New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-13
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, JULY is 1892

DE Long IA constantly recording here ptar
migsn tracks but for their capture AleIia had only
Ing very few On the day Soros and Ninderman were
sent away by De Long large flock Of 200 ptarmignn
but none were shot With single shotgun in Aexlas
hands all might have been s ncS The was 1SV
knowledge Gcmovialck 1t seems that some Tongus'
travelling o .S old and pcRed Rem
ington which Dc Long had left In hut hall way rom tne
and thenr that the footprints those OF smuggers
robbers, and left the ground without Ioliowg. v
melve ssriv OF three and the loss OF the captains
party, and they, fearing To be punished oi nor iom
f as , ts IoSstsps Ks to @s iae.
De Long made mistakes In endeavoIing 70 secure the
safety Of his private logs, which were bulky as wen
ss thg scientific Instruments and other useless mpedi
heavy burden for the men These eoun nn '
been left in the eche the place wnere they landed
but they had to be borne by the through all tle
days their weary march, These thugs hlled one en-
tire dog sled when found near the bluff After Noros
eighteen miles from October to the 30th; DE Longs
from the place under the BLUFF where Mr. Collins aud
the Others died, and where they would have ave
t peen of the Saa where the Doctor All sam
persisted But ne Only IN a ' be
was very weak. He used to walk tea minutes ana then
lie down to rest saying TO me men, h e 80
ngs on delta DE Long built large bonfire as hgn as
thirty feet every night the last one being rev. hundred
yards from the blum where they all perished III the nope
OF attracting the attention OF parties VINO ne hpt say
would certainly be out looking Tor nln DIT INC mr.
blazed in vain There not human being Az the
time OF their death within hundred miles. melville .
party ut Gemovialck were about this distance away
The blaze from such large bonfire on the plans
of the delta should have been seen III thht
frosty air forty to fifty versts away ana nad lne
search parties out the probabilities are hat 9
Long would have The river WAS open vi
October 3, De Long In his notebook lie Lena
mouth near Gemovaick, is very wide aud very shallow.
IL was frozen over and broken up repeatedly lon thc
time Melville and his party landed to october D. A.,
Tue tomb and the Large cross over the grave on Tue
mountain near the hut of Mutock, may be seen at us
tance OF twenty thirty versts Arrangements nave
been made by Governor Ichernaief or Yakusk to nave
the re calrn covered with deep layer OF eartn 70
prevent the possibility OF the sun thawnS .I I
bodies in the tomb II this be done promptly
doubtless tho bodies will remain ultoucneu
by decay forever the ground remains frozen Oh Tue
delta all the year round at depth OF TWO icet %
bodies can therefore be removed at later date uo
sired General Tcbernaief has also caused RUSSIAN
Inscription to prepared TO be placed on the tomb anu
has given the officials north that every care
snail be taken preserve the tomb ana the monuments
ia good condition. Captain Jurgens, cnei OF hu G
zeal expedition 10 the Lena dela VINO eaes
for tue in ten days and will reside on the delta Tor
eighteen months consented 10 keep lookout Ior
relics of Chipps boats during his journeys ana VIII urge
the natives as well TO keep lookout ana reward tncm
III they find anything. Captain Jurgehs mas DullI
wooden house. in which he takes up hih reeluehce'
and il IL 10 be oated down hatboat 10 the delta
where hs will establish his headquarters probably near
BaIkin.