Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-04

The Jeanette board met this morning. and Sea-
trip south OF De Longs party. On the morning OF
the cath OF September the captain gave orders TO
| witness to try TO make rart Everybody started
TO work dragging drift wood until they got enough,
anu they started 10 make raft. After finishing
they gathered poles about Is or % feet long 20
shove the raft along. Everybody got on the raft
| except three, who walked along the river bank.
The raft was too heavily laden, and after working
an hour to get along they found IL was no use.
The captain gave orders for everybody 10 walk
ashore. They walked TO southwark a little while
and halted for dinner. After dinner they struggled
along again along the river bank till night.
They had supper and camped for the. might In
| the morning they started again
| ALONG THE RIVER BANK
Til noon After dinner the march was continued
until about O'Clock, when a short halt was made
| for rest Witness and Alexy walked along the
| river bank ana thought there was a hut ahead
The captain gave orders 10 start again, and they
| struggled along till about o'clock when they
reached the hut They halted and orders were
given to gather WOOD for the night Had supper
and afterwards every body lay down for the night
On coming to he hut, they found a large river
| running TO the eastward. After breakfast in the
morning, witness was ordered to take the men and
construct raft which would carry about f1ye men.
EHerypody went TO work and dragged DRIFT wood
about half mile. frame OF four sticks was dashed
together with cross pieces. They got few boards
from the hut for paddles
LAUNCHING AND SINKING OF THE RAFT
The raft was launched, and the witness was Or
dered to TAX i've on board. The water was up to
their knees, but they succeeded in landing then
on the other sile On the next trip the captain
ordered two more than on the first trip, but when
| in deep water the raft sunk They got the raft
ashore and repaired 1t, and succeeded in getting
everybody across. Nearly all got wet through,
and had to stop on the other side to make a IRE.
ward. After everybody was dry the march was
started across point or land until the main river
was reached again, when they continued SOUTH
ward. Here the walking was good, and they
made quite good day IS walk Erickson was get
ting worse. Collins hand was getting better. In
the evening they halted on the bank OF the river
for the night 1t was cold, and they had but little
rest.
A PAT BUCK KILLED.
In the morning witness and Alexy went UP the
river and sighted some deer. The captain told
them to take their rifles and try TO get two.
They got within two hundred yards OF the deer,
but having no shelter they were obliged to crawl
on their hands and knees In that way they got
within fifty yards of the game They both picked
fat ones. Alexy shot his deer, but witness rife
missed fire. 1t was large buck that Alexy killed,
weighing u much as the two that he had shot
before; The men heard the firing and the captain
taken to camp and equally divided, and they again
started southwark along the river bank. AT noon
lley matted Tor dinner, and then continued I'LL
night AT night nothing was In sight, and they
camped under the river bank again on the morn
Ing of the 2Sth they struggled along TILL O'Clock in
lne afternoon Reached q hut about pm. after
hard work, and the captain ordered halt for the
night Here they found
ANOTHER LARGE RIVER
They started big signal fire on the point OF the
river bank. Aexy and witness started TO the
eastward, but didn't find any tracks or see any
thing. After returning to the hut they took sup
| ND yyhp dar fha aip
ordered the signal fire TO be lighted, and they
turned in for the night. On the morning OF the
29th 1t was blowing fresh and the snow was
drifting. After breakfast every body was sent out
TO gather wood for the day and for another signal
fire. Captain told witness that something would
nave 10 De done here; that they must try TO cross
the river, and told witness to see II enough wood
could be found for a raft Witness told him that
went to the eastward but found but little wood.
AleXy had gone out before witness, and they met;
kept going eastward and followed the river until
they came to
| SMALL FISHING HUT.
Here they found q lot OF wood, shayings and a
couple OF pieces OF fish, Some deer horns were
found outside, and piece OF a kayack The
weather had cleared little, and they could see to
the southeast, on the river bank, lot OF poles and
rocks. 1t was then about pm, and time to re-
turn to the hut. On going along the river 1t was
noticed that some places were frozen over but not
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hut witness told where he had been, and said that
he had not found enough wood, but spoke OF the
place where the young ice was frozen together
and If the weather was cold he thought they might
get across on the next day. Ii was about evening
aud they ate supper. The signal fire started,
| and everybody turned In for the night.
on the morning OF the 3oth everybody was sent
| out to gather wood, and .AeXy and witness were
sent out to examine the ice at the place spoken Of
The ice was full of holes and they had feel their
| way carefully. They managed to get across, but
| when on the other side could see nothing. They
then went back to the hut and told the captain
that they had crossed about five miles to the east
ward, ana with care they thought every body could
get across
| MAKING A SLEIGH UNDER DIFFICULTIES
Erickson was getting worse every day, and
something had to be done for him Captain asked
| witness to try to make sleigh for him. Witness
found an old plank. Witness had nothing but
dull Ratchet, and started to hew the plank to
about ~ inch thickness, and then split ii and
made the two runners Hal no nails and no
auger. Took little saw and dove-taied the cross
pieces to the runners.
He got the sleigh finished about supper time,
and the next morning they succeeded In crossing
the doctor, being carried by the men to the river
bank and placed on the sleigh. After crossing two
| rivers they halted again for the night
AFTER RECESS
The court, at 12 o'clock took a recess for twenty
minutes. When the court reconvened Ninderman
eastward the next day. On the morning OF the
3D. they saw fox traps on the east bank, and
Alexy ran across some mems tracks which looked
as If they had been there several days before
They followed these tracks some distance and
then lost them.
Upon returning the captain gave orders to con-
| tinue southwark along the east bank. Alexy and
witness were little ahead
| HARDSHIPS.
Captain De Long and Mr. Collins got in the
water and were wet up their necks In the after
noon they saw what appeared to. be hutS. Wit
ness was ordered to go ahead and see If it was
hut they saw to the southwark. He found 1t was
nothing but mound OF earth. He reported the
fact to the captain. At this time the weather was
so bad they could not see one hundred yards The
captain ordered a halt and fire. The clothes OF
| those who were wet were frozen, and they had TO
keep running and stamping their feet to keep from
freezing, They got round the fire, which was soon
started.
| HIS HANDS WERE FROZEN.
On the next day the captain asked witness II he
felt strong enough to make a forced march OF 25
miles. Witness said he was, and the captain told
him he could take any one except Alexy and wit