The Red Cloud chief., 1884-10-31
4 EHI6lD STOgY.
IN Iaf'rrs'ing E-psrt frens saHann~a.re
-ehlsy tpoa Hts Late EsIisf pr.as-

AtF+4et-4 aGtstE Ass FsEafAEFH- leg ter r. II
p y the GTcsiy IaEis. N2s s1hg :;s~i Ia q
| >~cr-ia'y q the Navy y~c-iav I. cs-
the orders under vh.rH ta- ~xr--d .saa ~.
5fEan E~I sni then eB;rrs u-uu a r-afh.c
usTEa;i'r q tie event 90 -. ,sy4s~ aus
by far tie mosi in;srv<iu. I.-fn4 o.. a..
{. rrIori u TIA; describing ~. d.s.s.rv zai
fe~rGe 90 'rcciy aH4 h- m~n. ~El~y -
iais> n follows The IMPRESSIVE s~vur INSIDE
D TIE Grcvly lent. Lieutenant ,,r~~.v Va
found a. a. Sleeping taE h, t~~is in~l I'll
forward, aiFi u t~ai resting on bis -.
hand, ~" book 81 comiHua iay~r ui-u AMI
hFid Ia H. rEhi hand IL aIf--arv1 g. -.
reading pEaSvrs tn Private Come. 49,, -
coalition ~ u".; d~.f-f.,r arr, rrssaL
ii" wa cUla . tie w-raI al. ~su>ssiHu %
huas- zone, and Ns> ~,--s i.>> ana q -:
~ Athi">~ HIS -yr~ s,r, GE~t arI s-s.
aud indeed hts H~eaAuye Wa -tgs IA, (:
was with difficulty BE- swallowed TIE >,.uu.
Iani given hIm ~ br~ Grrvn and An
HIS avs h2d dTogI.L, tts heart va, tarv.y
Uui>aiInS and Ia tssis ,-uf-TA'urr y,rN .uN.
Thu, tender s~.u- 81 the Be-. ..,-- ..-,
iami>hci officer cou~1.iuc d., dsiu- ,H4s
Ian."n wa> 'u i;~-l: oue that .pa-l, ,rar-
Z" The eyes ot tie >,TrfsE~>g ala ,,ol:--i -
those who stool a-slG. them "a. t.r u.-s
iai rTTart az relief. Sergeant, Ha I~ri
and frcdcnck- and Hop Ia Stewart Bro
cefhsck were extremely weak and iAr.,
an.c II stand. IA"s WcI- go longer abe 2,
venture awdy from Their camp -p ~,~-k f,-4i
ioT 10 prepare their simple Diet OBJ! - ESQ
>vai~hiu. nor Ia Co..,yi Lsl.H, .uy 20 ats
the >AIimI~ upon which tl-N 81 arr.r-
Z" a great extern; 90 sustain lie. lh.if
faces. hands and Lu.t~ we've ,suI.,r Il
such All extern; that they could not ~ r,>-,-
uizcd. This indicated that the .Ltf~ rarf,
had but a short lsl~- q lie. Irua.h!y rot
more than forty eight hours q; tie mu-,
TINS fact WAS recognized hy them a.. aua
!iad come Ia them from their experience luf
lng tia; lunZ aud GcSDiatr winter .f watch
iug their dying companions. a. ONE after
afiUthrr passed away from amongst Their
forever. Poor Sergeant Ellison Was luun.
in his sleeping bag. where De- haa
lain helpless and hopeless for months with
his hands aud feet floZrn OF. Strapped Il
one of the s'uinp> was found a spoon whist
some companion had put there g. Ell
able HIM Ia feed himself. Hi, lhv>.ca
condition otherwise appeared IL ~ ihc b-,I
Of any OF the Survivors,, and tins may hr al
tTibuted 10 the fact that each of his cumpan
IonS had doleri out Ia him from ont thrl,
small allowance sOIncthiu. to help him. DC
account OF hl> complete hrlpIc>snr>, to aid
anything To his own by hunting ahuu, the
rock, Tor lIchrns or catching shr mp be sui
fcTrrd no waste of strength by the eNrftiou
incident thereto This care al Ellison Wa.
such ~ only brave and generous nicu. >uf.
feTinS with each other, under the most d.
pcrate circumstances. could think -.
Sergeant Long WAS very much reduced.
though in somewhat better cnutitinn than
some Of the Others. Ills Office 81 hunter Tor
the starving party had made II usrc~
sary 10 increase hi, pittirce oi
food To- maintain hi strength that
he might continue Ia battle Tor food and
life L. the helpless. lii this case. however.
the effect OF this continued effort bad told
its story on lis wasted form. Shorter aua
shorter journeys We're made in good
weather, while IN the frequent bad weather
in tina, rcginn hi, strength was ~ much lu,
paired that when the joyful signal whistle
Was heard he had only enough left io STAG
ger out 10 the rocks overlooking the water
10 See f. the signal heard had Proceeded
from ships IN sight. His ur~t visit va,
\ HITTER pI~NFToINIAINT.
"a lie saw nothing. \ second vi.li
fifteen minutes later brought hin
within fifty yards at the Bears steam
cutter. and in view of the relief ships cour
inc around Cape Sabine. When The steam
cutter ran into the bend where Lone WA.
seen he rolled down the ice covered ciif ARD
was taken int" the cutter. lie iniormed
Lieutenant Caldwell that the location uf TIE
camp was Just over the Ctil. In the Ca~C ,
of Sergeant Ellison, the medical officer {
were fearful from the hr-t time that h, I
o. life were very small. y ~ou. :
a. hcalthful foot WA, available and TIE :
digestive f~u"tiorls >hou!d b. rc-c~,lb!i~hei {
fully, hoalthfu! blood circulation w0u'G q
begin its distribution 81 new 10,
Ia the injured parts and iHttmma
ton would naturally occur. II EIi>nu's
strength should increase more RAPIDLY than ,
the inflammation. amputati"n al the injured
parts would perhaps save his lie. Several
dIls after hi, Tc-cuc-Junr 2s-Dr. Green
that Ellison was Threatened vii! '
Of the brain. The SYMPTOMS IA I
rapidly until the poor fellow loot .
his reason. At GulEaycH his condition was
80 critical that the surgeon ~ the cNls.ii o
ton after consultation determined "a ampI d"
tate 10Th feet above the ankle. 4, the ouly e
of life. The disease however q
'riumphcd and amid the bleak scenes that q
had surrounded him for three years in tn. :,
heroic sacrifice. and within the dc>0.ate :
of that region of everlasting b.. ;
and snow. surrounded by his s~nIT0wiuc =
comrades, be passed MAY. IcutcuJnl "
Freely waS physically the weiEc~i hut men :.
si!.N t'.f UttNt Nl-'lblN u Ai4f party He It
had lain IL his sleeping bag for weeks or ',
recount of his gradually failing strength. .
IL was unable 10 stand alone for any length !,
Il time, AMI Was almost helpless cNCcp; ~ :,
l sitting posture. All psn@S 81 hunger hAc :,
'ed>cd. His appearance WAS Wild. h. hair "
long and uukempi. hi face and hanl. :
covered with sooty black dirt his toIy
cauuiy covered with woTnout clothes. hs :.
oym was wasted, his joints swollen. and
us eyes Suukeu. Iij- first iuquirs was { .
hey were not EH-ij>hmen. hut when he :.
"a tod We were his owH cuUu'rymeu b., -,
'su>,7i for a moment - u Rejecting, thsH =
aid: Il am glad t. see yGJ. -
Tie condition Of his camp was 10 keep
~ with the scene inside tlIr .cn'. u sq@r- e..
ic All GcSolatc the bleak laTrruue@- % the -
pct o.cr which the aili Arctic bird n"uld "'
III, the rOw % graves o. tie little ridge =
hundred feet away with the pTo'rlulH. :
cad> and feet uf those ia.-V bUris-i. q a.. ~
va. SI.cEt wI;n,S~ 10 the daily increasing :,
,rtEnrs> OF the lit 9 band Il Survivor. TIE .
winter quarters in the hollow - -.
1w with it, broken wall invaded To- wafer =.
the melting snow and lcr above H.. tie .
lad bodies 81 two COMPANIONS stretched Oh
Ie ice. the food that Remained. the wGcichei ~
I'U.c-y for cooking utensils .EPT,yI.d D. ~
lem in their sore dsSirs>~. hardly deserving .
le name. IN scattered dt-I worn uC!
.o;heS and stepping has Il tire dad. the 80
h>rncc % all fDs!, save a few cupfl.> of
oiled >ca.>kiH scraps: to- Wild ami wr.Td
enc Of snow. ice and Il e.-rs overlooking
oSeThanginz the d,S'ia;c lamp. cs'u- 90
e. q a picture a. : art.iuc A. J.. vs. iu!- r-
-csS.ye. | hope never a-a'n he ry lie TO n,
TX uIon such wTeirheinc~s and such de- "a,
The picture Wa Iur-r Startling
"a more deeply Pathetic than I ever a.
coa.d lie possible r. brao.dinE =.
| s:tod for a moment almost JHultrnsd.
=! then realized If the eXp-i ton had -
demonstrated any one thinZ mon. than =.