Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-26


~-r psOrEUs AND GgEsLT ExpE-
DlTIONs.
w..vu Disasser Of sbe enc ana
~. u.knewn Fate Of the 0sher.
o. Joxrs. N.F., Sept. 13.-The United
States steamship fnntic came 10 y9K0u3n
tss Narrows and dropped anchor IN the
ss,t.or here early this morning. The
vsrtie left Sc. Johns az censort for
80 P,oteus, which carried sh6 second
s.i;ef expedition under the command
- Taeat. Darlington of the seventh
cavalry. u. s. A., with q company of
fnurtesn men, on July Sd. Tho Pr0teus
rss under command of Capt. Pike, an
old sailor. and he had been her CON-
msuder for the past eight years. From
-. Johns the vessels tried to make az
short a line as possible through Davis
strait into Baffin Bay. Large les fieids
we're first met off Cumberland Sound.
vhen ten days out. During the FIRST
week great fields of pack ice we're en-
countered. During these days the Pro-
teus was compelled to force her way
through new and Old ice from four 10
mx teo' sui1A. aasI ...s, =. Ss....
these packs sue .nanakc1 - ~; va -. s.S ..;,b
nel' que I1A inso 'c'olal s'o -. -. 80.
aamost Iuii noao Y, syonn ssa. o'i, ~ @s s@1
bowsprit and suffering slightly from
small indsntations in aaE sides.
An shs proceeded further u0rthward
the ice zelda began TO close IN more ire
qnsn.ay' as, smu ,ns s.o ,~ors and more difiicnlt.
Az the sessoI n."Ha .Sa s..a.as. S ~ .,a.,;,.,.
gan 20 LOOK ~ - suo ptu1too. =, koss.h
any iurtneI nufsu, y. oa au oaN Ss
oessfui retreat, was Wy sxa Ownk
70 tne unusual c1iouoss VI % JUG snasaa ssasn
the ICE was IouIo pos po1.ou csGn aL naau1. GAI
tnan iast year. Az ioJA' wuoa WIG uooly
Pa,. oAPe0..aiun " ~v.s sa - = -. cssa ahont once
unusually OPEN ~ y ~ ass oIso ea aDous onco
~ seven yesIs, auu - s4Irsn Wa.s~a..' u p.M
comparatively uIooI ~ s.vs iay,
thus enabling TUG Iotous slon ~ ianu
uoI paIy c a...ts,,.h.d l., Iat;trds
the STATION was odsaoisooo' 'n '"s's"oo
6S ". o. ~. n
On th6 evening Oh July Siss suo EIo
tens entered the mouth oL on'tn l.@ 2ouua,
forcing nef way WIN RIoas u.n'ouiy
through tno neio lco. W. omuk m
more ana more apRarens sons als Sso"pe
Tor ner was OUT on. one s-. Monou ,;s.'. uHiu
Tor the noAs ."o o1yS, luoAnk 90 so.y ass'o
progress, ana II ousk ou tus 1ou, wen ~
some distance nortn OF Oape Ia5Iy, .ne
ice noes ciosSo ~ aDyus a.un slo soas' sus
nippinR nef severely anu klauua..y tole ee
ing her out OF the water lew Iees'
which subJocteA ner 70 enormous com,
pression, until sne was nhaiiS orusneo
10 pieces.
Lieut.. Darlington and his party and
the officers and crew OF the Proteus were
forced to abandon the wreck, saving out
few of their implements, stores ana ei.
fects. They saved the ship boats, ana
dragged them over the Ice with great
sxertion, occasionally finding an open
stretch Of water that could oe navi-
gated. a..
The Yantic had been left some dis
tancs to the south, aud the party, amid
many perils, made their way to Upsrna-
VIC, where the Yantic found them on ner
return.
The first intimation OF the uisaster 70
the Proteus Sas found on Aug. 10 II
Littleton Island by the fantic. Lieut.
darlington left RECORD tnsIe oesotiD
ing the shipwreck. On Aug. 4tn search
vna instituted along the ureenianu cosss
from Cape Alexander 70 Cape hooert.
oun. Every pOiut likely 70 DO reaonSo
y ~ refreshing party was seafoneo
until espt. "a, wnen uPernavik Was
1ssobed, and sne wnoie froseus party
1ese found IN ROoo noaith anu soio1aoao
spia@. ...
lney nau oeen cxposeo LoL sniLy-
one uays ana niknsn in suoI Ouass,
.xluk soAio 'soPP"A0" - '1s'' '',o'-''
a.s nv. n-. .s .r,.haa in a f,oa of
Inc IIoseus Mns Tss =, ..s isusa s"a a."r % w,tb ~
0o ~ p =" T1.s,,. Sy 80, ',.,n T s,,a ra,.,,,an nv
.n. mious nou 49,. s.,~a. ',y ,I,.ss,,,,, - rrn
uae suluolons .s". ~ go 20.
uslons, Ou p.a;, ;,h. ~. r',.s osnos nro,r,c,.s,
- moet VIM nk.s 10 ,.s;n..
voynao. w us.;aa.' Sy 49, srS rn.,.ed =
equipPeu' plos''a''" "Ae.
ssars -. ~ae . .. ,,,a.s.ar MAS a;cht
ano soous =, s .'s 49,, = .h,n.
mies nol.u 1nn r,, u,, pY ns"r sa,
..,l laslsuus We ia "a. - -. GOAL nafoys
n.ssnO.;s u. ~ iv ,yas az" raaches So nr,visiens
opo1nsaaH p1..aas 80 go, ~. s.s..,,ar NOR wsra
uefe landed iroln .ne sssao'. sss .h ,, w. "sae -;
~ SaUuos s.,1a", 49,; aAe asa,s ~ ~ ras,af ,vant
.esu s lul -. suU s.a., n.0
wv wt;,a ~ ~ sts sn.har n I, ,,ar;sh ua,har on
VII. Vile ,.,,ss ~ a".h' sho ..nnr - = as | ..lhnr., @
nukuss i1sn, s1H 80. III. .n. ana - ,se,n,saS
ne ssla on Ds;a Doa.a ~. S Sans,.a aS ID az
~. sne Dau.su ns ssoas = ,ss .,.sr... ...;1a.
nsea tnere IIo,n naIoo. ...a .aH n,c' nss
norm OF cape iork, anu tnSs he' cap-
1in mao saiu tnat hat!ve r'si''nauA
had told him that :, natives Nao were
with the Greedy exp sion arrived there
% sleds last wintei ana repostso tne
party AL well except Dr. favy, wao hso
0lo0. These natives went Odck ~ Lazy