National Republican., 1882-12-06
IN THE SHOWS OF SIBERIA.
Nindemann's Terrible story OF the Parting
and the Search for Aid.

Seaman William Nindemann continued his
detailed narrative of the journey of De Long
and his party south, beginning with the
morning of the 7th of October, 1881. They
crossed many rivers and suffered great priva-
tions from the weather and want OF proper
food. The last night spent at the camp before
Noros and Nindemann were sent ahead was
terrible one The fire was so small that there
was hardly room enough for the men to
gather around. Noros and Nindemann
separated from Dc Long and his
party on tho morning of the 9th of
October. De Long said: "DO the best you
can. You see our condition. Try TO send us
assistance, and if you fail to find a settlement
YOU will be as well off as we are" Do Long
gave witness written instructions cautiOning
him to proceed carefully on their journey,
and then informed Noros that he was TO ac-
company witness and obey all the orders of
| the latter. With small supply of provisions
| they set out the party in camp giving them
three cheers when they started on the jour
ncy. The experiences of witness and his
companion on the forced march where then
| given in detail Capt De Long had stated
| that the rest of tho party would follow, but
witness nor Noros could see nothing of them
when they looked back. They halted that might
near q big bay, and, building fire of drift
| wood made some tea and roasted and ate
they boot-soles. They made bags of their
blankets and slept in them, each taking turn
in replenishing the fire. They had more tea
and boot-sole on the morning of the 10th, and
then started to the westward. About o'clock
it began to blow, and the snow would drift to
such an extent that they could see only few
yards ahead of them. Whenever there was
an opening they would go ahead. They found
many small rivers and sand-spits, and avoided
the rivers whenever they could. Their course
| nm I'll min Nvos northwest hy yyast Tho pOl1
weather was still prevailing at night They
found firewood, but were unable to start n
fire. After hard walk they reached place
on the bank of u river, and there dug holes in
the snow with their sheath-knives to sleep in.
1T WAS MIDNIGHT
before the holes were dug. When they crawled
in they closed the opening above them with
snow. They got but little sleep, as both were
soaking wet to the waist. NOros would occa-
sionally drop into dose, and witness would
shake him up, advising him to knock his feet
together to keep them from freezing. They
found it difficult to crawl out the morning of
the 11th. They resumed their journey, how
ever, and after hard marching found drift
wood, made fire, and prepared to take some
grog which the captain had given them, but
they found that
THE BOTTLE WAS BROKEN.
This was substituted by melted snow, and
bank of the river. They encountered several
small rivers during the afternoon. They
crossed one and reached hut about . o'clock
found wood, and built q fire that lasted
during the night. They found some whale
bone in the hut, which they first burned and
ate. They sat up drying their clothes until
about 10 o'clock that night. On the morning
of the 18th a gale was blowing from the
southeast. There was a snow-drift, and as
they could see nothing they were compelled
to remain near the hut. During the day they
hunted up more bones of the whale, burned
and ate them. On the morning of the 1911
there was slight improvement in the weather
but they could not far ahead. They re
/ sumed the march and attempted to reach
hut ON the opposite side of the river, but could
not, as they were unable to cross on the ice
They continued until dinner-time arrived
when they partook sparingly of their rations
After short march in the afternoon theysav
and made another attemptt to reach hut across
the river. After some difficulty they sue
, ceeded, landing near high bank, which they
assembled, and found
THE HUT WAS BROKEN DOWN.
J Looking around they found a small hut tc
, the southwark, in which were shavings, deel
horns and deer bones. There We're two de
cayed-looking boxes in the hut also. Witnes.
, broke open one box and found another box
r inside, which he subsequently discovered
contained dead person. He went back anC
, told NOros of that fact but they concluded t.
stop there. In their search for driftwOOd be
fore going to the hut they found a box under
l the ice containing two fish. Witness alsC
, caught lemming and roasted it on the ram
rod of his gun, and shared it with Noros
, They slept comfortably that night. On tn,
| morning of the 14th, when they set out again
} they had to face very strong wind, and were
obliged to turn back again to the hut. Will,
, at the latter place they ate the fish found thu
: previous night and picked up a small lot o
drstwood. They were careful that the trt
should last till morning. On the morning o
the 18th the weather was observed TO hav,
5 moderated sOme Here the court adjourned