The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-07-19

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Wednesday, received telegram from St
Johns, n. f., stating that the Greedy re
lief expedition has found the survivors
of Lieut.. Greely's party--Scven men in ALL
The survivors are Licut. Greedy, Ser.ts
Brainard, Fredcriclls, Long aud Ellison,
and Hospital Steward Beirdcl bicl: and
private Conmell. They were found by
the relief ships Thetis aud Bear near the
mouth of Smiths sound on the pod OF
June.
COMMANDER sCHLEY's REPORT.
The following telegram was received
from Commander Schle,:
81. .JoAn. v. f., . \. NJ, July IL
Hon. w. L. Chandler. Secretary of the
Navy. Washington: The Thetis, Bear
and Loeb Garry arrived here to day from
West Greenland, all we'll. Separated
from .Al"It $50 miles north during gale.
AT . I. NJ, June %. five miles of Cape
Sabine, in Smith 5 sound, the ThetIs and
Bear rescued alive Lieut.. \. w. Greedy,
Sergts, Brainard, FrcderickS and Long,
Hospital Steward Bicrdrlbick, private
Council and Sergeant Ellis III. the only
survivors of the Lady Franklin bay en-
nedition. Sergeant Ellison had lost both
hands and feet by 1rnSt-bitc, and died
July & at Godhaven. three DAYS after am
! putation. which had become imperative.
Seventeen OF the twenty five persons com
posing the expedition persisted by Sjarva-
ton at the point where found. One was
drowned while sealing to procure food.
Twelve bodies of the dead We're rescued,
and are now IN board the ThetiS and
Bear. One, Eskimo. Turnevik, was bur-
led at Disco i'll accordance with the de-
sire Of the inSp' ctor of Western Green.
| land Five bodies buried in the lee Fort
near the camp were swept away to sea by
winds and currents before MY arrival,
and could not be recovered.
\ STORY OF SUFFERING.
Greedy abandoned Fort Congcr August
o, lSS3, aud reached Baird iulet Septem-
Der % following. with the entire party
well. He abandoned all his boats and
was adIilt for thirty days on an ice foe
in Smiths sound. His permanent camp
was established October p, 1883. at the
| point where he was found. During nine
months his party had to live upon Il
scant allowance of food brought from
| Fort Congcr. that cached 1T Payer har-
Dor and Cape Isabella by Sir George
| Mares in 1879, but found much DANA gcd
by lapse of time; that cached 10y Becbc
at Cape Sabine in 1SS3, and a small
amount saved from the wreck of the Pro
teus, 1883, aud landed By Licutcnants
! Darlington and Colwcll on the beach
where Greely's party was found campcd.
| When these provisions were consumed
the party was forced to live upon boiled
| sealskin, strips from their Scalskin cloth
ing, llchenS aud shrimpS. preserved in
! good weather When they were strong
enough to make any eXertinn. AS 1900
| shIimpS were required to fill Il gallon
measure. the labor was too eXhausting
! to depend upon them to sustain life en-.
tiTely. The channt between Cape Sa-
! bine and Littlet"n Island did not close
on account of yiul, lit gales all winter SO
that 24O rat,nls at the latter point could
NOT be reached. All of Grccly'S records
and all the inst: ument> brought ley him
| from For Couger are recovered and are
on board. From Hare Island to Smith $
sound had a constant and furious Strug-
| gle with ice in impossible foes. Solid
| BARRIERS OF Ice were overcome by watch
.ulnesS and patience. No opportunity
to advance IA mile escaped me, and for
several hundred miles the ships were
forced t" ram their way from lead to lead
| Though ice vdrNin il thickness from
three to six feet. aud when Ia ted much
greater. The TheiiS, and Bear reached
| Cape York June Is, after a passage of
twenty-one days in Melville bay, with the
two advance ships of the Dur.d,e whal-
! inG fleet, and continued To Cape S.thinc.
Returning. seven days later, fell in
with seven others of this fleet off Wost-
enhoImc Island and announced Grerly's
rescue to item, that they might not be
| delayed from their fishing grounds nor
| be tempted into the dangers of Smith :
sound. in view of the reward of $50 0DO
offered by Congress. Returning across
Melville bay fell in with the Alert and
! Loeb Garry of DEVILS Thumb struggling.
| through heavy ice. Commander Coffin
did admirably to get along SO far With
! the transport so early in the season. be
! fore an opening had occurred. Lieut.
| Emory, with the Bear, has supported
me throughout with great skill iuir, IS
and uniiinching readiness IN accomplish
ing tie great duty of relieving Grreir. !
would ask instructions about the Loeb
Garry. as the charter party nell 10y her
master differs in several respects from
mine. The Grrciy patty are very much
| improved since their rescue but were
critical in the extreme wien fuuud and
for several days after. Forty q. hr hours
! delay IN reaching them would nave been