Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-17
Lieutenant Greedy and the Proteus
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The War Department having determin-
Il % make no further effort - reach
Lieutenant Grsely's party this year
an investigation viii ~ doubt "
ordered az once f1r the purpose u nnalnz
Out who il responsible f0r ne iai-li- =
leave suYrlies AZ Litt.etOn Island u LIE
Boat CoYe. Lieutenant Darlington W
biz dispatch from - John U '55h-Ia a.
Hszar fb1Cciefof the signal service SAY
--.z- ~ did .rgr leave ne supplies because
= =z= MT i lis programme u % 80
v-5- il 7-s= no- does 1o- clearly aPpsar-
T. -a1--= nat supplemental instructions
vrare given him just bef0r@ b. started from
-. John. and iu these instructions
the importance u leaving supplies al
Littleton Island. Oh MS way north vac
Impressed upon him. n bis original IL
-truction5 j. seems that ~ vas ordered
D. push he way through smiths sound
without stopping al Littleton Island II BE-
found the way open- tn his dispatch
Lieutenant Darlington makes 10 mention
" the supplemental instructions. and
leaves % u b. inferred that be never re-
ceIted them. VI that il he did he did not
regard them a. imperative. j. y a mat
tar 81 great interest ~ know exactly
where o. place tie blame Had the house
euI provisions been left al Littletou
Island a- intended TIE loss Of the Proteu-
would not have been a very grave
calamity. Lieutenant Greedy and
The twenty men who are with
him. 81 none II them nave died during
their TWO years stay 40 Lady Franklin
Bay. started Tor the mouth u smiths
sound not later than the u september,
II be- carried out the programme which he
mapped out in ISL. The distance j. over
- miles along the coast u Grinuell land.
The failure ~ the Pr0teus u leave the
-tore- makes his situation extremely pre-
carious. -upT.gsing that he carried out hi-
programme and reached his destination.
With the house and stores that The Pro
tens had f1r LIN IL could have made him
ELF and party comparatively con-
Portable until relief reached him
next summer There j. "a
hope expressed -1a- IL did not start
south su ~ IL ~ september. but r.
mai1e1. thinking tla1 -1e relief eEpedi-
ti11 would reach 1-U 10 Lady FRANKLIN
B4r Il -1zr case his situation j. Sill
critical -z- r ~ danger that liz
.1l E eve l--. There dos
z-T e---ailtr a. t1e ar
L -=-- whether II Lzs supplies -l1ii-
-- --- III sumner u l@-4 "
81 = ==s=z --s- IL has. This 1e-
& =- Erc- --- amount originally
- z-5 - III f7-- mat there il con-
il --= vicinity n his loca-
Gan BE- --pell@d upon ~ az
- his -IpElie5-
I-z SENS r1 - a disposition 70 crit
Lieutenant Garli1zt1u's manage
-- --= expedition severely. Tire
=--a- r.-scrlce ~ Arctic navigator-
e - establish their food supply stations
~ r.=lr way North. ~ that 10 the event
~ disaster. they have something % de-
rell upon iH making their way back To
tbs --ttlement5 overland. The wisdom
NJ tni- practice ought - have commend
ed itself ~ Lieutenant Darlington. lie
j. al-9 blamed Tor not having waited the
coming % the Yantic. his store ship,
when the Proteus was crushed in the ice.
10 d. had remained a. Cape Sabine, i'll
stead of making the long and perilous
journey in open boats % Ipernayik,
thus forcing the Yautic 10 spend weeks
boz hunting for him. the Yantic might have
remained az the mouth Of Smiths sound
al least two weeks longer. II j. not i'm
probable that Lieutenant Greedy
started for Littleton Island in boats the
latter r..-f ~ Tufr- or fb1 f-f Gf AUGUST
fine did, il f. possible that he reached that
point soon after the iantic started for H..
John. Lieutenant GarlingtOn's conduct
will doubtless De thoroughly inyesii-
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