Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-23
HOW GREEDY WAS RESCUED.
The Interesting Story Told by a Member OF
the Relief Expedition.

the Relief Expedition
Chicago Journal.
Kohl & Niddleton's' South Side and
West Side Dime Museums never enjoyed
such extensive patronage as they do this
week. On the south side the Jam is pro-
duced by the exhibition Of the three
Greeley rescuers, Quartermaster James
Z. Burke, Of Salem, Mass; Quartermaster
John Clark, of Boston, and FOretOp Cap
tain L. @. Smith, Of Providence, belong
ing to the crew Of the Bear. They have
on the platform with them fuTs and
sleeping bags which they used in the
Arctic region, and CrOuching at their
feet is Dime" the EsQuimaux dog
which they brought with them on their
return. A man of the voyage hangs be-
hind them, and they delight in explain
ing to visitors the nature and events of
the expedition. A conversation with
Quartermaster Burke threw a good deal
Of light on the subject.
'SOme people wonder" he said, chow
the expedition could ever have any
hope Of finding handful of men who
might be anywhere along an Arctic
coast thousands Of miles in extent. But
it is not so difficult after you know a
thing or two. For a great many years
there have existed all along the coasts
of the sea between Greenland on the
east and Grinnel Land on the west, a
number of stations at which Arctic ex-
plOrers deposit records and directions
for each other. The soUthernmOst one
is Duck Island, then comes Chemical
Rock, then Carey Island, then Cape
York, then LittletOn Island, all on the
Greenland side, then Cape Sabine on the
Grinnell Land side. at each of these
places explorers have erected huge
mound Of rocks and inserted in a cavity
in the mound a tin box, which serves IS
a pOstOfice for explorers. When any of
them pass one of these places, they put
letters there describing their condition,
and telling which way they went. There
are no mail-rObbers up there, and the
letters will lie there undisturbed for fifty
years, unless the right party calls for
them. At these stations the explorers
often leave large stores of provisions,
which are not only safe from thieves, but
also from decay. At Carey Island we
found splendid canned beef, and barrels
of Jamaica rum in excellent order, left
there nine years before by Capt. Mares
L partOOk Of both, and they were prime
So when we started to look for Greeley,
all we had to do was to visit these sta
lions, and that was what we did. We
took them just in the order that L have
named them, and found the Greeley
party not exactly at Cape Sabine, but
at Cooked Hat Cove, i've miles further
north"
How did it happen?
"Well, the Bear cast anchor about two
miles north of the cove, and sent four Of
us of in the steam whale boat to see
what we could see. When we got with
in aquarter of a mile of the shore of the
cove, Sergeant Long, of the Greedy party,
who happened to be on a high point Of
ice, 100 yards inland, sighted Us, and
soon afterWard we sighted him waving
the black flag, which is the only signal
that can be seen where there is nothing
but snow. We thought at first that he
was a bear, but when we saw that it was
a man. we steamed right in, and and
man named CrOWsberg jumped ashore
CrOWsberg held the boat to shore By a
rope, and I ran toward Long, who ran to
meet me. The first thing 1 said to him
was How many Of you are deadP and
he replied, Only saven Of Us left. The
rest Of the party were In an old soldiers
tent in q hollow between the shore and
the hill on which we first spied Long.
But we didn't 60 near them We put
Long on the boat, and took him to the
Bear, and then returned, bringing Capt.
Emery and a boat from the Ihetis.
This time we hunted up the tent. 1
took the first look into 1t, though / stood
back to let the captain enter first. Five
Of the men were asleep In their sleeping
BAGS, and Greedy was on his knees IN
IN prayer, with his open Bible before I
him. We gave them all some milk
punch, and they begged Us TO take them
straight home, without any forms or pre-
-iminaries whatever"
'sIf Greeley had not been found there