The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-07-24

tauce below the camp, the Survivors not
having strength enough to bury them
with the rest, making twelve bodies taken
on board the SHIPS. -Four others were
buried on the ice from the winter house,
but the ice had broken and taken them
with it.
Edwards, an Esquimaux, was drowned
while hunting. Total deaths since the
party reached Cape Sabine last fall.
eighteen. j. Ellison, who was trying to
get the $50 rations left by the Beebe in
1882, got badly frostDitten. During the
winter both his feet dropped off at the
ankles and his fingers dried up hard. lie
also lost the top of his nose. For few
days he got along finely, but in little
while he took another change, wentwrong
in the head, and finally went to his long
home on the Sth of June.
The researches of the expedition were
every way successful. Latitude S3.Z4
was reached and a second party crossed
the Western Ocean. The party which
went north travelled East 10 the oath de-
gree of longitude.
Lieutenant Grey assured the United
Press correspondent that he had clear
proof that an open Polar Sea existed, one
of his party drifting into it, but was
blown back. He says he agrees in this
with Nordenskjold.
valley running from near Lady Frank
miles wide wa discovered. 1t is bounded
North and South by continuous glaciers
and has no apparent breaks. In the valley
vegetation was abundant ard the climate
much milder than usual. This he states
is the Eden of the North.
Greedy says that If 500 pounds of meat
| had been left by Darlington, his party
| would have been saved. Littlcton Island
/ could not be reached In winter, the Sound,
! twenty-five miles wide, being open, and
in spring the party were too weak TO go.
! The survivors are very weak, but recoY-
cring rapidly. Greely is extremely weak.
! His expedition, he says, would have been
/ the most successful on record II food
had been left on Cape Sabine, where it
). should have been.
The ships had been roughly used, as
superhuman cxertons were made to ef-
feet rescue. The party left Fort Conger
| August 9th in steam launch, three
boats and dingey. After their thirty
days float on the ice foe they decided to
abandon the launch and two boats as too
heavy to carry.
The winter quarters consisted of hut
of stone, covered by one boat and sail.
At Lady Franklin Bay plenty of food
had been left, b1t as It was too heavy to
carry aud they expected to find plenty at
Cape Sabine, it was left behind. Ihey
found only two barrels OF bread left In
the cache made by the Proteus' crew after
her loss, damaged cache left by the
British and few rations left by the relief
expedition of 1882.
In the Autumn a forlorn hope started
TO reach some dried meat cached by
Mares, but Ellison's feet and hands were
frozen, and they were forced 20 abandon
the meat and return. In the spring tent
was erected but the party were too weak
TO fasten it strongly. In April Rice anc
Fredericks volunteered to flud the aban
doned meat. Rice died on the way ane
Frederlcks returned in q terribly ex
! haustcd condition Two men, Lockwood
and Jewell died in camp while Frederickf
was away, and on the Ist of June Kings
bury died.
After this, little of moment, except
constantly recurring deaths, occurred
until June p, when the faint sound of ;
steam whistle was heard by Long. liz
and Brainerd got out Of their sleeping
bag ana went to point, but seeing moth
. ing they started to return. Long wal
unable to do so, and sat down in despair
beside some rocks. Soon he saw a stean
launch to which he shouted, and in
little while the rescuers landed.
THE EXPEDITIONS.
NoTE.-The third relief party for th
rescue OF Lieutenant Greedy and his me
, left ST. John, New Foundlapd, March IL
1888. in two vessels built at Dundee
Scotland, the Bear and the Thetis. and
steamer, the Alert, presented by England
An immense store of food Of ever
variety was taken, making 10 tons
all. The Greeley expedition starte
from Brooklyn June, 1881, LieutenaT
? Greeley in command. With him wei
5 four sergeants, Winfield S. Jewell, Gee
Q w. Rice, David c. RalstOn and Hampto
4 S. Gardner. The rest were privates an
: corporals from the army.-ED.