New-York tribune., 1883-12-13
DELONG AND HIS COMPANIONS
pRryGING THEIR REMAINS FROM SIBERIA

February Lieutenant Giles H. HarOer ana ihcu'na' w.
II schuctze of the United States Navy left TINS CITY on
their WAY TO the Delta to search for Leu'ehan'
90. od tha other missing men Of the Jeanette
.hut the middle OF this MONTH the weather permitting
they will leave YakutsR tier long Journey hone"
with the remains OF Lieutenant Commander ueoise w.
De Long captain OF the Jeanette ana 'he zen eH WI"
ded with him at the mouths Of the Lena in 1881 Last
March TIE TRIBUNE published Lieutenant hdrDer a'
t of thc friitless searches made by himself ana MI
scbuetze during the summer and autumn OF losZ from
the Yopa 10 the Olenek for traces OF Lieutenant CPp
hs mon or his boat and its readers may be Interested III
some account of what they have been doing during 'o
o.t year The story Of the year, however, must De
h for little is known of the details OF their jour
news and their work since the search for Chlpp was
brought TO a close
LONG DELAY IN SECURING COFFlNs
vbcp lieutenant Harler returned TO YaiutSk on NO
vember 90 ss2 the Lena Dota, without any he~
NJ the missing men, he found awaiting him orders 10 lko
ho,o tbe remains of De Long and his companions Inc
hoaies conld not be removed from the tomb Chef-Eh
pineer Melville built-near Mot Vai-without peri'so
from the Russian Minister OF the INTERIOR al" t wa"
not received by Mr.. Harber until January -'' i00''
While waiting nearly two months Tor a"thori'! "
the bodies he made all preparations 10 s'tHt hoi'," Wv
AGAIN without delay. and on January 20 h' anu "
ecbuetzc left Yakutsk the Delta Ihey acco"I"'u
their task successfully and returned 10 hah'tS" y" ~ ~
90 only TO discover that they must remain almost ''
- 20 siberia The report current !at the time was
hat he Iiif
70 take the bodies home in the winter season. SO Una"
,h NIGHT he TRANSPORTED frozen. If such an order was
cvcu il does not appear to have been necessary lo WIN
snale cofins the bodies could have been brought 10
Russia without delay. Such collins, however were hot 10
No ad in Yotusk and for some the metallic ones
sent from the United States had not been torWudeu 10
that CITY, These collins not being in 1akutsk' large
rtip of the delay since March has been unavOid-
able When Mr. Harber found that the Russian Ia"
would not permit the removal of the bodies al any season
NJ thc wear except in atight cofns ana that lheSe co
not he obtained in Yakuts. he at once journeyed 10 II
kutk 70 obtain permission from the GOVerho-uchea "
se ,, lin or some other suitable material as lining 10
ordinary collins In this way he hoped to make comns
that would come within the provisions OF the l"" "
serye until the bodies could be transferred 10 INC me'"0
ones sent from New York. But 1t was not an easy mat
fer 70 obtain permission do this and 1t was not uhli
late in Iuy that he able to leave rktsk Tor NaKusk
with 10 make temporary collins ana the neees
sarv materials The collins completed In goou uho,
bu he was compelled to wait little whle longer lo 'o
1ena 10 freeze before he could start on the hoe
ward tourney 1t is to be hoped that neither man nor
weather will throw any further obstacles in his way and
that he will soon be able TO leave Yakutsk II he-ls
favored with good weather and has reasonable AID In Ills
iourpey he will reach New-York some time In February
A NnD-wINTER TRIP TO THE LENA DELTA
When Lieutenant Harber received permission TO re
move the bodies De Long and his men from the omo
ba started AS has been stated above Immediately Tor the
Tona Delta He left Yakutsk with Mr.. Schuetze and
Cossack taking with him train OF six sieds three OF
which we're loaded with provisions, materials lor coh-
sructng new sed and felt in which 10 wrap he oouea
He started nOrthwald year and Five days a1ter CeI-
Fpc4os-. Melville began his journey to search or De
Tonc last vear the Government had the entire road
onore3 for Mr. Melville deer being held for him at
every station and after leaving NechoyasR ne was IoIt-
innate enough to the personal assistance OF the Is
rray1ik The Government gave Melville all tEc aSSst-
ance nossic because he upon IN errand Of mercy
Of tla holi
an spch case the local officials had authority to lend
ahelDing hand Mr.. Harber permitted to make the
,4urney but he had depend entirely upon his own re-
oources.
In going from Yautsk TO the mouths OF the Lena in the
winter. the valley of that river is not followed.
bortor and better route obtained by going norhward
tross the Adan River the VerchoyanSB Mountains
md then down the valley OF the Yana River TO the east
ward of The Lena. Mr. arber followed the same route
that Melville took except that he Obliged TO travel
much further going the mouth of the Omalv ana then
10 Rulun while the last 400 verss OF Meviles Journey
MAS over the direct road Bulun Melville with the
assistance Of the Government made the northward jour
ppy In twelve working days. Harbcr without the ana or
he Government made it in twenty-thrce days IIarbers
btre Journey occupied sixty and half working days,
and when he returned TO Yakutsk on March 20 the
officials were surprised the good time made and the
successful transportation of the bodies
A DANGEROUS MOUNTAIN PASS.
Lieutenant Anou followed the road over the Vercho-
Yana and wranron travelled the same way in going to
Kolymsk The highest part Of the pass across the
mountains Lieutenant AnjOu found to be 2lOO rect
above the level Of the nearest point on the Tukulan
River thirty versts distant and Wrangen says the sum
nits above seemed be 500 1000 feet higher than
the pass Although the road over the mountains is at
present much better than when Wrangel followed it in
September 1920 extract from his description OF his
tourney may not be unnterestng now. We were nOw,
no saws TO cross the VerchOyans which is unqueston
Y,aptO NJ he NVhO rOi
yakutsk TO the Koyma. We had TO climb steep preci-
pces where from the giving way Of the snow, we were
often in danger of falling to the bottomi and when we
came to holows and narrow rayines we had great labor
in clearing away the sufficiently TO force passage
Our guides told that gusts OF wind from the valleys
were sometimes so sudden and violent that whole parties
had been precpitated by them into the abysSes along
the margin Of which the path ran we were particularly
favored by the weather Inc Ky Ky & "aS toueS, L a
rocks around sparked IN the beams OF the n0ohdak sun
as II studded with the most brilliant diamonds BGIOW
flows the Polar Sea- while blum rocks smut III our pros
range divides tributaries Of the Lena from those OF
the Yana; consists & cESy @ :" on PT ha 1oS neA n m in io
tude SO 2O according to our observations ana forms
remaTkabe line OF separation in respect to vegetation.
Nether pines Gr-rees nor aspens which last had been
occasionally met with hitherto are found to the north OF
It, Iarches, pOplars, brches and willows continue as i
as ESQ., indeed the latter grow In sheltered places even
near the Omoon and the AuiI1 rivers; some Innqusl
whom met further on, assured US tna Il'h k%huMh %
here by the name OF ChaJus lSdtm0 HYmd@) WIS aDuhu
mt In the lake In which the Iana takes It's rse , ~,
There is scarcely a route Wrangcll adds, III
Siberia with the exception OF dangerous mountain
passes) than that from the Adan TO this place. across
forests torrents and rocks, and entirely with
ont shelter The valley of the Yana has north
ern direction and Is bounded to the east ana west 10y
peakcd mountains, which connect with the Nerc0yansK
range and to the north gradually sink into lower hls
scattered over marshy plain Another chain OF some
Importance extends from this place In W NV. drco
ton toward the Polar Sea and divides the valleys 0i the
Lena and the Yana. H. called the OTulgansk Chain
and consists like all the heights had hitherto seeI OF
clay slate of which the strata run NN W, sOng alter
nafeiv to the east and TO the west Along the
Hat banks the Yana and under the shelter OF the nils
there are many arch and birch the route We FOL
lowed but they are stmted In their growth. The cOnn-
try offers very little variety the plains there are
MANY lakes connected with each other by streams OF
various sizes"