New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1884-08-20
CannibaIism in the Greedy Party.

The New York Times pub,is hes
a terrible story Of cannibalism. It
says that the survivors oft the Greedy
party, crazed by starvation and
cold, fed on the dead bodies of their
comrades, and that written docu-
ments in the possession of the Navy
Department., substantiate the ter
rible narrative.
The sufferings and privations or
the men in their canvass hut dur
ing the long, bitter winter Of 1883
have not half been told. It has
been published that after the game
gave out, early in February, they
lived principally on sealskin, Inch
ems, and shrimps. As matter of
fact, they were kept alive on human
flesh. When the rescuing party
discovered the half starved survivors
their first duty was to look to the
two men who were insensibie from
cold and privation even to the
point Of death. One of them, a
German, was wild in his delirium.
"Oh," he shrieked, as the sailors
took hold Of him to lift him tender
", ''don't let them shoot me as
they did poor Henry. Must l 10
killed and eaten as Henry was?
Don't let them do it.! Don't!
Don't!"
The sailors were Mortified, but at
once reported the mans words to
Commander Schley. After a brief
investigation he felt satisfied that
the poor fellow was speaking the
truth, and some of the men who
persisted had been stripped of their
flesh to keep their surviving COM
rades aliye.
Mr.. Schley proposed to make
thorough work of it. When
THE HORRIBLE REALITY
was brought out before the invests
eating committee he did not pro.
pose to have it rest solely on his or.
al testimony. He instructed two
or three gentlemen, among whom
was DR.. Ames, the surgeon, Of the
Bear, to make careful examina-
tion and put their conclusions in
writing. This was done, and the
reports are now in the hands of the
Navy Department. Lieut.. Greedy
was decidedly adverse to having the
bodies of the buried dead disturbed
He thoughtit wise, as they had
been buried so long, to let them re-
main in their Arctic graves. Com.
mander Schley did not agree with
him. The bodies were aug from
their graves in the little hill just
back of the permanent camp estab-
lished in October, 1883.
Most Of the blankets contained
nothing but heaps of white bones,
many of them
PICKED CLEAN.
The remains could be identified on.
~ by the marks on the blankets.
By inquiries Commander Schley
discovered that many Of the seven
teen men who are said to have per.
ished from starvation had been eat.
en- by their furnishing comrades. 1t
was the one last resort. Provided
supplies had not arrived, death
stared the hungry and crazed men
in the face, but there was hope II
life would hold out even few
weeks. It's reported that the only
men who escaped the knife were
three or four who died of scurvy.
The amputated limbs Of men who
afterward persisted were eagerly de.
voured as food.
A special from Portsmouth. N,
H.. says Lieutenant Greedy admits
that Henry had a military execu.
ton on the 9Th of June. As early
as March it was suspected that Hen.
ry was stealing the limited FOOD
which was apportioned out to the
survivors, and this fact being final
" and positively ascertained, Lieut.
enant Greedy thereafter had hare
work to protect the mans life. i
became necessary in order to keel