The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-09-22

JitS iIoII kAbO Slbps hS
attempt was then abandoned for that
season. About the same time, Capt.
Stevenson, of the Discovery, started
from Lady Franklin Bay witha sledge
party up the coast, in the direction of
the Alert. lie could get only six miles
from the ship and returned with both
sledges broken at the end of the second
day. AS the conclusion from these
experiments, Capt. Nores reported that
autumn siedging along the coast of
GrinnelI Land, between Fioeberg
Beach and Lady Frankli Bay, was
practically impossible.
The two ships sf the expedition lay
only 10 miles apart, on the same coast,
from the Goth August, 1875, TO the Goth
of March, 1876, nearly seven months,
without any possible intercomn,anica-
tion. This fact alone. it Is said, shows
that Lieut.. Greedy, with % men, some
of them possibly in illhealth, could
hardly make an autumn sledge
journey OF 500 miles along the coast of
Grinnei Land to I.ittleton Island. II,
therefore he waited at his station till
September for the arrival of the sup
ply steamers, he is probably there sill,
and will remain there until next
spring. 1t * thought by those who
express these opinions that Lieut..
Greeley, ,foreseeing the ifnpracticahility
Of making his escape on sledges in the
fail, and desiring to obey his perempi-
DRY orders To start down the coast not
later than Sept. /, would perhaps
abandon his station as early in Sept.
Is open water should appear in Rob
ins0n channel, or the last week in July,
and attempt 10 reach LittletOn Island
in boats. Escape in this way might he
effected under average conditions OF
ice and weather, because
SMALL EDATS COULD BE DRAGGED
across Intervening barriers of ice and
between lanes or pools of open water,
where 4 ship would be stopped. If
Lieut.. Greeley aud his men left Lady
Franklin Bay in boats late in July or
early in August they might perhaps
have reached the mouth OF Smiths
Souud by the 18th or Goth of August,
two or three weeks after the departure
of the Nantir. Upon finding the re-
cords on Iittlcton Island of the loss of
the Proteus they would have before
them two possible courses of action.
w
vanced they might provision their
boats from the coaches at Cape Sabine
and Littleton Island and make 4 des-
pcratc attempt to reach Il Danish settle
meut in Northern Greenland; or,
second, if it was too late sor -uctI
attempt they might try to find and
distribute themselves among the Es-
quimauX who live along the Green.
land coast between littletuu Island
and Cape York. These Espuimaux
are few in number, 100 or 120 in all,
and generally short of provisions, but
they might bc able to carry few of
Licut. Grccley's party through the
winter. At any rate, this would
he the rarty's only hope.
Nothing, it is thought, can he done
to rescue the unfortunate men this fall.
Their lives are now in their own
hands, and their future depends entire
~ upon their own skill and Judgment,
and upon chances of wind and ice.
The next information in regard to
them IS likely to come from Upper
navik or from the ESquimauX OF the
Greenland coast, between the mouth Of
Smiths Sound and Cape York.
Secretary Lincoln said the question
how to get relief to the Greedy party
has been discussed NJ the Department.
He, however, had little hope that
anything could be done this year.
lie thought ii would bc useless to send
party mp this fall with the certainty
of their having to winter several
hundred miles from Greeley'S station,
without the means of travelling that
intervening distance, when by waiting
until next summer a party could be
sent that would make lust aS good
progress. He said, however, ii it were
shown that relief cnnli be sent the
Greeley party, no expense or pains
would hc spared to relieve them.
Acting Signal Officer Ciziare said
nothing had been heard from Lieut..
Darlington in response to the Inquiries
made hy officers. Further dispatches
We're sent asking categoriCaliy ihc ru3-
aibi!ities with regard to getting n
vessel at st. John and fitting her out,
provisioning her Tor 4 year and sending
her to tppcrnavik, or as much further
north az practicable, Su aS to reach
Littloton Island at the earliest moment.
Nothing has been heard a. yet i'm reply
10 these dispatches.
WILIISG TO GO FOR GREELEY.
WASHINGToM, sept. li.-i4isut.
bancu hover, formcIy of the Jeannette,
and Mr.. Tyson, tormely of the Polafis,
expressed their willingness TO take
part in another artic expedition FOR the