes it appeared as II he un
derstood, and again as IL he didn't get any idea
After the deers were caught they were harnessed
w nfa10 clio
over 100 reindeer.
THE NATIVES THEN BROKE CAMP,
and all started over the mountains to the SOUTH
ward. About noon halt was made to rest the
deer. The head man made signs to witness to
come on the mountain side. They walked 500
yards, when he pointed out prominent landmark
In the Lena, very high, which witness had no
ticed. The man wanted to know If that was
the place where they had left their comrades
ably twenty miles to the north of that place
The man shook his head, las much as to say he was
sorry, and returned to the sleds and they started
again. They halted at dark for the night, and the
next day continued the journey, hating every
now and then to rest the deer. In going up the
natives often waited for witness and Noros About
p. IN. they reached small river running to the
when they again Struck the main river. The,
kept along the bank and in about an hour sighted
the huts TO the south, and they soon got abreast
OF them; and then they had to go up a ravlne to
reach the huts. There were many people on the
river bank watching them coming. A fire was
| something to eat After they had eaten there
were many people In the hut who came to wei
come the party home.
EVERY BODY STARED At THE TWO sEAMEN,
talking about them, and probably were wonder
ing where they came from. Witness tried to talk
to them, but found he could not make them under
stand, as there were too many people In the hut
doing nothing but feasting, and they remained
until midnight On the next morning, after
breakfast, witness again talked by signs to the
people 1t seemed as II one had gotten some idea
He spoke to boy, who went out and returned
with n :, model mode Of yawl boat They tried
them it had masts and was steamer. ' He t then
sent for some ice and showed the natives how their
vessel was crushed in the Ice away to the north,
and showed how many boats belonged to the ship,
and how many men were in each boat The ma
tves pointed to dog In the hut inQuiring II they
fingers but explained that mCNt of them had been
shot Witness then made chart OF the coast,
and explained that they experienced a gale; that
one OF the boats went here and another there, but
did not know what had become OF them He showed
On the chart where they had landed, and that they
and waded IN He then showed their course along
the river, by means OF pencil mark, represent
ing each man Dy pencil mark and the huts they
everybody shook his head
AS IF EXPRESSING SORROW.
He then explained that couple of DAYS after
wards they had left the captain, and by dropping
his head and closing his eyes number OF times
explained how many days they had been sepa-
| rated. They seemed affected. but did not seem
willing to offer assistance. Sometimes witness
thought they did not understand. By 10 O'Clock
they showed no signs OF being willing to give as
siStance. All day OF the 26th they endeayored to
make them understand, but in vain. ON the morn
Ing OF che 9th witness was sitting on his bunk
thinking when he broke down. A woman noticed
| 1t, and spoke to me of the men who approached
witness. and commenced talking about the COM
mandant, who would be there In i've or six hours,
and told witness that he would be taken to Belun
the next day. That day witness rested all day.
About p m. they ate and after supper the woman
OIL the house gave witness little tobacco TO smoke
While smoking
TALL RUSSIAN C0MMANDANf
stepped into the hut Witness addressed him In
English, but he did not understand. He men-
dnnod worda Iaannafta and AnaA.ioana ana