Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-07-19
GREELY FOUND.

SlliiS SSoA
ceived a telegram from st. Johns sta
ting that the Greedy relief -oxpedltioh
has found the survivors of the Greedy
party, eight of them in all.
The survivors OF the Greedy party
numbered seven instead of eight as
previously reported. Their names are:
Lieutenant A. w. Greedy.
Sergeant David F. Brainard.
Sergeant Julius Frederlchs.
Sergeant Francis Long.
Sergeant William A. Ellison.
Hospital Stewart Henry Bierder-
beck.
Private Morris Council.
They were found by the relief ships
Thetis and Bear five miles of Cape Sa-
bine in Smiths sound. Sergeant Ellis
was very badly frost bitten and died
at Godhaven, July 6, after undergoing
Il surgical operation. o.,
The relief ships Thetis and Bear with
the survivors are now at St.JOhns, New
FOundland.
The following telegram was received
at the navy department this morning,
dated at st. Johns, New Brunswick,
9 M:
TO Hon. VIM. E. Chandler, secreta-
ny of the navy, Washington:
The "Thetis'' and "Bear" and CLOCK
Carry" arrived here to-day from west
Greenland with all well. She separa-
ted from the "Alert" $50 miles north
during a gale.
At 8 p. M, June 90, five miles off
Cape Sabine in Smith'ssound, the The
lis and Bear rescued alive Lieutenant
A. w. Greedy, Sergeant Brainard, Ser
geant Fredericks, Sergeant Long, Hos
pital Steward Beidefbeck, Private Con-
nell and Sergeant Ellis, the only sur
vivers of the Lady Franklin Bay ex-
petition. Sergeant Ellis had lost both
hands and feet by frost bite and died
July 6, at Godhaven, three days after
al amputation which had become i'm
peratiYe.
Seventeen out of the twenty-fiv
persons composing the expedition per-
ished by starvation at a point where
the remainder of the crew were 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, Turvevik, was buried at
Disco, in accordance with the desire OF
the inspector of western Greenland.
Lieutenant Greedy abandoned Fort
Congcr, August 9, 1888, and reached
Baird Inlet September 18th following
with his entire party well. lie ADAM
doped all his boats and was adrift
thirt, DAYS on an ice foe in Smiths
sound. His permanent camp was
established October II, 1888, ut the
point where he was found.
During nine months his party had
to live upon a scant allowance OF food
brought from Fort Conger that was
placed at Payer Harbor and Cape Isa-
bella by Sir George Mares in 1875.
Part was found much damaged by the
lapse of time; and that placed by Bee
be at Cape Sabin in 1852, and q small
amount saved from the wreck of the
Porteus in 1888 and landed by
Lieutenants Darlington and Col
well on the beach e where GreRly's
party was found.
When these provisions were cOnsnm-
ed the party was forced to live upon
boiled sealskin stripped from their
sealskin clothing and Kitchens and
shrimps caught in good weather, when
they we're strong enough TO make the
exertiOn, as it took 1880 shrimps to fill
a gallon measure, the labor was too
e%xhausting to depend upon them to
sustain life entirely.
The channel between Cape Sabine
and Littleton's Island did not close O.
account of violent gales all winter, SO
that 240 rations at the latter point
could not be reached.
All Greeley's records and all the in
struments brought by him from Fort
COnger are recovered and are on
board.
From Hare island to Smiths sound l
had a constant and furious struggle
with the ice in impossible places. The
solid barriers were overcome by watch
fitness and patience. No opportunity
to advance a mile escaped me and for
several hundred miles ships were fore
ed to run II way from lead to lead
through the ice varying thickness
from three TO six feet and when RATED
much greater. The Thetis and Bear
reached Cape York, June 10, after a
passage OF twenty-One days in Mel
vile bay, with two advance ships of
the Dundee whaling fleet, and contin-
ued to Cape Sabine. Returning seven
days later we fell in with seven others
of this fleet off WoestenhOlm island,
and announced Greely's rescue to them
that they might not he delayed from
their fishing grounds nor be tempted
into the dangers of Smiths sound in
view of the reward of $25 900 offered
by congress.
THE RETURN.
Returning across Melville hay we
fell in with the Alert and Lock Garry
off Devils Thumb struggling through
Il heavy ice. Commander Coffin did
admirably to get along so far with a
transport so early in the season before
III opening had occurred.
Lieutenant Emery, with the Bear,
has supported me throughout with
great skillfulness and nntlinching
readiness in accomplishing the great
duty of relieving Greedy. The Greedy
party are very much ilnprov-
ed since their rescue. but were critical
in the extreme when found, and for
several days after. Forty-eight hours
delay in reaching them would have
been fatal to all now living.
The season north is late and the
coolest Or years. Smiths Sound is
not open. When ! left Cape Sabine
the winter about Melville bay was the
most severe for twenty. years.
This great result is entirely due to
the unwearied energy OF yourself and
the secretary of war, in fitting out this
expedition for the work it has had the
honor to accomplish.
[Signed.] w. S. SCHLEY,
Commander.
General HAGEN, chief signal officer.
received the following telegram from
ST. Johns, New FOundImd, to-day.
For the first time in three centuries.
England yields the honor of reaching
The point farthest north. Lieutenant
Lockwood and Sergeant Barnard, May
18th reached Lockwood Island; latitude
50 minutes and "a seconds; longitude,
Al minutes and 5 seconds. They saw
from a 1900 foot elevation no land.
The northwest cut TO northeast Green
land, yet cxended, and was lost To view
in Cape Robert LincOn latitude, So min-
utes and 80 seconds; lOngitunde, IS
minutes.
Lieutenant Lockwood was turned
back i'll 1888 by open wafer on the
mediterranean shore and the party
barely escaped drifting into the Polar
ocean. DR.. Pavy i'll 1882 following
Markham's route was adrift one dav in
the Polar ocean north of cape Joseph
Henry, and escaped to land abandoning
nearly every thing.
In 1882 made ia spring and latc1
summer trip into the interior of Grin.