News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-10-11

; Slowing ice foe, and there were sewers
narrow escapes from such fate. Th
drifting foe was abandoned by the wor
out party about three p. M, and a
reached Cape Sabine in safety.
To assist Lieutenant Greely was nO7
impossible, so preparations for a sue
cessful retreat were at once begun. Sue
provisions and clothing as could be spare,
= were left with records stating the sad re
suit of the expedition and all sUarte,
across Smiths Sound for Pandora Har
Dor in the boats. On the afternoon o
the 25th the expedition started in tive
whaleboats loaded with the most neces
sary articles. The boats were separated
i'll fog and all did not reach Pandori
until the afternoon of the Goth. The
Yantic had not arrived. On the 2Sth We
started for Cape York, where we arrived
August 10, after numerous delays from
severe exposure to fog, rain and snow
We expected to meet the Swedish vesse
to disappointment. Nothing now re
manned to be done but to spend the win
ter with the miserable Esquimaux or at
tempt a passage of the stormy and much
dreaded Melville Bay in the small boats
The latter was preferred, but our de.
parture was prevented till the 10th by
continual snow and fog, during which
there was much suffering from the ex.
pOsure.
Lieutenant COlwell, United States
/ Navy, with volunteers, in the second
whaleboat and twenty days rations, was
to head boldly across Melville Bay and
cation with the Yantic as soon as posi-
bic and inform Captain Wilde of the
state of affairs. The rest of the party
was to coast around Melville Bay and
endeavor to reach Upernavik. On the
morning of the 10th the weather mod
Grated and all the boats started together
and cleared the ice by two p. m. Our
commander then asked each man if he
was now ready to cross the bay. Each
at once answered in the affirmative. We
now said "Goodby - and the advance
whaleboat headed across Melville Bay.
We made good progress with poor
wind until four p. NJ, when the wind be-
gan to freshen.
We were soon forced to abandon our
course and fly before a strong gale of
wind and heavy sea with a reefed fore
sail. The storm ragged for eight hours.
So rough was the sea that some of our
hardest seamen were very seasick. The
weather moderated on the morning of
the 18th, and all enjoyed the first meal
we had had in twenty-fOur hours. About
ten a. IN. the wind freshened again.
We were in the vicinity of the land.
sight of which was soon cut off bv
binding southwest snow storm and
huge icebergs We're crashing and thun-
dering in every direction, and raging
waves threatened to swamp the boat
every moment. We rOwed under the
lee of an iceberg, but pulled away from
it Just in time to see it broken and upset
by the waves. We soon reached another
berg, but in few minutes were encir-
cled by huge masses Of ice, and to avoid
being crushed the oars were again
Manned and with almost superhuman
strength the lee of another berg was
made Then we rested on our oars, and
a man at the bow stood With an AK in
his hand ready to cut the painter at
moments warning. The waves soon
lashed this berg to pieces, and another
manner.
In this way we weathered this terrific
storm, which continued for fourteen long
and miserable hours All were soaking
wet and chilled, but had to sit with oars
in hand ready to pull for life at any mo-
ment. There was clearing weather on
the morning of the 18th. We found
that the boat had drifted about twenty
miles during the storm.
The most dangerous part of the trip
was now over. A sOutherly course was
continued day and night with the oars,
and we reached Upernavik ON the 23d
We found that the Yantic had left only
six hours before for the coal mines at
Godhaven; that she had reached Little
ton Island week after our departure
and found the records, searched the
coast as closely as the fog and ice would
permit, and, failing to find US. she had
returned to Upernavik and waited there
II days. The Swedish vessel Sophia had
reached point little above Cape York,
finished her work and left again on Au-
gust 2. We were very kindly received
at Upernayik.
At last we reached the entrance to
GOdhaven Harbor ON the morning of the
31st The masts of the Yantic were
seen over the rocks and we knew that
our hardships would soon be over. But
not without one more trial, as the sequel
proved A stiff head wind had to be en-
countared in order to enter the harbOr,
and after rocking for some time the
wind proved too much for the strength
of the men at the oars and the boat was
driven upon the rocks. The Yantic was
signalled from the rocks and sent boats
to tow out the boat in which we were.
Soon we reached her firm decks, after
spending thirty eight days and making
nearly a thousand miles III open boats,
which is perhaps the longest trip of the
kind ever made in Arctic waters.
The Yantic reached Upernavik on Au-
gust 2, and we were much rejoiced to
learn that all the other boats had reached
that place in safety only a short time
after the advance whalebOat had left.
All were well except Dr. Harrison, who
was suffering from rheumatism. Lieu
tenant Garlington's party, being higher
up in Melville Bay. did not experience
as severe weather as the advance whale
boat, and he made remarkable progress
considering the ice encountered on the
expedition. The PrOteus's parties were
taken aboard the Yantic and she sailed
at once for st. Johns, with fair winds
all the way.
Henry Wilson, chief gunner's mate of
the Yantic, died on the 7th and was
buried with sea-ceremOnies on the Sth.
DIR. Harrison is much improved; all the
others are well. There is no news from
Lieutenant Greely's party.
N,THNG more disgusts a party of
Newport hunters than to have an old
COW get ahead of them and go racing
and SDOrtiOo alOup with bor Foil IN tbo