The Indianapolis journal., 1884-07-18
GREELY,s DISPATCHES.
The Geographical Discoveries-The List of
Dead-The Rescue.

Dead-The Rescue.
WASHINGTON, July 17-General Hazen, Chief
Signal Officer, has received the following tele-
gram, dated ST. Johns:
ssFor the first time in three centuries. Eng
land yields the honor for the northernmost
point Lieutenant Lockwood and Sergeant
Bainer, on May 49, reached Lockwood island, in
b. They saw, from 1000 feet eleva-
tion no land north or northwest, but to the
northeast Greenland yet extended and was
lost to view at Cape Robert Lincoln, in latitude
83o 35l, longitude 3So Lieutenant Lockwood
was turned back in 1883 by open water on the
north Greenland shore, the party barely escap-
ing drift into the Polar ocean. Dr. Pavy, in
1882 following the Markham route, was adrift
one day in the Polar ocean north of Cape Joseph
Henry, and escaped to land, abandoning
nearly every thing. In 1882 I made
spring and later summer trip into the in
terror Of Grinnen Land, discovering Lake Hazen,
which is some sixty by ten miles in extent
which is fed by the ice cape of north Grinnell
Land, and drains Ruggles river and Weyprecht
ford into Conybeare bay at Archer ford. From
the summit of Mount Arthur, 5000 feet in
height, the contour of land west of Conger
mountain convinced me that Grinnell Land tends
directly south from Lieutenant Aldrich's furth-
est point in 1876. In 1883 Lieutenant Lockwood
and Sergeant Braineri succeeded in crossing
Grinnel land, and ninety miles from Beautux
bay, the head of Archer's ford, struck the head
of ford from the Western sea, which was
temporarily named by Lockwood Greely
so degrees 30 minutes, longitude 78 degrees 80
minutes Lieutenant Lockwood saw the termin-
alton of the northern shore, some twenty miles
west, and the southern shore extending some
fifty miles, with Cape Lockwood some seventy
miles distant, and, apparently, a separate
land from Grinneu Land l have named the
new land Arthur land Lieutenant Lockwood
followed, going and returning, an ice cape aver
agine about 100 feet on its perpendicular face
1t follows that Grinnel Land, in the interior is
ice-capped, with a belt Of country some sixty
miles wide between the northern and southern
ice capes.
I'm March, 1884, Sergeant Long, while hunt
ing, looked from the northwest side of Mount
Carey to Hayes sound seeing on the northern
coast three capes westward of the furthest seen
by Mares in 1876. The sound extends some
twenty miles further west than shown by the
English chart but is possibly shut in by land
which showed up across the western end.
THE two years station duties, observations
all explorations, and retreat to Cape Sabine.
were accomplished without loss of life, disease
serious accident. or even severe frost bites. No
Scurvy was experienced at Conger, and but one
death from it occurred last winter,
'GREELY, Commanding"
THE DEATH LIST-THE RESCUE.
A second dispatch from Lieut. Grcely is as
follows
sBrainard, Bierderbick Connell. Fredericks,
Long and myself, sole survivors, arrived to-day,
having been rescued at the point of death from
starvation, by the relief ships Thetis and Bear,
June ~ at Camp Clay, northwest Of Cape Sa-
bine All are now in good health, but weak.
Sergeant Ellison, who was rescued, died July g.
Cross died last January. Christensen, Linn
Rice, Lockwood, Jewell and Edwards, died in
April; Ellis, Ralston, Whistler and Israel in
May; Kislingbugg, SAILOR Henry Bender, Payy,
Gardiner and Schneider, in june We aban-
doned Fort Conger August 9. We were frozen
in the pack of Victoria Head, August 20; aban-
doned the steam launch September H. eleven
miles northeast Of Cooked Hat island. When
on the point Of landing we were
three times driven by southwest storms
into Kane's sea, and finally landed September
20, in Baird inlet Learning by scouting par
ties Of the Proteus disaster and that no provis-
ions had been left for us from Cape Isabella to
Sabine, we moved and established winter quar-
ters at Camp Clay, half way between Sabine and
Cocket Hat An inventory showed that by o
daily ration of four and one third ounces Of meat
seven ounces Of bread and q dog biscuit, and
four ounces miscellaneous the party would have