Huntsville gazette., 1883-09-22

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Lost, with All the Supplies Intended for
the Greeley Party-No Authentic News of
the Latter.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Sept. Is.
| The United States Greeley relief steam
ship Yantic has just anchored here, and
her tidings are lamentable. No word has
been received from Greeley or any of his
party.
WAsHINGToN, d. c., Sept. 10.
The signal officer has received the follow
ing from Lieut.. Darlington, commanding
the Greeley relief expedition:
ai. ST.. JOHNS, n. f., Sept. Is.
1t is my painful duty to report the total
failure Of the expedition. The Proteus was
crushed IN pack-latitude 7S degrees 50
minutes, longitude ~ degrees - fnin,ttes---
and sunk on the afternoon of the 2ad Of
July. Ny party and the crew Of the ship
| are all saved. [ made my way across
| Smiths Sound and along the eastern shore
to Cape York, thence across Melleville Bay
| to the Upernavik, arriving there August
"a. The Yantic reached the Upernavik
September ,, and left the same day, bring
ing the entire party here to-day. All are
| well. L. A. GARTINGToN.
summarizes the trip of the Inflated Proteus
as follows: The Yantic and Proteus left st.
| Johns at four p. m, June 20. The Proteus
| arrived at God Haven Bay, Disco Island,
July q. The Yantic arrived at the same
| place July II. When the necessary prepa.
rations were made the Proteus sailed for
| Cory Island, arriving there on the 10th. 1t
| left on the 2lst, and two days afterward
was crushed, sinking at seven p. m, July
I %. Twenty-nine days were spent in the
| boats, several storms were encountered,
from which the boats took refuge under lee
| of the icebergs, and Lieutenant Colwell and
six of the crew parted company with the
others at Cape York. They found the Yam
tic July 81. 1t reported Captain Pike and
the remainder of the crew moving south
ward. The Yantic reached Cory Island
| August 2. The same night she proceeded to
/ Pandora harbor, where records from Pike
| and darlington were found. She neyt pro-.
! ceeded south along the Greenland coast,
sending boats all around the islands in
search of the missing crew. a storm and
heavy pack of ice, August 8, forced Yantic
| to anchor to leeward of the Northumberland
Island. The next day she bore away for
| Upernavik, arriving there August %. On
| the 9th she started for the Waigate
coal mines, and returned to Uper-
navik September 2. Captain Pike
and crew were found and taken on board
| the Yant1c. 1t seems that at the first inti-
nation Of the Proteus disaster, which was
| found August 3 at Littleton Island by the
| Yantic, Lieutenant Darlington left record
| there that he was coming south, describing
| the shipwreck and indicating the general
| movement of Captain Pike and the ships
company. On the 4th search was instituted
along the Greenland coast from Cape Alex
ander to Cape Roberts, on every point
likely to bring up with the retreating party.
They searched until September 2, when
Upernavik was reached, and the whole Pro-
fa,1e xpytxr 1tlx
tolerable spirits. They were exposed dur
ing thirty-one days and nights in their
boats, making some stoppages at interne-
diate harbors. The Proteus was crushed in
the foe of ice at three o'clock in the even
ing of the 23d of July and sank within five
hours. Fortunately sufficient time was
given to save clothing, provisions, compass
and other necessaries to meet what might
prove protracted voyage. On the 18th,
the boats being equipped, provisioned and
manned, start was made. The scerlo of
the disaster was eight miles north-ncrth-
west of Cape Sabine, latitude 79 deg, 81
min. north. Over 800 miles of ice ana fl igid
sea were passed before Upernavik was
reached. The worst feature in the un-
fortunate Proteus expedition is th8t no
provisions We're landed or caches made,
ana all stores intended for the Arctic
Colony's relief went down in the stes mer.
While at anchor in Danish Haibor,
August II, Governor Elbury came on BOARD
| the Yantic and reported that the Danish
steamer Sophia had arrived there from the
harbor thirty miles north of Cape York,
and the captain stated that native Eski-
mo told him that two natives witt the
Greeley expedition arrived on sledges last
winter and reported the party all well
except DR.. Parry, who had died, These.
natives went back to Lady Franklin Bay.
Another Eskimo arrived from the Greeley
camp and reported that all the officers had
been murdered by the men. Neither of
these reports is reliable, as the fondness
| Of the Eskimo for lying and sensational.
ism places them in the category of fiction.
| Capt. Pinke says that as far north as Cape
Sabine there was no trace of Greeley or
| his party, and his failure to come south to
Littleton Island to meet the relief steamer
| this summer leaves grave apprehensions
rs to their probable fate.
| WASHINGTON, ID. O., Sept. 10.
| The following report from the comman-
der Of the United States steamer Yantic,
with regard to the failure Of the Greeley
relief expedition, was received tonight by
the Acting Secretary of the Navy:
| ST. JOINS, Sept 49,
Hon. Wm. E. Chandler, Secretary Of the NaUy.
Washington, ID. ca
The United States steamer Yantic has
arrived, bringing Capt Pike and crew OF
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Greeley relief party are all well. The
| steamer Proteus was crushed in the ice six
miles north of Cape Sabine, July %. The
crew and relief party, after depositing
| records at Littleton Island and Pandora
Harbor, retreated south in six boats to
Uppernavik, suffering much hardship in
Melville Bay. The Yantic reached Little
ton Island August without much diff
| Guilty, found the records, and Immediately
proceeded southwark. Searched the coasts
and islands thoroughly down to Saunders
Island. The ice pack then closed in, and
they could neither get around nor through,
and it was found necessary to retreat under
| the lee of Northumberland, Island.
| August 8: A southwark gale having
| loosened the pack, the steamer was able to
| get through, and continued the search. The
| coast about Cape York was filed with ice
/ packed close. 1t could not get within TWEEN
| ty miles of the land.
August 10: Having ice in all directions
| but the southeast, it proceeded to Cape
| Navik and sent fifteen days. rations to
| Tessuissak and whale boat to Cape
| Shackleton.
August %: Sailed for the coal mine.
thence to God Haven.
| August 81: Lieutenant Caldwell arrived
| in the launch from Upernavik, having
| been thirty-nine days in an open boat.
| They have separated under orders at Cape
York. 1t sailed the same day Tor Uper'