Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-07-26

THERE have been many expeditions to the Arctic Ocean in the interest of com merce and trade, but so far but little substantial success has been obtained by the brave men who have periled their lives to find northwest passage. The Greedy party, of which SO much has been written and said, are the last to be rescued. When the story of their voy- age and privations. heroic endeayor has been written, 1t will doubtless be intensely interesting. So far We have only faint glimmer of the scene when first discovered by the rescuing party. Sergeant Long and Sergeant Brainard of the Greedy party were the first to re- spond to the welcome tone of the steamers whistle. They helped each other crawl out of their hut They were very weak. When Long got clear of the entanglement of the tent, which had been blown down, he rose to bis feet with great difficulty and succeeded m climbing up to the rock that gave them the most extensive view in that neighborhood. Brainard was too wesS to stand and returned to the hut, but Long remained out looking In every di- rectiOn for some strange object. He felt that there must be help coming. Hope gave him strength. At last he saw large black object about mile distant, which at first looked like rock, but he knew from his own knowledge that there was no rock there. Presently the object changed its course and Long recognized the approach of the rescuers. He came down from the rock and went towards camp, raising the flag pole and flag, which had been blown down during a gale. Gathering all his strength be held 1t for about two minutes, until his strength gave out and it was blown again to the ground. He then advanced, weak. excited, fairly totteriDg as he went ID the direction of the little stream along which they were camped. He did not have long 10 watt for m a few minutes the warm hand of Capt Ash grasped his in greeting. They had seen the flag. What emotions must have swelled the bosoms of the rescuers. What were Longs feelings? This has been a successful expedition. These few survIvors had but few hours longer to live. Maurice Cornell one of the party says he had DO recollection of anything that trsnspired for several days after the rescue. He did not hear the awakening scream of the whistle. When lis comrades woke him up from his prostrate position and told him of succor, he wildly exclaimed: "FOr Gods sake, let me dIe in peace" Brandy was given him which called back the hutter- ing life spark, for he could not have sur viyed, they say, but few hours He was the weakest of the seven survivors and the strongest must have succumbed within forty-eight hours. The story told by Cornell from his recollection of their starving experience IS simply heartrending; how they burned the hair of theIr sealskin boots and coats. cut them into strips and boiled them into stews and ate vorsciously of them until their stomschs rebelled and nausea and weakness ensued. In several cases nature gave no call for twelve, fifteen, even eighteen days and then but bloody henorrhage and great weakness ensued, prostrating the victims for several days. They experienced great difficulty in keeping heat in the body. The rule oi the camp was to permit no one to sleep longer than two hours. He was awakened and roughly shaken. He was required to pound his feet and restore circulation. This was found absolutely necessary to prevent torpor and possible death usually accompanying intense cold.