Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-07-18
EASTERN NEWS.
Survivors Of the Greeley
Expedition Rescued.
SEVENTEEN OUT OF THE TWENTY
FIVE ADVENTURES PERISH.
Terrible suHerings from the Cold
and Hunger.
THE IOE-T0MB OF FIVE MEN
SWEPT TO SEA.
Liohens, Shrimps and Sealskin Clothes
Eaten Up.
s~svEHrYIueHT HOURS MORE AHC ALL
WOULD HAVE DIED.
sevENIY.HeHT HOURS MORE AHG ALL
WOULD HAVE DIED.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL.
of the Greeley's Expedi.

Survivors OF the eel EXpcuA'
tiOn Rescued.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE following
telegram was received at the Navy Depart
ment this morning:
ST.. JOINS, N. F., July 17.-9 A. M
Hon. William Chandler, Secretary OF the
| Navy, Washington: The Thetis, Bear and
| Lockgarry arrived here to-day from West
| Greenland, all we'll. They separated from
| the Alert $50 miles north during the gale
| ut 9 p. M, June %, five miles off Cape Sa-
| bine, in Smith Sound. The Thetis and
| Bear rescued alive Lieut.. A. A. Greeley,
| Sergeant Brainard, Sergeant Fredericks,
| Sergeant Long, Hospital Steward Bieder-
| back, Private Cornell and Sergeant Ellison,
| the only survivors Of the Lady Franklin
| Bay Expedition. Sergeant Ellison had
lost both hands and feet by q frostbite, and
| died July 6 at Godhaven, three days after
smputation, which had become imperative.
Seyentween of the twenty-five persons
| composing the expedition persisted by
starvation, at the point where found. One
/ was drowned while sealing to procure
i IOOu. 1WSlNo DONlob VI II uChu e
| rescued and are now on board the Thetis
and Bear. One Eskimo Turvevik was
| buried at Disko, in accordance with the
| desire OF the Inspector Of Western Green
land, and five as follows: Sergeant Cross,
Jan. l, 1881; Frederick Eskimo, April 5;
Sergeant Linn, April 6; Lieut.. Lockwood,
April 8; Sergeant Jewell, April IL; Private
Ellis, May 10; Sergeant Ralston, May 20,
and Private Henry, June 6. These bodies
were buried in an ice fort near camp, but
were swept away to sea by the winds and
currents before my arrival. and could not
be recovered. The date OF the death of
Private Schneider is June IS. The names
of the dead buried in the ice fort, with the
date of the death Of those whose
bodies were not recovered, are as
folio VS.: Sergeant Rice, April 9, 1884;
Corporal Salem, June 8; Private Binder,
June 6; Assistant Surgeon Pavy, June 6;
Sergeant Gardner, june IL; drowned by
breaking through newly formed ice while
sealing, Jens Edwards, and Eskimo, April
"a. I would urgently suggest that the
bodies now on board be placed in metallic
cases here for safer and better transporta-
ton in a sea way. This appears to me i'm
peratlve. Greeley abandoned Fort Conger
August 8, 1883, and reached Baird Inlet
1 oCObCAhDVA 603 AOAAOWln6s WIN tiO 6ubkGO
party we'll. He abandoned all his boats
and was adrift 80 days on an ice foe in
Smiths Sound. His permanent camp was
established October 81. 1888, at the point
where he was found. During nine months
his party had to live upon a scant allow.
ance of food brought from Fort Conger,
that which had been cached at Payer Har-
Dor and Cape Isabella, by Sir George Mares,
in 1875, but it was found much damaged
by the lapse of time; that ccahed BY Beebe
at Cape Sabine. in 1874; and o small
amount saved from the wreck Of the Pro-,
teus in 1888, and landed by l.. P. CARING
ton and Oolwell ON the beach near where
Greeley's party was found. When these
provisions were consumed the party was
forced to live upon boiled sealskin,
stripped from sealskin clothing, and
lichens and shrimps, caught in good
weather, when they were strong enough to
make exertion. AS it took 300 shrimps to
I'LL a gallon measure, the labor was too
exhaustive to depend upon them TO sustain
life entirely. The channel between Cape
Sabine and Littleton Island did not close,
on account of the violent gales all Winter,
30 that $40 rations at the latter place could
not be reached. All Greeley's records, and
all the instruments brought by him
AVN VII SO16ct, are recovered
and are on hand. From Hare Island to
Smiths Sound, I had q constant and fu-
rious struggle with the ice in impossible
foes, and the solid barricades were over
come by watchfulness and patience; no op-
portunity to advance a mile escaped me, and
for Sc veral hundred miles the ships were
forced to run their way from lead to lead,
through ice varying in thickness from
three to six feet, and when RATED much
greater. The Thetis and Bear reached Cape
York June IL, after a passage Of 81 days in
Melville Bay, with two advance ships OF
the Dundee whaling feet, and continued to
Cape Sabine. Returning seven days later,
fell in with seven others Of this feet off
Wostenholm leland, and announced Gree
ley's rescue to them. that they might not
be delayed from their fishing grounds, nor
be tempted in the dangers Of Smiths Sound,
In view of the reward Of S25, 900 offered
by Congress. Returning across Melville
Bay we fell in with the Alert and Lock.
garry of DEVILS Thumb, struggling
through heavy ice. Commander Oof6n
did admirably to get along so far with his
transport so early in the season, before the
opening had occurred. Lieutenant Emory,
with the Bear, has supported me through
out with great skillfulness and unfiinch.
.ne Aoeuinees ~ accomplishing the great
duty Of relieving Greeley. The Greeley
party are very much improved since the
rescue. but were critical in the extreme
when found. and for several days after.
Sixty-eight hours delay in reaching them
would have been fatal to all now living
The season north is late and the closest for
years. Smiths Sound was not open when
/ left Cape Sabine. The Winter about
Melville Bay was the most severe for On
years. This great result is entirely due to
the unwearied energy of yourself and the
Secretary of War in fitting out this exne.
diiion for the work it has had the honor 10
accomplish.