The Osceola times., 1882-07-22

The following is London special cable
dispatch to the New York Heral
W. II. Glider, Herald correspondent, with
the Ragus, sends the following dispatch,
dated Lena Delta, April u:
Melville found the bodies of De Longs
party March 80. They were in two places,
800 and 1000 yards from the wreck of the
scow. Melville's search party first started
from the supply depot there two words are
unintelligibel to follow Penderman's route
from Usterday to Malyey, and afterward
from Malvey back toward Usterday. [The
following sentence is again unintelligible !
They stopped at the place which Hinder
man and Noros passed the first day after
they left De Long, feeling sure that the 9TH
ers had not got much farther. There they
found the wreck, and following along the
bank they came upon u rihe-barrel hung
upon four sticks. Here six words are un-
intelligible.l They set the natives digging
on each side of the sticks and they soon
came upon
THE TWO BODIES.
under eight feet of snow. While these men
were digging toward the east Melville wen
on along the bank, twenty feet above the
river, to find place to take bearings. He
then saw a camp kettle and the remains of
fire about thousand yards from the tent,
and approaching nearly stumbled upon De
Longs hand sticking out of the snow at
least thirty feet from the edge of the bank.
Here, under about foot OF snow, they
found the bodies of De Long and Amber,
about three feet apart, and All Sam lying at
their feet, all partially covered by pieces of
tent and few pieces of blanket. All the
others except Aexia they found at the place
where the t9nt was pitched. Lee and knack
were close by in a 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 on
their boots. Their feet were covered with
rags tied on. In the pockets Of all were
PIECES OE BURNT SKIN
And of clothing which they had eaten. The
hands of all were more or less burnt and it
looked as if when dying they had crawled
into the fire, Boyd lying over the fire and
his clothing being burned through to the
skin which was not burned. Collins face
was covered with cloth.
All the bodies were carried to the top of
a hill 800 feet high, about forty yersts to the
southwest from where they were found, and
q
of wood from the scow, built in the form OF
a pyramid, twenty-five feet long and seven
feet high, surmounted by cross twenty
two feet high and foot square, hewn out
of drift wood and conspicuous at distance
of twenty yersts. The mausoleum was COW
cred with stones and is to be sodded in the
spring.
Is inscribed with the record and names of
the dead cut in by the search party.
After completing the tomb the party
separated to search the delta for traces of
Chips people. Melville went to the north
west part of the delta and west as far as the
Olerek river. Ninderman 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 Borchaye and the bay of that name.
They expect to finish in time to reach
lakutsh or Nerkhosansk before the rivers
break up. II they do not finish before that
time they will have to retreat to the foot
hills and mountains with the natives
until the water falls, as the whole of the
delta is covered with water in spring to
height of four feet in some places to twen-
ty feet above the level of the river, other
wise they would have buried the dead where
they found them.
THE DEAD.
There were IA occupants of the first cutter
under Lieut.. De Long. Ofthese Nlndernan
and Noros left their comrades to obtain as
sistance. and were cared for by the natives.
Erickson. seaman, died October !, as appears
from De Longs records, subsequently dis
covered. The following are the eleven men
remaining, whose bodies were discovered
by Engineer Melville. as related by Mr..
Glider; Lieut.. Geo. W. De Long, Dr. James
NJ. Amber. Jerome J. Collins, Henry knack,
Adolph pressler, Carl Corr, Walter Lee,
Neils lvotson, George Boyd and Alexis All
sam.
The following were occupants of the sec-
ond cutter, search for which is being con-
tinued: 1t. Chas. W. Chip, Capt. VIM.
Dunbar. Alfred Sweetman, Henry Warren,
Peter johnson, Edward Star and Albert
kathue.