Daily Republican., 1884-07-18
THE DEAD FOUND.
I.,,,UrENANT GREELY AND
Lin.nAnEs Ii FOUND.-LIEUT.
ACvxrmOWER's OPINION.

ny lILt 1A uuru1r
L,connADEs :, TouNn;EL,Eof' :. ~
DANEHOwER's oPiNi"N
,oros. July 1.-THE follow
r,sleeram was received 'u''
'1ie 1rieoS,mander Schley;
u gIn,IS's, n. f., July ~, 80 of the
T. 9yh W r Chndler, Secretary Oh .ne
Pn. w .sshinpton:-Thetis, s Bear anu
>vy, was arriyed here to-day from
(ch Galls Galass,,and' All well. Separated
At9p. m., June 23n9, s nse ni,,e Tha'
-, c,ra sabine, in smith Souhu, w w
o'tB 10Y Bsar rescued alive Lieut.; "A: w.
anu ana SER ssrgeants Brainard, FredefiSns' is.
scf' fsnr' No. Hospital Stewart beider-
AIs5, pr5rate Connell and Sergeant
tsop' H. only survivors OF tne Aauy
an~lIn I Bay expedition. -ei,p,
Eerseaut Ellison had lost ooth hanus
lsSt hv frost bite, and died July 9th
y, III IL gayeo. AZ three days after amp lta-
"" ,fbich had become imperative.
rsctssn n of the twenty-five persons
'n,i.ine this expedition persisted ny
trration at the point where round.
~as drowned while sealing 10 get
| Tvel,e bodies Of the dead were
lcsi and are now on board the The
1 .ad Roar. One E5quimaux, Turne-
'% aas buried at Disco, in accordauce
II the desire of the Inspector OF W o.
:, Greenland. Five bodies buried III
4 irs Tort near the camp were swept
ray to SEA by winds and currents be-
"a myariyal, and coald not be IT.
|Wames Of dead recovered, with date
lp,,b. A. following: Sergeant Gross,
rory isr. 1881, Wederick Esklmo'
MI 5It: Sergeant Lynn, Arril oshi
el,. Lockwood, April oh; Sergeant
kweN April T.; Private Ellis, May
f.b. Sergeant Raiston, May 23i: Pri
NJ Whistler, May 2ith; Sergeant
{r,el NAV 9th; Lieut.. Kingsbnry,
hne ist; Private Henry, june 9th. Pri-
Ne schneid, =, June 18th.
Names of dead buried in the ice tort,
kth date Of death where bodies were
\ recovered, rs follows; Sergeant Rice,
IprA VII, 1854; Corporal Salem, june
Private i nder, june 10th; Acting
|ssstant Sergeant Parry, June otn;
krgeant Gardener, June II =.
Drowned while breaking through
IL lrwly formed ice while sealing,
kns I.iWards Eskimo, April 24th.
| would urgently suggest that bodies
|bw On board be placed in metallic
kscs here for safer and better transpor'
SliJu in u seaway. This appears u
j. Imperative. Greedy abandoned
|6rt CJugor August 9th. 1888, and
kachsl Baird Inlet September 2oth
Blowing, with the entire party well
lbanioned al. his boats and was adri Z
b thirty days on ice fioe in Smiths
bund. His permanent camp WAS es
kb!shed October 2ist, 1883, AZ the
pint where he WAS found. During
fac months his party had to live upor
scant allowance of food brought from
ort COnger, that was catched at Payel
larbor and Cape Isabella by Sir Geo
FaIes In 1876, but was found mucf
hmased by lapse Of time that catchee
b Reebe st Cape Sabinein 1882, ard {
|nall ameunt saved from the wreck o
be proteus in 1888, and landed BY
ieuts Darlington and Colweil OF
bach where Greely's party was fount
hmpel
When these provisions were consumed
hs party was forced to live upon boilet
kasEin, strips from their sealskii
FoiAing, liohens and shrimps preserved
good weather when they were strong
nolsh TO make exertion. AS thirteen
lndred shrimps were required to d II
aAon measure, the labor was too OK
Pausting to depend upon them 10 sus
Pin life entirely. The channel between
Pape Sabine and Litileton Island die
Pot close on accent Of violent gales al
flhtr, so that the 30 rations at th
katles point could not be reached. AL
FFeely's cords and all instrument
P'oi, ~ " Linn from Fort ConEer ar
f. overed aud are on board.
fron Iafe Island TO Smiths Sonn,
nan a constant and furious struggl
fl'h Ice IN imfassable Hoes. Soii'
P@i''rts VI "a were overcome by watch
u'l'Fs sni fatience. No opportunit.
y ."t'r =, a IL lie rscaptG L ne, and fo
Pe'rFs 4plGred miles the bhips wer
|O'o+d 10 a.ln their way hUm lead t
Z" l',r"4en ice varying III thickness
i''a l'il's 70 ix feet, AID when rafte
EN't greater.
~. .Le,is and Bear reached Cap
p"'A NJ l6-h, after "a passage of
pay ~ A lTll le pay, with the TWO ad
Esh'e slips of the Dundee whalip
4 bi'e' anc continued t" Cape Sabine
~ ush'hs seven days later fell il
E"h sven Gtu"r of this fleet oil Wos
Re,h9'iht ls.u'd and announced Gre.
" iescut - thCIn, that ihey nigh
lO' Ne delayed from their fishin
|s'ue uus nor he tempted into the dar
tsI OF sLli'.'s Sound, in view of tn
f'w"I! W." OF SO, 900 offered by Congress.
- !,t ne'H'hn II L horcss l]e.ville Bay fell /
WIZ ,Ae a 'trt and Loeb Garry o
r'ls thumb, struggling throug
ngt's i9e. Commander Coffin did af
~,Sn'y ,-nn TO get along 80 far with til
u, ,"''Pur' 30 early in the season befor
spin "F mug had occurred. Lieutetar
,antfy, ,na with the Bear, has snpporte
sns =, throughout with great skillfulnes
i1I lI.i ,uiIilhiching readiness in accom-
G,n'pg the great duty of relievin
10y lwould ask instructions abo,
hI, m i"ch Garry, az the charter part
~ ~ oy the master differs in sever;
aspects srs from mine. The Greedy part
,o L". very much improved since rescu,
tnn t ;efe critical in the extreme whe
P"al Po', and for several days afte
tba,y: tb@ay,elsnt hours delay in reachin
Gv;a n would have been fatal to all no
tbs nE' Ihe season North is late an
Was wa Gaosest at for years. Smiths Sour
The s not open when left Cape Sabin
mOs, nu winter about Melville Bay was IL
TS' TS; severe for twenty years.
un1aa great result il eatirely due TO Il
Secre,arleo energy of yourself and Il
nsSi'y naSSite'ary of War in fitting out this q
Sono!oh Sn,uoh for the work it has had I'll
" accomplish. W 8. SCHLEY,
Commander.
SECRETARY CHANDLER sA-
era,o.t,oHREErsIE, N. Y, July II.
Edua.ary Chandler was found at N
POM i.u ~ hlnsley's residence at We
irom NV IL evening reading dispatch
ton rais,i ..le Acting Secretary at Wash In
sams 'e,a'ive aa to the Greedy rescue, I
tdil;ans ~ appeared in eacly event,