The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-23
Greedy Relief Expedition Found

WASHINGTON, July H. The following
elegram was received at the Navy Deyart.
ment this morning: ,.,,..,.
St John, N. F., July II, 1884.
Hon, VIM. Chandler, Secretary of the
Navy, Washington; Till
The Thetis, Bear and Lockgarry arrived
here to day from West Greenland. All
well. Separated from Albert $50 miles
north during gale at 8 p. m. June 22d,
five miles of Cape Sabine, in Smiths
Sound. The Thetis and Bear rescued alive
Lieutenant A.W. Greedy, Sergeant Brain
ard, Sergeant Fredericks, Sergeant Long;
Hospital Steward Briderback, Private
Connell, and Sergeant Ellison, the only
survivors of the Lady Franklin Bay Ex-
petition. Sergeant Ellison had lost both
hands and feet by frost bite, and died July
9Th at God Haven three days after ampu-
tation, which had become imperative.
Seventeen ofthe twenty-five persons COM
posing the expedition persisted by star
walton 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 Eskimo Turrenik was buried at
Disco in accordance with the desire of the
Inspector of Western Greenland. The
five bodies buried in the ice near the
camp were swept away to sea by wind and
currents before my arrival and could not
be recovered. Their dates of death are
as follows: Sergeant Cross, January 1884:
Wederick Eskimo, April S; Sergeant Linn;
April 6; Lieutenant Lockwood, April 8
Sergeant Jewell, April Is; Private Ellis,
May 10; Sergeant Ralston, May 23d: Priv
ate Henry, June s; Private Bender, June
4; Assistant Surgeon Pavy, June 6: Sergt.
Gardner, June IL. Drowned by breaking
through newly formed ice while sealing,
Jens Edwards, (Eskimo), April "a. I would
urgently suggest that the bodies now on
board be placed in metallic cases for safer
and better transportation in a seaway,
This seems to me imperative. Greedy a.
bandoned Fort Conger August 9th, 1883
and reached Baird inlet September 20,
following, with the entire party. He a.
bandoned all his boats and was ladrift
thirty days on an ice foe in Smiths Sound
His permanent camp was established
October 21st, 1883, at a point where he
was found during nine months. His par
ty had to live upon a scant allowance of
food, brought from Fort Conger, that was
caught at Payer Harbor and Cape Isabel
la by Sir George Mares in 1875, but found
much damaged by the lapse of time. OF
that caught by Beebe At Cape Sabine in
1882 small amount was saved from the
wreck of the Proteus in 1884 and landed
by L. P. Darlington and Colwell on the
beach near where Greely's party was
found. When these provisions were con-
sumed the party was farced to 1--we upon
boiled sealskin, stripped from their seal
skin clothing, and lichens and shrimps,
caught in good weather, when they were
strong enough to make the exertion, as
it took 1900 shrimps to fill gallon meas
ure. The labor was too exhaustive to
depend upon them entirely to sustain life.
The channel between Cape Sabine and
Lttleton Island did not close on account
Of violent gales all winter, 80 that the 24O
rations at the latter point could not be
reached. All Of Greely's records and all
the instruments brought by him from
Fort Conger have been recovered and are
on board. From Hare Island to Smiths
Sound, I had a constant and furious strug-
ple with the ice. Solid barracks were
overcome by watchfulness and patience.
No opportunity to advance mile escaped
me. and for several hundred miles the