New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-30
MORE FOE 1BE GEEELY EXPEDITION.
LETTER PROM SIR GEORGE s. MARES, COMMANDER
or THE ENGLISH EXPEDITION OF 1879.
From The London 1tWeS.
ot ,Ou will atlOS me To send, thr0ug

From The London Times
I beg that you will aiiO@ me u send, through 1I
a. colnuus of The Times. few encouraging ana nope
fn word TO Tie friends and relations o. the men COM
posing the Greedy United states GOveilnehs 1919
fYrsd ton Arctic authorities have ever been extremely
an 1ious account OF tue Isolated POSITION vi 'N'S0 "a
plores but there Is not yet cause oi ,v at Ds
eoyery Ia, realized that re lei IA aeu 70 reach te
ie,tspant Grrely would husband his remaining
Sne Iesr. STOCK oil nccessaries. The position being pc
cuIiaTy favorable one Tor large Sdnle MoNI 10 la ,,
euabIe MIN TO considerable quantity Vi ''t' .
ma otuer article is ObtainaDiei nc wOd therefore, ~ Wv
event OF no relief arriving have an supply 20
food To last until August ISL me ed s ~
"A vessel ond possibly reach Discovery Bay II she iaeu
do during the present sumnsr III, ne ned aroe
thai on OF retreat soutL there ell
proporonlof prOvsOnsiet at convenient posaon9
s1ce o. the crews of those mad they been com
peled to retreat without their sblPs ho WouIu ~,
take il Tor granted that. even II ne dd nor IN aee
sp waiting for him al the southern enrahce Oi Snn
Sound additional supplies OF provisions ~ouIu oc nanu
fher. for his use therefore, although boat Jouil!
among Ice is ali times fororn nope anu ~ ony
undertaken last resource we may eopGIo ent in
liz boats wen the ice broke up Ia July OF the present
summer without waiting Tor the arll'a % INC i''''
Tue first difficulty would be to cross Lady fIanHHn
The spring thls part OF the journey wouu poraDy -
accomplished before the first week OF AUGUST ny ~
tinre Errueiy Channel would be comparatively rec OF
ice ana few troubles need he expected me
soath along the coast OF the Jo9ge D1i! t,,Ce so
Al tile southern end OF mat lhhu III
2O' although we met %lih 10 large S5Th tns
,.v,sirs of a large ancient Esquimaux eneampincn
,pyed tGai II is not an uufavOrabe hunting locality
taer soutn se left cache of &lO raohs sulhcent 10
as his men Tor at least ten days, ana we may reaoo
ably ,pe tla with this supply in addition 10 us Own
resoIfrrs lac would he enabled 10 accomplish the ec
ay djtult forty mics of the route Dtl0ie TchchnS
Case Hawks, In latitude 79o 30 where ne "o.hu
dui "A nDtt aud supply OF biscuits nun 'no
marty would he sixty miles IRON Cape sabine "n1Ie
fbev w,t know that tnere was 24O ialOhs III cdcHV,
and where additional supplies were landed ny me re,e
ex,clirOu la.t summer before tney returned hoho
know tLat late ia ANY Strong McstcI %"iS
viii omen massage between the Ice ana the iahh' any
thai lie boa, would meet with no very rough s'~ ~
would therefore, he bard indeed. cape oa1lne oncc
reached an opportunity dd not offer Tor crossing the
entrance sssaa and gaining Poft ioulhei lneic
IsquiPauA would probably be met wio ana VeIloliy
large Guanues reindeer AS the Alert ahd Dis 'otS
IN l-TD succeed IN crossing IRON hphhtil Lut
10 cana SABINE until the 9Th OF Sepe J'Def "a lc uhlg
i've daNs earlier than that Of the publication IN IDuuh
o fhe new. the futurn thu OF tue United Sibes
niea.ner autic OuudlandWe may still nope th
Jeniriut freely and his party have met with equal.
Iy favorable Ice. and have succeeded ia reaching LOr
IonIke le ID TIE II they have OLls arrived aJ
Cape sabine aud prevented crossing tue channel bV
tie newly forming ice, they wOLi kn0" OF the f1ch pas
furs grounds AT Alexandra Haven. iwcuty-trce miles
Ia the uurtwert where discovered numerous traces
OF both reindeer and musk Existence al eiEer OF
tbes positions until vessel H. able tc secor te party
next wear viii he pfecariOus one ltut 90 not YET uo
span Of the party beng ultimately relieved