Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-23

I 1W tner west than shown by the English
cnart, put it is possibly shut in by the land
which showed up across the western end. The
TWO years station duties, observations all the
explorations and the retreat to Cane Sabine
were accomplished without loss Of life. disease
SERIOUS ACCIDENT or even serious frost bites. No
scurvy was experienced at Conper and Int one
death occurred from it last winter
GREELY, Commanding.
A second dispatch from Lieut.. Greedy
is as follows:
ST. JOHNS, June 17.-To the Chief SionnI
Ot1cer,, Washington: Brainerd, Blerderbick.
Cornell, Long and myself, the sole survivors
arrived to-day, having been rescued at the.
point Of death from starvation by the relief
ships Thetis and Bear, June %, at Camp CLAW.
northwest of Cape Sabine. All are now in good
health but weak. Sergt. Ellison died july 8:
cross died last January; Christensen, Linn,
Rice, Lockwood, Jewell and Edwards in April:
Ellis, Ralstone, Whistler and Israel in NAV:
Kisllngbury. Sailor, Henry, Bender, Pavy,
Gardiner and Schneider in June. We aban.
doned Fort Conger August and were frozen
in the pack off Victoria Head August 80.
Abandoned the steam launch September II
eleven miles northwest of Cooked Hat Island
and when on the point of land were three
times driven by southwest storms into Kane's
Sea. We finally landed September 30 in Baird In
let. Learning by scouting parties of the Proteus
disaster, and that no provisions had been left
for us from Cape Isabella to sahine, we moved
and established winter quarters al Camp CLAW
half way between Sabine and Cooked Hat.
The inventory showed that by daily ration of
four and One-thlrd ounces meat, seven ounces
bread and dog biscuits, and four ounces miscel-
laneous, the party would have ten days full
ratlons left for crossing Smith Sound to Llttleton
Island. Unfortunately Smith Sound remained
open the entire winter, rendering the cross
ing impracticable. Game failed despite daily
hunting, from early in February. Before the
sun returned only 500 pounds of meat had
been obtained. This year Minute shrimps, sea-
weed, sassafras, rock ichens and sealsk1n were
resorted to for food, with results as shown by
the number of survivors. The lastregular food
was issued May IL. Only $50 pounds of meat
were lett by Darlington. 7 was compelled to
send in November four men to obtain 154
pounds of English meat at Isabella During
the trip Ellison froZe solid both hands and feet
and lost them all, surviving. however, through
our terrible winter and spring until July g..
The survivors owe their lives to the indomitabe
energy of Capt. Schley and Lieut.. Emery who
preceded by three, and accompanied by five
whalers, forced their vessels from Upernayi
through Melville Bay into north water at Cape
York. They gained yard whenever possible,
and always held it. Smith Sound was crossed
and the party rescued during one of the most
violent gales / have ever known. The boats
were handled only at the imminent risk of
sWemplng. -Four OF us were then unable to-
walk, and could not have survived exceeding
twenty-four hours. Every care and attention
was given us. We were saved, and bring back
copies of the meteorological, tidal, astronomi-
cal, magnetic, pendulum, and other observa-
tions; also pendulum, Yale, and standard Their
mometers. Forty-eight Photographic negatives,
a collection of blanks and Photographic proofs
of Esquimaux relics, and other things were
necessarily abandoned. The Thetis remains
here for five days probably. GREEDY,
Commanding.
A TRAGIC STORY.
ST.. JOHNS, N. F., July 1.-THE The
tbs, Bear and coal-tender arrived here
to-day. The Alert is expected to-mor-
row. The Thetis has Lieut.. Greedy
and five men - Frederick Brainerd,
Biederbick, Long and Cornell on
board, and the story they tell is mex
pressibly tragic.
In August last the entire Greedy ex-
petition, left Lady Franklin Bay to
come south in a steam launch, three
boats and dingy. In September they
got upon loose ice foe, drifting about
for thirty days and nearly getting into
the terrible Melville Bay. Deciding to
abandon the launch and two boats as
too heavy to carry, they succeeded in
landing at the end of that time, and
about October Is went into winter
quarters at Cooked Hat Cove, just north
of Cape Sabine. These winter quarters
consisted of stove covered by one
boat and sail. Up to this time all
hands were well, but now starvation
stared them in the face, md they were
put upon the shortest possible allow
ance. At Lady Franklin Bay plenty
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heavy to carry, and they expected to
find plenty at Cape Sabine. They
found, however, only two barrels of
bread in The cache made by the Proteus
crew and damaged cache left by the
British, and few rations left by the
relief expedition of 1882. In the au-
tumn they started to reach some
dried meat cache left by Mares, but
Eison's feet and hands were frozen and
they We're forced to abandon the meat
and return. In the spring tent was
erected, but the party were too weak to
fasten it strongly, and few hours be-
fore the rescue it blew down and re-
NAMED upon the survivors, II Febru-
airy the first man, Cross, died. The
next was native. In April, Rice and
T0U0T1Ck volunteered 10 uuO bu0 dUdu-
doned meat. Rice died on the trip and
Frederick returned to camp in terri
bly, exhausted condition. Two men
Lockwood and Jewell-died in camp
while Frederick was away, and on
June 1 Lieut.. Kislingbury died. After
this there was little of moment except
constantly recurring deaths, which oc-
Cured until, on June %, the faint
sound of steam-whistle was heard by
Long. He and Brainerd got out of
their sleeping-bags and went to point,
but seeing nothing. started to return.
Long was unable to do so, and sat down
in despair beside some rocks. Soon he
saw steam launch, to which he shouted
and raised a flag. Soon after they
landed.
The story of the rescuing party as
told by Capt. Ash, ice pilot of the Bear,
is as follows: Sailed from st. Johns
May4. Reached Upernavik on the
10Th, Duck Island June 6, Cape York
June Is. and PAYER harbor on the Odd.