Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-12-29

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coach IN pursuance to their orders they
were not aware the mail was aboard. It
is probable that the men will get
speedy trial before Judge Hudson.
CHRISTMAS IN THE ARcTlcs.
Extracts from the Diary Of Lieutenant
Lockwood.
Washington, Dec. 25-The story of the
Christmas spent last year at Cape Sabine
by Lieut.. Greely and his men is pathet.
lcally told by Lieut.. Lockwood's diary
which he wrotein shorthand and his rela.
tives have transcribed. In October Lieut.
Greedy and his comrades reached Cape
Sabine ir the southwark search for sue
cor, and on the 10th of the month oc.
cupled the hut of snow and ice that
formed the last home on earth of some
of the party. Very soon the scant food
remaining to them became 90 much re.
duced that the daily story written alike
by the rescued and the dead was the
dread battle with the fiend of hunger.
Lieut.. Lockwood wrote all of his daily
histories in shorthand, and his diary
transcribed ls probably the most vol
luminous of all, making many volumes of
manuscript. In these daily writings he
formally notes the temperature, and
the constant record of "a deg, to
"a deg. tells of the sufferings by
cold, even were there no words
to tell of frozen hands and feet, or OF
sleepless nights. AS the rations grew
smaller, the record tells of how the
thoughts of all turned on theKood things
sat home" to eat aud drink. Even
while writing OF some event q cap will
come such as ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
jelly" and the narrative goes on. Officers
and men joined in the talk of "home".
and "Americs," and Of the sweets of life
and food there, and gleefully planned
grand feasts, set dinners, and an exchange
of hospitalities. Lockwood says
"Brainerd is to come to supper at my
house on reaching Washington, and
have promised him SALTY. bum, stewed
oysters, smearcase. and preserved straw.
berries with cake; after supper smoke,
and then wine and cake and some
singing by Mary Murray (the home name
OF sister. / Ihaveinvited Frederlcks and
Long to come to the house and eat some
preserved strawberries and black cake.'
The other mess had growl about theil
soup; got it cold they said. '.Memoran
dun: Leaf dough biscuit (eame principle
as the piecr biscuit eaten hot al
home)."
Ip the long months of night and the
bitter cold and storm and starvation, the
days and even the hours were counted.
He says: "We count the days from one
Sunday to another, aud to solstice aud
Chrlstmas" The winter solstice
marked to them the passing Of half the
tedious night, and the return Of the sur
meant the loosening of the
mighty bonds of surrounding ice
and probable rescue. They, too, looked
forward to Christmas, and IN q small way
pitfiully small, commemorative
OF the day. December 18Th
Lockwood thinks OF new dish for q
Christmas dinner dessert, oranges and
pine apples cut up together and taken
with grated cocoanut, and then says: My
mind dwells constantly on my
chlldhood's home. Oh, my dear home
and the dear ones there; can it be pos
slble shall some day see them again
and that these days OF misery will pass
away? My dear father is he still alive !
My dear mother and sisters Harry, and
my neiceS and brOthers-ln
law. How often I thinl
of them. Christmas came at last, ant
the scanty savings of butter and run
eked out the common share of seal stew
blubber, onions, bread crumbs and pota
toes. Alter the dinner came reminIs
ences of home. invitations to futur
Christmas meetings, the reading of th,
record, some songs in all languages, in
Guiding French, German, Danish ane
Innult. The birthday bills of fare yer,
read by me: six pounds rice. thre,
pounds of milk, two pounds coffee anG
two and quarter chocolate, five pounds
raisins, twelve and half lemons, twenty
one anda half bread six and half pound
of bread toast, two pounds lard, thre,
pounds aud half seal blubber, eigh
lpouuds cloudberries, one pound sugar
twenty-five ounces carrots, fifty ounce
peas in the stew: six ounces extract o
beef, twelve to fourteen ounces sea
meat, four ounces rum to each man.
about thirty-six ounces solid food t,
each man. The supply in the evening
, was pretty much the same as usual, bu
the seal stew was voted by all as deli
cious and extremely satisfactory. Th
rice was the same, and man,
were the praises given to eaot
The cooking was great ordeal to tn
cooks on account of the smoke, ther
being very little wind, but the cook
were given an extra half gill Of run
They did nobly. Bender relieved Fred
ericks to-day, his eyes hurting him
good deal. Our talk this morning wa
Of home and our families. DR.. Paw,
Rice, Israel and others expressed them
selves as having conceived very hig
idea Of my father from what they he
heard from Lieut.. Greedy and from M
: I have invited them to come to th
: house particularly. I have extended
general invitation to all the members
! the expedition. i spoke this nosniu
of the reunions Of my family and ho
enjoyable they are. Ny realarkS abol
! |. my father brought teass-ths nrsf Tin
that I have shed team since have bel
in this country, Il I except the occasjl
At Esquimaux Poiat when Rice resufns
with the erecords, the only time I spol
9 also Of my sistsrs aud Mary Nurra
D Vho00 many Yiftnee hiohly enlos,Ra