Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-09-21
OH SIRE Dress.
THE GREELY CoLONY's POSITION,
Wreck orthe Protcus and Escape of the
ExpcdItiOu.

lust anchored. NO WORD has DCcn received
from Greeley or any of his party. TIL,
steamer proteus was crushed in foe ice al
the entrance TO Smiths sound, July 23d
Captain Pike, his crew and the scien.
tific party are passengers by the Ianlic.
The first ntimation of the Proteus disaster
was found August 81 at Littleton.island by the
lantic. Lieut.. Darlington LETT record there,
while coming south, describing the shipwrecli
aud indicating the movements of the ships
company Search was instituted on the 4th
along the Greenland coast from Cape Alex
andcr to Cape Robertson. Every point like
ly to bring up the rctrca,ing party was
searched till September 2d, when upernavik
was reached and the whole Proteus party
were found. They had been exposed 81
days aud nights in boats, making some stop
pages at Intermediate harbors. The ship
was crushed in foe ice at . o'clock the even
ing of July % and sank within four hours
There was sufficient time to save clothing,
provisions, compass and other nccessarlcs.
On the 2jth the boats being equipped start
was made. The disaster occurred eight
miles north-nOrthwest of Cape Sabine. Over
six hundred miles Of ice and frgid sea were
passed before Upernavik was reached.
nodi,ion wne that mo- nrovisions were landed
or caches made All the stores intended for
the Arctic c lony went down in tbs steamer.
While al anchor IN the Danish harOor August
rn a',u i. n ," s,"n,r Wv hnd
arrived from a Lnrbor 30 miles north of
Cape lo.s and the captain had stated that
nat We ESKIMO told nm TWO ma ives VINO
were WIN lhe Hr.el'y eApe1i'lon aIrs,u
lh'fc on s!edgos iasl winter am iePorteu lnG
pii ~! "cil cAtCPV y t'o' az y "n1 i'uu
uicu' ih'St hu'i'.s Mch' n'Ih W Euy
FIa"kln Lay Auo'hor EsNi,io from
oieeioy N3IhP 'GpoI,eu tia' aIi lnc oii .'
were huIua Gu ny 'ue iiich' Ncnner vi tnrsc
Iei'3i's Is ieiHo.' us suo iGuus v, enc
tbr,n in Tho f.,,cSorv If tiction
Cnnt Si,l;r saws lin, ne far north ne Cane
SoLirc no irnce of Greeley or party was
found md his f,ilutc Ia come south 10 Lii
tle,nn Isn,nd TO mrrt The relief steamer This
summer ,vrl.ns ,tovr annrphen.inns ne In
thni, f,,o Thn p,otnns was rr,rcnting home
who, The icn min ovrrwbclmcd her She had
GOT L,r,I, II milrs north nf ,he scene of The
shi,yyr,ri, rim nrnsnncts nj tho Groenv
crinn,, ,,,I,,,,,,,,ir,r innrIb Winter hnneaiL
~. kali, o;,oin az r,nnrrrnI ~ contnn,
nia,n
iIo,r,. u-nso, ,,,,rr.,,s uoto or ,bo Nan
,io AZ of ",,[,,io2,, dr,;,,r tho vn,,nro
NV ynpt! S.n, 1a"Thc Evening Posts
Wa.Lir,'t,,, c.,r,,s,,an,,or, e.,s that a, i'm
medi,,,. eff ,rt viii Inc mad. 10 fit out an ok.
,,od;iinn 80 r.i;,vn Grcni,v.s marry unlrr mr..
vo,r emnc,visinn rs The amonnt nnnropria,ed
bT C,,',,.ss is nj nxnr,dnd Great anyictv
is oynr,ss,d tor tb" 1frty of Inc men ns
ihny hoyn n,iv sufficient nrovisinns to last
,hr9uTH ,hn sn3snn
- s.. 8, r..-,
nAsHiN"ioN' ~ N',Htp.i 10, LiHuteii ,in
uatlns,on' III cunise ~ 'nu o,, re, le,'ea
eApe,l,o" 'c'csluP's t'it. a''c' 'iio l;.'
was 10 pr! nii''e Us way no.o,s '1 1i
Souhu anu "'on9 ti'c cis tv s'i'ics W Nnre
lo.N lheh hc.oss tho,'ili re- u, oi:' la'lh'
u 'heie Au4usI - i1c an.,c rcach-
ca lftiEaNiR sept @hu ara Ie't Inc same
Jay WIN .h' cutic pa' NLa'i "oh'
Inc actlnG chti ssna' Queer says mat
eVery'hinS p'ssln'e VII DC cone 10 rGlcVe
inc uTctlcy IH'|y' ihtic = ~ Srouu'i ior
hoping thht r"'lhI'on Iahn.u any cl MS
Stores On Llltieloh lslahu. II lie hau zone
SO his party "iier 'he WIeih "ouiu nave
winlertd there Lieut. Hie-ity mas supplies
sum 'Icii 10 maintain ms parry until htAt
SpilhI' u"l llc great misfortune was NC
lalutr u lfovi'h Supples Iof MN at Lt'lc-
Ton lsIanH; lie thnnGht me sleuslhs party
uspa'ch'u rom 'p,'haN'h n1snt reach
Gfeelry a. Llitl,'oh iSiahu II nc So' 'here
before us supPnes Ia'Ieo'
The Case Not MISREPRESENTATION
for the wintcr-Thc Failure of the
P,otcu. rxpcdi,ion.
., IT,, w..
81 ''"N'' ~ T." sup H. Ho'" "a'
lingtun Is held TO be hlghiy cnlptDIc IN IN
tcrfcriug with Captain Pike, the commander
of the pro,eus II is said that Pike ngains,
ton put tho steamer into the foe ice, thus de-