Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-07-18
The following is the telegram received a
the Navy Department

the Navy Department
ST. JOHNS n. F., 9 A. NJ, July 18th
| Hon. Vm Z. Chandler, Secretary Of the Nary,
| Washington The Thetis, Bear and LocEgarry
are we'll. We separated from the Alert $50 miles
north during gale At P. NJ, June 22d, five
| miles off Cape Sabine, in Smiths Sound, the
Thetis and Bear rescued alive Leu,enans a; A.
Sergeant Long, Hospital Steward Bierbach,
| private Cornell and sergeant Ellison, tne only
| survivors of the Lady Franklin Bay Expeoition.
Sergeant Ellison had lost both hands and feet
! by frost bite and died July 9th, at Goodhaven
\ three days ter the amputatlon when had pc
come imperative. Seventeen of the twenty-five
persons comprising the expedition
| PERIsHED By STARVATION.
At the point where found one was drowned
while sealing to procure food. Twelve bodies
of the dead were rescued and are now on board
| the; Thetis and Bear. One Esquimau, Tur-
renik, was buried at Disco in accordance with
| the desire of the Inspector of Western Green
| land. Five bodies buried in the ice near the
| camp were swept away to sea by the winds and
currents before my arrival and could not be
secured The
| NAMES OF THE DEAD
Recovered, with the date of DEATH are as fol-
| lows: Sergeant Cross, January l, 1854; Wedeuck,
an Esquimau, April 5th; Sergeant Linn, april
| 9th; Lieutenant Lockwood, April Sth Sergeant
| Jewell April 18th Private Ellis, May 10Th; Ser
| geant Ralston, May 3d. Private Henry, June
9th; Private Schneider June 18th. The names
of the dead buried in the ice-.ort with the dates
of their death, and whose bodies were not recoy-
| cred, are as follows: Sergeant Rice, April .,
| 1884; Corporal Salem, June Sd; Private Binder,
| June 9th; Assistant Surgeon Parry, June 9th;
Sergeant Gardner, June 18th. Drowned by
breaking through newly formed ice Vale seal
| ing, Jens Edwards an Esquimau, April 18th
| would urgently suggest that the bodies now
| on board be placed in metallic cases here Tor
| safer and better transportation. This appears
| to me imperative
| GreeIy abandoned Fort Conger on August g.
| 1888, and reached Baird inlet Septem per 18Th,
| following with the entire party well. He aban-
| dOned all his boats and adrii. thirty days
on an ice foe in Smiths sound. His permanent
camp was established october q, 1885, at the
| point where he was found.
LIVING on sCAST FOOD.
| During nine months the party had to live
| upon Il scant allowance of IoOd brought from
| Fort Congcr that was cached at Payer HarbOr
| and Cape Isabella by Sir George Mares i'll 1870,
| but which was found much damaged by the
| lapse of time, that cached by Beebe at Cape
Sabine in 1882, and small amount saved from
| the wreck of the PrOteus in 1883, aud landed by
| J.. p. Darlington and Colwell on the beach near
| where the Greedy party was found. When these
provisions were consumed the party was forced
| TO live upon boiled sealskin striped from the
| sealskin clothing, and lichen and snrimps pro-
cured in good weather. when they were strong
| enough to make eXertions. As 1t took LOO
| shrimps to fill a gallon measure, the labor was
too exhaustive TO depend upon them to sustain
| life entirely The channel between Cape Sabine
| and Litlleton Island did not Close on account
of violent gales all winter, so rat go rations
1 at the latter place could not be reached.
| All OF Greely's records, AID all instruments
| brought by him from Port Conger, are recovered
| and are on board.
STRUGGLING WITH ICE BARRIERS.
From Hare Island to Smiths Sound 1 had
| constant and furious struggle with the ice in
| impossible foes. These solid barriers were
| overcome by watchfulneSs and patience. No
opportunity TO advance mile escaped me, and
for several 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 rifted, much greater.
THE DISCOVERY.
| The Thetis and Bear reached Cape York June
18th, after passage of twenty-one days. IN Mel
vile Bay met two advance ships of ,Ile Dun
| dee whaling fleet, and continued to Cape Sa-
| bine Returning seven days later they fell in
with seven other vessels of this fleet off Wosten-
| helm Island and announced Greeiy's rescue to
| them, so that they might not be delayed from
their fishing grounds, nor be tempted to face the
dangers of Smiths Sound in view of the reward
of S25, 900 offered by Congress
GOOD WORK OF THE RELIEF PARTY.
Returning across Melville bay fell in with Alert
| and Lockgarry off Devils Thumb, struggling
| through heavy ice Commodore Coffin did adj
| mira5ly to get along so far with the TRANSPORT
so early in the season and before an opening nad
| occurred Lieutenant Emory, with the Eear,
has supported he throughout with great skill
| fulness aud unf1inching readiness in accom-
plishiDg the great duty of relieving Greedy.
| CONDITION OF THE SURVIVORS.
| The Greedy party are very much improved
\ since the rescue, but were cri jcal in the ex-
/ treme when found, and FOR several days after.
| Sixty-eight hours delay in reaching them would
\ have been fatal TO all now living.
| CLOSE SEASON.
| The season north is late and the closest for
| ye-rS smut L s sound was not open when lett
| Cape Sabine. The Wire. about Melville bay
NFus no II For txrn ttrx
To WHOM THANKS ARE DUE.
| This great result is entirely due to the I'M
wearied energy of yourself and the Secretary of
| War in fitting out this expedition for The work
it has had the honor TO accomplish.
| W. ). SCHLEY, Commander.
| SECRETARY CHANDELIERS INSTRUCTIONS.
| WEST POINT On. ", July 17th.-The
| following dispatch has been forwarded by
| Secretary Chandler:
| Commander ". S. Scbley. s. .Joltns Ncirfound-
| land Receive my concentrations and thanks
| for yourself and your whole command, for your
prudence, perseverance and courage in reach
ing our dead and dying countrymen The hearts
ton to Lieutenant Greedy and the Few survivors
of his deadly peril. Care for them unremittinp-
| ly, and bid them be cheer. III ard hopeful on
account of what life has in store for them Pre-
| serve tendery the remains of the heroic dead
prepare them according to your Judgment, and
| bring them home. W. f. CHANDLER
| Secretary OF the Navy.
| GREELYs REPORT.
! WASHINGTON, July 17th.-GeneralH azen.
| Chief Signal Officer, has received the fol-
lowing telegram;
ST. JOHNS (N. F. }, JulyI7th.
For the first time in three centuries England
Yields the honor Of penetrating furthest north
| Lieutenant Lockwood and Sc seant Brana-d.
! on May 18th, reached Lockwood Island, latitude
So minutes "a seconds. Longitude n minr.es 5
| second. They saw from an elevation of
1000 feet no land north or northwest,
but to the northeast Greenland yet extended
lost to view in Cape Robert Lincoln, latitude
| So So, Longitude SO. Lieuteua1t Lockwood
| was turned back in 1883 by open water OIL the
north Green's ard shore, the pa,ty barely escap-
| ing adriit into the Polar oce,'u. d.. Pavey, in
1852, IL following the Markham route, was
adriii one day IN tie Polat oceGu nortl of Cape
10 eph Henry, and escaped to la Id abandoning
| nearly eve y.hipg. In 1852 made spring AID
later Summer trips into the interio. of Gil nnell
ten miles in cxten., which was fed by ice. The
Cape of North Grinnell Land drains Rueg!es
river and Weiprecht Fiord into. Cony
beare Bay and Anchor Fioad. OBJ
| Arthur 5000 feet high. and Che contour of the
! land west of the Conser mountains convinced
me tnat Grinnell La Id lends directly south from
| Lieutenant Aldrich's farthest exploration i'll
| 1876. In 1883 Lieutenant Lockwood and Ser
| ge mt Erainerd succeeded in crossing GliuneH
| Land and ninety miles from Bearateux Bay,
1 the neNu OF ATcnOT IDtI, StTuCk the Dedu OF q
| ford lrom the western sea, temporarily named
| by Lockwood Greedy Fiord. From the center of
| the ford in latitude so S0' longitude 7S' so"
1 Lieutenant Lockwood says the northern shore
4 terminated some twenty miles west and south,
| and the southern shore extending some fifty
| miles, with Cape Lockwood some seventy miles
| distant, apparently separate land from Grinnell
\ Land. ! nave named the new land A..hur
| Land. Lieutenant Lockwood followed the
| same returning 10 en- ice cape, averaging
| about lJo feet perpendicular face. 1t follows
| that the Griunel Land interior is ice capped,
| with belt of country some sixty miles wide be-
| tween the norh en and southern ice capes. In
| Mach, 1854, Sergeant Long while hunting.
| looked from the northwest side of Mount Carey
| tree capes westward of the furthes1 seen by
| Mares in 1876. The Sound extends twenty miles
| further west Than shown by the English chart
but is possibly shut in by the land which
| showed up across the western end. The two
yeas station duties observations, all explora-
| lions, and the retreat to Cape Sabine were ac-
l complished without loss of lie disease serious
| accident or even serious frost BITES No scurvy
was experienced at Conger, and but one death
| from il occurred last winter.
GREEDY, Commanding.
ANOTHER DISPATCH FROM GREEDY.
A second dispatch from Lieutenant
Greedy is as follows
ST. JOINS, July 18th.
Chief Signal Officer, Washington: Brainerd, Bier
derrick, Conneil Fredericks Long and myself,