Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-19
ar rae GREELEY PARTY.
xvxs At eREzLET's HOME.

vnoRT. Mass, July 1.-THE
NV he fndine of the Greeley party
peSs y. o;ved ot the home of the famous
vss leadsr With profound JOY. His
comh s.ono childhood to the present
caree. haen watched with intense IN
time %. "a the great fame whish be has
tefes1; - nroudlv felt by all here. DE
saal;Ssd with his brother ana mother,
- when the glad news was conveyed
anu .hsm they were a!most overcome
70 o. inv. Mrs. Greeley. while loyfni Al
VIZ son's safety, was deeply Affected at
i as. ioss Of many of bis party.
THE SURVIVORS INTERVIEWED.
O. Jouss n. F., July lion the ar
,;,.I AT anchorage of tne reiieI Iron
!.dav an Associated Press correspond
w. in.sryiewed Lieut.. Greeley and the
e. ~, survivors, Of the Arctic colony
"a ,hs following facts were disclosed
81 ~, RAISING two winters Mt Port Con
ave, scientific research, Lieut. Greeley
-. HE whole party intact troke no
~ anssmpment aud commenced a
tnea .ayd descent. This was accom-
,'.hsd amid great peril from the wind,
pni ice nips and other casualties.
a. sabin having been reashed, 4 tenn
- - home was erected, built of stones
covered with boat sail, brought
s,ooo by the party. On the 18th of
ss~n,snber winter quarters were estab
49, AT Cape Sabin. The commissary
"a hscoms very meagre, and cache
- ~ ,,ovisiens left by the Proteus last
oaay bnt poorly supplemented II. The
aa,o Iannch had become fast IN the
= few weeks previous and had been
sbandoned. The first havoc In the
inks was early in January, when one Of
,hs men died with scurvy. On the 9Th
A April, Lieut.. Lockwood and Mi. hice,
he photographer, succumbed after a
hs,oic attempt to secure for their starv-
;,acomrades about 100 pounds of meat
snnposed 10 be cached at a place named
Pa9 Creek. a distance of about IL miles
from the encampment. Israel, the
sstronouer, persisted on May n. Lieut.
EissburR died on Jane LIST. DIR. Pavy,
the naturalist, slept into death on June
~ Not one of the victims realized
that death was near. They all died
tranenil, painless deaths. Two Eski.
mos also persisted one of starvation, and
The other was drowned, his kayaka
beinc buried by some newly formed ice
on ApriI 18th, thus cutting off all hope
Of getting any supply of seal meat for
The starving explorers. The E.kimos
we're most faithful and devoted follow
egs and helpers.
Lieut. Ellison was rescued and safely
brought on beard the steamship Bear,
where be died few days subsequently.
This is an extraordinary instance of
hnman endurance. While he was away
some 10 miles from his hut last winter,
the temperature suddenly fell to ~ deg.
below zero. His hands and feet were
frozen 10 the very bone, and be WAS
dragged by his comrades in an almost
SINKING condition to his hut. His feet
and hands were literally amputated by
excessi frost, and In this terrible state
be lived through the dismal months
that interviewed between that time and
the rescue.
Of the bodies OF the victims, Twelve
have been brought down by the steam
ers Bear and Thetis, in embalmed tanks
filed with alcohol. The Survivors are
all doing well, and are rapidly gaining
flesh aud strength. Lieutenant Greeley,
dition when transferred to- the Thstis,
is now able to move about. This morn
ing be drove ont for An hour's ride, to
get the country air, aud came back
quite resuscltated.
The rescue took place ON the I'D of
June, under circumstances Of great diff
fcnlty. The Thetis and Bear lay off
from shore about 800 yards. There WAS
terrific gale blowing from the south
west, u heavy sea running, and tor
mldable ice nip was apparently inevita
bic. Lieutenant Greeley and the other
six Survivors had to be transferred from
their camp to the steam launch and
whale. boat in their sleeping bags, and
while steaming from the land 10 the
ship the destruction of the whole party
at one time seemed certain. The sea
swept furiously over them. and the fury
Of the wind threatened to capsiZe them.
Al length they were safely placed on
board the rescuing squadron. where ev
cry possible preparation had been made
10 insure their recovery and comfort.
The Greeley party reached the highest
latitude ever reached by polar explorers.
IS deg. 25 $40 min. The coast of
Greenland was surveyed up to S3 deg.
IS min. by observations, and the further
point was named Cape Lincoln. The
steamship Alert parted company with
the squadron yesterday off Turk ISL
ands, and has not yet reached port.
THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED
II was discovered during the past win
ter by Lieutenant Greeley that Cape
Sabin was part of an island and not the
mainland, AZ was thought. IL ia sepa-
rated from the mainland by a narrow
creek, now called Rioe's Strait, In mem
DRY Of the dead photographers. Lieu
tenant Greeley informed your CORE
spondent that large amount of valu-
able scientific work had been done dur
ing the two seasons spant at Fort Con-
ger by himself and his lieutenants.
About $50 miles Of exploration have
been effected. and many valuable Oh
efvatlons-magnetic, meteorological.
etc.-have been made. The winter of
1871 was the severest of the three. The
mean OF the thermometer during Feb
rury was ~ degrees below zero. Seals
were observed AS high up in latitude a.
u and ~ degrees. Several varieties
we're observed, aud variety of birds
Known and unknown tn ornitholos lists.
hundred musk oxen were slaughtered
during the two winters Of their resi-
aence at Fort Csnger, and their flesh
proved very valuable, being palstable,
wholesome and nutritious. The whole
oficiai work of the expedition, plans,
sketches, photographed plates and sol
sntiiic sketches, have been saved and
brought here by Lieutenant Greeley.
raK SURVIVORS To BE BRouaHr HOME.
WARRINGTON, July ls.-Rear Admiral
Nichols, Acting Secretary OF the Navy,
and General Haxen, Chief Signal on,
Ger, had a conference today. at which
was concluded To suggest to Com
mander Schley that he bring the sur.
u,sors OF the Greeley party from ST
soans to Portland, Maine, where they
can remain until better prepared 20
SAND the change of climate. The fam
i,Ies can join them at Portland, il %
desired.
"A LARGE NEW SHIP.-The New York
saas'caf Gazette of July Sd has the fol
lowing account of the launching of the
lev ship John Rosenfeld; "On Satur
usy night, June 2lst, by the bright light
VI the moan n larsa saxU shss, n n, a.