Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-07-19

with Frederick ond jcns 10 Alexandria
iiaroor 10 LOOK for game, The Engllsh ex-
peuition oi 1870 having reported abundant
traces IN that quarter. They returned ex-
haustcd, however, after an nbssnca .og
three or four days, and e,nnty-hsnded
Long, however. had made the discovery OF
new land in Eazen Sound, having seen
from the western side of Mount CnTl
three capes beyond The f,irthcst renorsed
by the Mares expedition. The life al Camp
Clay during the winter and spring Is simply
indescribable. Rice discovered salt shrlun,.
with which they eked out their suppers.
but they contained very little nutriment.
and the labor Of catching them NAV be
imagined when IL is known that il reqI,irel
1900 to m q gill measure. Lichens eath.
cred from The rocks saXiirage, and boiled
sseaiskin were also eaten. Twenty-four
foxes, weighing about four pounds each.
were killed with shot-guns as they prowled
around the camp, and with the return
of daylight fourteen ptarmgan, sixty
dovckeS. q small seal. and In April a
bear which Melted them 81 pounds OF
good meat. Nothing was wasted. and
thIs last undoubtedly saved the lives OF
The few who survived. Sergeant Brlinard
had charge OF the issue Oiprovisions, which
were carefully weighed In an improyised
scale, cartridges serving rs weights. and
equilablv distributed. IN March # was
found necessary TO again reduceth ration,
there being nothing lcft them but bread.
meat. and tea. and on May itb the last issue
was made. This consisted OF six ounces Of
meat, every thing else being exhausted.
Some ate Il NJ once, others boarded II as
long ~ possible before relying wholly on
tie soalsin, shrimps, and lichcns.
TIE FTEsT DEATH.
The first death was that Of Sergeant
Cross, who had been the machinist OF the
m-launcb, and then there was long
lapse Of time until Esquimau Frederick
gave in. This last, together with the death
Of the other Esquimau, Jens Edward, by |
drowning. proved a serious loss, rs they |
were both good hunters, and without the |
kyak much OF the game that was killed |
could not be secured. Long, however, was |
The main reliance Of The party as a hunter. |
lie Is AZ old fTontIcrsman and dead |
shot Had Il not been for the scarcity !
Of game he would have bad no difficulty in !
providing for The entire party. Rice, who !
with FTedcricks had volunteered TO 20 10 |
Baird inlet 70 recover the meat left there |
the preceding autumn, died on the trip 81 |
exhaustion and was buried by Frcdericks |
on the Zoe. The meat was not found. Az |
ter this, which occurred April 9!h, they icll |
OF rapidly, and but for the timely arrival |
OF the ships not a man OF them would |
have survived. Thanks 10 The energy |
and dispatch with which the expedition |
had been fitted ou,, We were on the ground |
ut The earliest possible date. and had the |
exact position OF the party been known |
when we sailed from New York not an.
other life could have been saved. May 9Th |
tie winter nut, which was only six feet
above high-water mark, was abandoned, !
and the party moved up the hill on account |
of the dampness from melting snow, and |
lived IN a wal-fcni. and here they were
found on the day q the Rescue, which they |
lite thought was so near at hand.
RESCUE AT HAND.
While lying in their tent. too exhausted
10 20 ont in the southwest gale which was
raging. something very like the sound Of a
stoam-whistlc was heard, and Long and
Braiuard was sent 10 tho rocks. where a
signal Of distress was flying, to see If there
was anything in sight Intervening hills
hid the ships from their view, and they re-
turned disappointed with their melancholy
report. BIainard says that tins was the Bit
teTCst moment Of his life, and that he then
gave up all as lost. Long, ROT vet fully
satisfied, went out again, and climbing to
the hilltop saw the Bears steam-launch
with the ships in the distance.
Too oyeIioyed TO control himself. almost
too weak to stand. he tumbled rather than
ran down the bill to meet his rescucrs. and
was the first OF the party TO arrive on board
the ship.