The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-19
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Rescue Of the Greedy Party.

and his party had to live upon a scan
allowance of food brought from For
Conger that was cacned ut Payer
Harbur and Cape Isabella by Sill
George Mares in 1775. but found mucl
damaged by lapse of time that cached
by Beebe at Cape Sabine in 1882. A
small amount saved from the wreck
! of the Proteus in 1888 aud landed by
L~ieutenants Darlington and Colwell
Oh q beach near where Greely's party
was found was also obtained. When
| these provisions were consumed the
party was forced to live upon boiled
sealskin, striped from the sealskin
clothing, and lichens and shrimps
caught in good weather when they
were strong enough to make exer-
lions. As it took 1900 shrlmps to fill
a gallon measure, the labor was too
exhaustive to depend upon them en-
tirely to sustain life. The channel
between Cape Sabine and Littleton
Island did not close on account of
violent gales all winter, SO that the
24O rations at the latter point could
not be reached. All Of Greely's rec
ords and all the instruments brought
by him from Fort Conger are recOv-
cred and are on board. From Hare
Island to Smiths Sound I had a con
slant and furious struggle With ice in
impossible foes. S Did barracks
were overcome by watchfulness and
patience. No opportunity to advance
a mile escaped me, and for several
hundred miles the ships e forced
to run their way from lead to lead
through ice varying in thickness
from three 10 six feet, and when raft
ed much greater. The Thetis and
Bear reached Cape York June 18th
after q passage of Il days in Mel.
Vile Bay with two advance
ships of the Dundee whaling fl .et
and continued to Cape Sabine. re-
turning in seven days. Later I fell
in with seven others of this fleet off
Wostenholm Island and announced
Greeley's rescue to them that they
might not BE- delayed from their fish
ing grounds nor be tempted in the
dangers of Smiths Sound in view Of
the reward OF $25 .ODO offered by Con-
gress. Returning across Melville
Bay I fell in with the Alert and
Loeb Garry off DEVILS Thumb, strug-
Cling thorough q heavy gale. Com
mander Coffin did admirably to get
along so far with the transport so
early in the season before the open,
ing had occurred.
Lieutenant Emory, with the Bear
has supported me throughout with
great skilIfulness and uDt1inching
readiness in accomplishing the
great duty of relieving Greeley party.
The Greeley party are very much
improved since their rescue hut
were critical in the extreme when
found and for several days after.
Sixty.eigbt hours delay in reaching
them would have been fatal to all
now living. The season north is
late and the closest for years. Smith
Sound was not open when l left Cape
S.bine. The wiuter about Melville
Bay was the most severe for twenty
years. This great result is entirely
due to the I'm wearied energy of your
self and the secretary of war in fitting
out this expedition aud for the work
1t has had the honor to accomplish.
[Signed.] w. s. ScHLEY,
Commander.
WASHINGTON, July 17.-One Eski-
maux, Turrenik, was buried at Disco
in accordance with the desire of the
inspector OF Western Greenland. Five
were buried in the ice near the camp
and were swept away to sea by the
wind and current, before my arrival,
and could not be recovered. The
names of the dead recovered, with
da'e of death, r q follows: Sergeant
Cross, January l. 1884; Wederick.
Esktmaux, April 5; Sergeant Linn,
April 6; Lieutenant Lockwood. April
Q; sergeant Jewell, April IL; Private
Ellis, May 10; Sergeant Ralston, May
q; Private Henry, June s.
WEST POINT, N. Y, July 1.-THE
following dispatch was forwarded by
Secretary Chandler to Commander
W. S, Schley, at st. Johns, New
foundland:
Receive my congratulations and
thanks for yourself aud your whole
command for your prudence, perse-
verance and courage in reaching our
dead and dying countrymen. The
hearts of the American people 60 out
with great affection to Lieutenant
Greedy and the few survivors Of his
deadly peril. Care for them uuremlt-