The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-09-22
ANOTHER ARCTIC FAILURE.


Arrival OF the Steamship Yantic from, the
Arctic Regions at Sc. Johns, N. r., with
the Officers and Grow OF the Proteus,
which was Crushed in an Ice Field and
lost, with All the Supplies Intended for
the Greeley Party-No Authentic News of
the Latter.
ST.. JOINS, N. r.. Sept. IL.
The United States Greeley relief steam
ship Yantic has just anchored here, and
her tidings are lamenfable. No word has
been received from Greeley or any Of his
party.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., Sept. -.
The signal officer has received the follow.
ing from Lieut.. Darlington, commanding
the Greeley relief expedition:
ST. johns. N. r., Sept. n.
It is my painful duty 10 report the total
failure Of the expedition. The Proteuswas
crushed in pack--latitude rs degrees SO
minutes, longitude "a degrees % minutes
and sunk ON the afternoon of the 25d of
July. Ny party and the crew Of the ship
are all saved. 1 made my way across
Smiths Sound and along the eastern shore
to Cape York, thence across Melleville Bay
to the Upernavik, arriving there August
"a. The Yantic reached tho Upernavik
September ?, and left the same day, bring
well. E. A. DARLINGTON.
The first officer of the Proteus briefly
summarizes the trip of the Inflated Proteus
as follows: The Yantic and Proteus left st.
Johns at four p. M, June 20. The Proteus
arrived at God Haven Bay, Disco Island.
July g. The Yantic arrived at the same
place July II. When the necessary prepa-
rations were made the Proteus sailed for
Cory Island, arriving there on the 10Th. It
left on the 2lst, and two days afterward
was crushed, sinking at seven D. M, July
20. Twenty-nine days were spent in the
boats, several storms were encountered,
from which the boats took refuge under lee
of the icebergs, and Lieutenant Colwell and
six of the crew parted company with the
others at Cape York. They found the Yam
tic July 81. 1t reported Captain Pike and
the remainder of the crew moving south
ward. The Yantic reached Cory Island
August 2. The same night she proceeded to
Pandora harhor, where records from Pike
and Darlington were found. She next pro-
ceeded south along the Greenland coast,
sending boats all around the islands in
rearch of the missing crew. A storm and
heavy pack of ice, August 3, forced Yantic
to anchor to leeward of the Northumberland
Island. The next day she bore away for
Upernavik, arriving there August %. On
the 9th she started for the Waigate
coal mines, and returned to Uper-
navik September 2. Captain Pike
and crew were found and taken on board
the Yantic. 1t seems that at the first init
nation of the Proteus disaster, which was
found August at Littleton Island by the
Yantic, Lieutenant Darlington left record
there that he was coming south, describing
the shipwreck and indicating the general
movement of Captain Pike and the ships
company. On the 4th search was instituted
along the Greenland coast from Cape Alex
ander to Cape Roberts, on every point
likely to bring up with the retreating party.
They searched until September 9, when
Upernavik was reached, and the whole Pro-
teus party was found in good health and
tolerable spirits. They were exposed dur
ing thirty-one days and nights in their
boats, making some stoppages at interIne-
diate harbors. The Proteus was crushed in
the foe of ice at three o'clock in the even
ing of the 23d of July and sank within five
hours. Fortunately sufficient time was
given to save clothing, provisions, compass
and other necessaries to meet what might
prove protracted voyage. On the 25th,
the boats being equipped, provisioned and
manned, start was made The scen9 of
the disaster eight miles north-ndrth-
west of Cape Sabine, latitude 20 deg, 81
mir north. Over 600 miles of ice and fIigid
were passed before Upernayik was
reached. The worst feature in the un-
fortunate Proteus expedition is th8t no
provisions were landed or caches made,
and all stores intended for the Arctic
Colony's relief went down in the stes mer.
While at anchor in Danish Haibor,
the Yantic and reported that the Danish
steamer Sophia had arrived there from the
harbor thirty miles north of Cape York,
and the captain stated that native Eski-
mo told him that two natives with the
Greeley expedition arrived on sledges last
winter and reported the party all we'll
except DIR. Parry, who had died. These
natives went back to Lady Franklin Bay.
Another Eskimo arrived from the Greeley
camp and reported that all the officers had
been murdered bV the men. Neither of
these reports is reliable, as the fondness
of the Eskimo for lying and sensational
ism places them in the category of fiction.
Capt Pinke says that as far north as Cape
Sabine there was no trace of Greeley or
his party, and his failure to come south to
Littleton Island to meet the relief steamer
this summer leaves grave apprehensions
as to their probable fate.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. ID.
The following report from the comman
der of the United States steamer Yantic
with regard to the failure of the Greeley
relief expedition, was received tonight by
the Acting Secretary of the Navy:
ST. JOHNS. Sept. 10.
Hon. Nm Il. Chandler, Secretary Of the Navy
Washington, ID. O.:
The United States steamer Yantic ha
arrived, bringing Capt Pike and crew o
the Proteus. Lieut.. Darlington and tn
Greeley relief party are all well. TIT
steamer Proteus was crushed in the ice si1
miles north of Cape Sabine, July 20. Thu
crew and relief party, after depositinl
records at Littleton Island and Pandori
Harbor, retreated south in six boats Il
Uppernavik, suffering much hardship IL
Melville Bay. The Yantic reached Little
ton Island August without much diff
Guilty, found the records and immediatel.
proceeded southwark. Searched the coast
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