The sun., 1883-10-31

ovski Island aid the sAme nipht were sepa-
rated in gale. The second cutter containing
Chipp and Dunbar. with Sweetman and seven
other men has never since been heard OF. and
doubtless perished In the storm The whaleboat.
under Melville, effected a landing on the east
side OF the Lena Delta. As for Dc Long. Aztec
n hard struggle. he reached the oasterly part OF
the Delta on the evening vi tho l7th. From
that time to the end OF October. when the lust
of tho first cutters rar,y pcrished from stnr,n-
ton the entries in the journal are usually brief.
and have already become familiar through
their publication when Melville found the deal
bodies and the record OF their last sulic,ings
1t luay be rolntcd out, however. that Da Long
looked h"reluiS snd with reason, at the out
set. on thu prospects al reaching settlement.
The lamrn..., of few nt the party II is true,
made progress >erv stow hut there we're al'o
good prospects "t finding suriliea. ON tho
18th OF Scp:enbrr Aloioy shot u guu. ON ths
2lst two deer; on tho 2,th Il nnc buck; and
thus from point to point there was hope Of
food. The final catns'rouhe happened nftcr
travelling out Of the region IT. which more thnn
n score of deer had been s"ou. nna thrce killed.
into one in which no ioud Mas Ia bc hat On
the 2lst OF September tiie journal ie""ids the
jujicous intent TO at onco send on c"npe OF
good walkers TO make Il forced march Ia ert
re ief." But the next day two dcei wGir shot.
and then II was recorded that we are SO we'll
oil for deer meat tperlurs loo poands clear
meat that the necessity for separating odr
party see ms not II pressing matter bh ,he
25th De Long mndc the unpleasant discovery
thnt we had but eight pounds deer meat and
two tongues remaining. som. error In weigh
Ing before starting or In serving out Ate All tor
dinner" The next day there were Left only
three meals more food. and the dog. Eus
still tho unfaltcrng trust In God, Which
have had all along. makes M. horeiul
that some relief may he Afforded u.s."
In fact the very next day but. WA
shot. and ut l0', fourteen hungry men oom-
menced eating fried deer meat and must .i-
! nit we nte three pounds apiece before we Wrr"
satisfied" Even OH tho lst of Octohel Gu
caches record that we have no fear tol l.o
future Five days later, Erickson. whose toes
had been nmputatcd. and whose dellrious
Eroans had for some nights kept the taltJ
| awake died. Tho next day the last solid food
was ontcn. half Il pound of dog meat But on
the 9th Alcxey shot three ptarmigans ana n
tho ith still anothcr-thcn he broke down fium
hunger. and died on the 18th. The last record
Of food is this: Oct. l5-Breaktast. willow tea
and two old boots The two walkers tinrc.
mann and Nuros who, it will be remembered.
did reach help. were not sent forward TN urt.
.. and their only food was two ounces ol nlra-
tinued to make entries in his journal nr ~
Sunday. Oct. 81. though FOR III" last ten days
the records consisted chiefly of the deaths uus
by one. Kanck and Lev died Oct. 81; lycrsr n
Oct. 2S: Drc,sler. the 29th and this Is the last
entry: sunday. Oct. 30 10th day. Boyd aud
Goertz died during night. Mr.. Collins DYING :
1t is written. rs III. fac-simile shows in a lirm.
clear. and beautiful hand.
TO complete the sad story. brief hut sum.
cient account is given of the adventures Of
Nindenann and Noros. and of the search par
ties which found DE Long. One can resp. {
the spirit with which the closing words Of the
volumes are written: Sacrifice is nnhiei than
ease. unselllsh life is cOnsummetsd in lonely
DEATH and the world is richer by the gilt oi sui-
fering;" but the journals OF DE Long Tell too
clearly to the reader that sacrifice and the gitl
of suffering On tho part OF mon so noble ia
these. were but poorly emn'oyed in such d
quest Do these discoveries" said ona SUI
vivor. compensate for the losses ana the sui
ferng incurred In the expedition 10 thi.
question answer unhesitatngly. Noi'