Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-21

waznbsrs Of the Greedy Party ChArEsd
with xtliing and Eatins n Bodies
of xhstr comradss-

The New York Times Of TEsedzy morning.
ays Written documents now IN the posses-
si0n Of the navy department. Al Washington
ADD 10 DE rccord Of miserable human suffer
ngs already pubbshei in connection With the
aahng az the Greely relief expedition, tile
mcsi shocking stories OF inhumAnity and can
aitslszm An the facts have bean ia the poe
sssSon az Secretary Chandler for nearly throe
Seeks, but 80 closely have they been gsArded
and 20 strictly have the naval officers and
sailors maintained the silence imposed upon
sherA that Doa eyen an mixing Of the true and
horrible condition OF ATAirs has yet reached the
public ear The snHsrags and piuaons Of
he nan IN their canvas hut during the long,
astsef winter Of 1884, have not half bcen told
Il has been published that sfser game gave on,
ssriy IN February they lived principally on
seal skins. Hcheyls and ahrimpA
A q natter o. fact they were kept alive on
human flesh When The rescning party dis
covered the half starved SURVIVORS. their trsf
duty was 70 hook 20 tbe men who WIRE tnsen-
Able from coldan prlvation even 70 the pelnt
81 death One Of them, q German, WAS Wild
In his 3alsrium be shrisked, sOh!' a. the sail
ers took hold Of him 10 lift him tendcriy,
Don't les them shoot me ~ fhey did poor
Henry Must Be killed and eaten As Heary
was, Doni let them do il, don't The sailors
sere horrihed, but At once -ePorted the mans
woTds 10 Commander Sehley.
When the horrible reality Was brought out
before Acknowledging COMMITTEES, Commander
Schley intFus;sd two or three gentlemen,
among whom Was DIR. Ames, the surgeon Of
The Bear, 20 make a careful examination, and
put iheir conclusions in writing h sAs
done. and the reports are now IN The hands OF
H. 80 aas.xrIgazrs 4 liant Graatgv wa< DO
cidcily averse 20 having the bodies OF the
buried dead disturbed. Dutthe bodies were dug
from their graves Most Of the blankets
contained nothing bat heaps Of White bones,
many Of them picked clean by inquiries
Commander ScEley discovered many Of me
seventnen Eaen who Arc said 70 have perished
from starvation had been eaten by their fam
ishing comrades Il was the one last resort
IL Is reported that the only men who escapeS!
fhe knife were three or four who died Of scuryy.
The amPutaied limbs Of men who afterwAfa
persisted, were eagerly devOured - food
Whether The four bodies which were swept out
% sea and never recovered would have added
further evidence 10 this story of horrible
cAnnibal1sm, cannot be learned now,
though the papers IN the possession
Of the navy department. give all the
particulars as TOLD by the survivors
Charles =. Henry's death was particularly
tragic. Driven TO despair by his frightfulh hun
ger, Henry saw an opportunity 10 steal a httls
more than has share OF ~rations, and he made
The attempt He rs found and shot for his
crime. In the published Official report the
death Of this man IL set down AZ having oc-
Cured Jnne 3 When the body was found his
hands and face, though shrunken, were intae'
and recognizable: but nearly everywhere else
the skin had been stripped from him and The
flesh picked from the bones Even his heart and
lungs were eaten by his corlrGdeEl h body
var IN this condition when il was ~interred last
Saturday. The letter from his friend Robert
5 0berteldeT, Of Sidney. Neb. which is daily
looked for, win probably never come TO light