The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-06-30
DELoNG AND HIS CREW.
Finding Of Their Remains by Melville.

Finding OF Their Remains by Melville.
NEW YORK, June 19.-The following is a
special cable dispatch to the Herald:
LONDON, June 19.-W. II. Glider, Herald
correspondent with the Rogers, sends the
following dispatch LENA DELTA, April
12.-Melville found the bodies of belongs
party March 23d. They were in two places,
FIVE hundred and thousand yards from the
wreck of the scow. Melville's search party
first started from the supply depot (here two
words are unintelligible) to Ninderman's
route from Yesterday to Malvey, and after
ward from Malvey back toward Yesterday
(the following sentence is again unintelligi.
ble). They stopped at the place which Min
dsrman and Noros passed the first day after
they left belong, feeling sure that the others
had not got much farther. Then they found
the wreck, and following along the bank
they came upon rifle barrel hung upon four
sticks (here six words are unntelligble).
They set the natives digging on 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 bear
ings. He then saw camp kettle and re-
mains Of fire about a thousand yards from
the tent, and approaching, nearly
STUMBLED UPON belongs HAND
sticking out of the snow about thirty feet
from the edge of the bank. Here, under
about foot Of snow, they found the bodies
Of belong and Amber, about three feet
apart, and All Sam lying at their feet, all
partially covered by pieces Of the tent and a
few pieces of blanket. All the others except
Alexi they found at the place where the tent
was pitched. Lee and Knack were 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.
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 clothing which they had eaten. The
hands of all were more or less burnt, and 1t
looked as If when dying they had crawled
into the fire, Boyd lying over in the fire and
his clothing being burned through to the
skin, which was not burned. Collins's
FACE WAS COVERED WITH CLOTH.
All the bodies were carried to the top of
the hill, three hundred feet high about five
hundred feet to the southwest from where
they were found, and inferred in a mauso-
leum constructed Of wood from the scow,
built In the form of pyramid, twenty two
feet long and seven feet high, and sur
mounted by a cross twenty-five feet high and
one foot square, hewn out of drift wood and
conspicuous at distance of twenty versts.
The mausoleum was covered with stones,
and is to be sodded in the spring. The cross
is inscribed with the record and name of the
dead cut in by the search party. After COM
pleting the tomb the party separated to
search the delta for traces of Chips people.
Melville went to the northwest part of the
delta, and went as far as Olensk river. MIN
German took the center and Bartlett the
northeast. Ninderman and Bartlett found
nothing. Melville has not yet returned.
The search is to be extended to Cape Bor-
chag and the bay of that name. They ex-
pect to finish in time to reach Yakoutsk Or
Verkhaza before the rivers break up. If
they do not finish before that time they will
have TO foot it up the hills and mountains
until the water falls, as the whole of the
delta Is covered with water in the spring TO
the depth of four feet above the level of the
river; otherwise they would have buried the
dead where they found them. There were
fourteen occupants of the first cutter under
belong; Of these, Ninderman and Noros
left their comrades TO obtain assistance and
were cared for by the natives; Erickson, a
seaman, died October 7th, as appears from
belongs records subsequently discovered.
The following were the eleven men remain
ing, whose bodies were discovered by
Melville, as related: Lieutenant belong,
DR.. James NJ. Amber, Jerome N. Collins,
Henry Knack, Adolph Dreissler, Carl CARTE,
Walter Lee, Neil Ivistsen, George Boyd,
Alexi, All Sam. The following were occu-
pants of the second cutter, search for which
is being continued: Lieutenant Charles w.
Chip, VIM. Dunbar, Alfred Sweetman,
Henry Warren, Peter johnson, Edward Star,
Albert Kohle.
WASHINGTON, June 24.--Lieutenant Dan
enhower had an interview with Secretary
Chandler to-day, with reference to the Ie-
mains of the Jeanette crew found by En-
gineer Melville, to be transported to this
country for proper interment, in places Sc
lected by their families. The Secretary re-
ferred the matter to special committee con-
sisting of Captains Walker and English and
Surgeon General Wales, who will report
upon the expediency of applyingto Congress
for assistance in this matter.