The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-10-25
A DOGS ARCTIC CRUISE.
hover, the Only Survivor of all
the Dogs ON the Proteus.

Rover, the Only Survivor of all
the Dogs on the Proteus.
A shaggy-coated Newfoundland
dog was held by a strong chain on
the United States sloop-of-war
Yantic, in the Upper Bay, yester-
day. He jumped about and Jugged
dc MS chaln, but wagged his tail
good-naturedly all the time. He
thought more of pat on the head
than a bone. The sailors said he had
TO be kept chained, or he would
Jump overheard and swim ashore.
He was Rover, the dog which was
on the Greeley relief ship Proteus.
when the vessel was crushed in the
ice off Cape Sabine. while trying to
reach Lady Franklin bay. Rover
was bought by Lieutenant E. A.
Darlington, the commander of the
expedition, at st. John, Newfound>
land, whence the Proteus sailed.
When the members of the eXpe-
dition took to the open boats after
the sides of the Proteus were broken
in, Rover curled up in the bow Of
one OF them to take his chances of
reaching a place of safety with the
party. There was another dog also
called Rover On the Proteus. He was
cross between a setter and a News
foundland, with a smooth body and
long ears, and belonged to Captain
PIke, the commander of the Pro-
teus. There were also twenty-one
Esqulmaux dogs on the ship. They
could not be taken along, and Cap
tain Pike did not think it worth bis
while to take his Rover. The Esqui-
maux dogs were cowardIy, treach-
erous set. Lieutenant Garlington's
Rover would whip three
or four of them at a
time, and would not let them
come aft. When the timbers of the
Pfoteus yielded they were seized
with terror. They ran about,
but would not leave the ship.
The sailors took them by the
tail and back of the neck and threw
them, yelping, out upon the ice,
where they ran into rocks, and set
up a dismal bowling. DIR. J. S.
Harrison, the surgeon of the expe.
dition, said that when one of the
Esquimaux dogs was down, the
others would all pounce on him.
He supposed they set upon Captain
Pixies Rover when the party sailed
away and ate him. Then they be-
gan to devOur each other, and finally
the last one swallow wed himself,
0bliterating the last trace of
canine tragedy.
In going from Smith sound some
rough weather was encountered.
Lieutenant GarliDgton's Rover was
taken seasick. He put his head over
the side of the boat and paid trib-
ute to the deep in very human
way. Rover is very young dog,
but very intelligent. There is an.
other dog on the Yantic. 1t is
sleek pointer named Princess, and
belongs to Commander Frank
Wildes. DR.. Harrison said that
while in Disco Bay the weather was
warm, and the mosquitoes swarmed
over the ship. They were more per-
sistent than the Jersey gallinippers,
and particularly venomous.
Lieutenant Gibson, the executive
officer of the Yantic, has two or
three books full Of pressed flowers
and ferns They grew in crevices
in the ro,ks. One variety was
polar poppy. 1t was bright yell
low flower with a brown centre and
a long green stem. He obtained
blue-bells that were bright and
pretty at Rittenbend. The moss
overspread everything. In ravine
it lay on the rocks like beautiful
carpet of bro wn, red and green, in
termingled with flowers. The
of the colOrs was beauti-
full. In Disco the moss was the
most beautiful. 1t was as elastic as
sponge to the foot. In Disco bay the
sailors had high times. They firted
and danced In the cooper's shop with
the EsquimauX women until the
men were green with
envy. One of the marines had a
little camera and took the pictures
Of four of the women. They were
plump, wore trousers, and the hair
stood up in bunch, looking like
shoe brushes on top Of their heads.
The sailors used to have no end of
trouble with little icebergs, which
came sailing around the ship and
threatened to do damage. The men
were turned out one morning at 1
o'clock to tow away one. They
owed away until o'clock, but at 10 |
o'clock it came back again.-New
I DIRK Times, October 1st.
INDULGENT parents who allow their |
children to eat heartily of high-ses-