New-York tribune., 1884-10-23
DYING AMID GLACIERS.
COMMODORE sCHLEYs OFFICIAL REPORT.
THRILLING DESCRIPTION OF THE RESCUE OF
GRRELYs PARTY.

Ii affords graphic narrative Of the events Of the
voyage.
Litteton Island was reached June 2l mp TO
which time nothing had been heard of the objects of
the search. The passage across to Payer arbor was
made on the afternoon of the 22d during heavy gale
and the vessels were m0Ored TO the ice foot with ice
anchors Parties were started at onco to visit tho
cairns and caches at this point in order that no oppor
trinity shoud be lost to push northward if no dngs of
Grcelv were % be found Soon cheers were heard
above the roaring winds by those shipboard. but
could not be located accurately. In few minutes
seaman Yeveu made his appearance, almost ont OF
breath and reported that Geey and his party were at
Cape Sabine He brought and delivered to Commo
dore Schley records found by Lieutenant launt ina
carn on Rrevoort Island The records had been chiefly
prepared bv Lieutenant Grccy in person. and were
found to bear dates Of eight and nine months previous
Lieutenant Colwell now instructed To proceed TO
the Wreck Camp Cache. and II any of the party were
alive to inform them that their relief wa at hand
Commodore Schlcy followed in the Bear leaving the
Thetis with instructions TO pick up the remaining
searching parties and then follow the Bear.
PnoroGRAPHI>G rHF wRrCK CAMP CACHE.
As the steam cutter reached the Wreck Camp Cache
Lieutenant Coweu and lee Masters Ash and Norman
dlcoyeied Sergeant Long reclining on the rock'.
Taking him into the cutter and saiuug from him the
location of the ramp they went to H. and announced
,o tontruqrt Grrply the coming of rerl lre VI ter
Nu,mnn returned tn the stctm cutter iinn the rann
nni tno1 I1ue on at onrc tn tho Beat Tong vA' nn
lfiN'N
-ide hr thr crow and placed on rlaii IN th" saloon
Iulll particulars having been l'hnru nom h''h Nv
rv u.m.nfs torimolute srhet with lrn'rhhni
Impty. insien hrfnni4. nunnr9, nnf srrt'Nlo ~ lN'
.,,., ,r ibn Ur,r Won't .hrtp aud ipnrhel uirrlt
,,tnu nluui 70 A. m lieutenant 'uiwrH rrW hlnii'N
tl h. o,,i ih. taut ,ataina tho paitt llivn iiuNh
nu tham aud thni hu hll ra tlnlt iH "d " WIN lh'
"A aisiaut. uT Ash ari Auimahi ah'i hiH gwen ih'
sui,i,a.s ,,mr mih ani nfri r'iihut h's"N va
uaia 90 thn ih,a ~ arud H"'e "n'ri' Hh' rr" Nl'h
lr.igt iiatioe and the phoInafNhl, instrument ate" eia"
ta .,nI ,luihiuL, hianLrta And aiitt'hr'a !" lh1
tlluai iIel iusnrrl Melville, l'f 'hteh' l'"" 'hln'
ladt iIrutfuaht LemiN and Ensign lidll"Nf "l ihh
Ihet, ani Lieutenant shfl, of thu oaii spond, 81
Lieutenant Greedy, Sergeant Ellison. sergeant h'im
aul Hospital Lstcward hicrderhioh sergeant tIrus!-
irk, ana tIitatr tounrli. were found alive ia this
wf,tch,d tent Ensign Harlow phoiugl lahed tho TENT
III burying ground the Ridge, and the Ice loot he"
by.
leaving CAFE SABINE IN A STORM.
The cnmp wa, situated nearly midway between
Cooked Hat Island and Cape Sabine. 1t was about
scyontv-nvc feet from the beach on slight e'ey alton
and protected by high mountains to the soutn"all.
Al the survivors except Long were found la the tent
Lut Brnn,rd Bicrdcrlick and Frederlcks subsequent
Is emerged. and insisted that they were strong enou9n
to walk the boat 1t required put 'hoII tu,o -
du,outrate their mistake. and they with the Others
we're carried upon strctchers BY ii p. m the sur
yiyors we're Tar strengthened by stmnant@ that all
-, 20 removed to the ship The gale, which had blown
all dov Increased to hurricane during the night:
Work with boats. therefore. wa. hoth dlhcnit ana
dangerous. With much difficulty tho NIipS were keP,
head 10 the wind. The frequent squalls olien Grove
th.r on broad and while in such position win
nm, il thcir rails would be driven almost into the
vy,ter Althoach the shore distant az time,
hardly one hundred feet. the boats would nearly
~ amp in trayer-ing that short distance
GRrEfY FOUND PRAYER BOOK II HAND.
Tho work of xhumng the bodies u the dead was car
re, on under the orders OF Lieutenant Emory and 80
erer,tlcay and promptly performed that the ships were
m 70 start for Payer Iarbor at o'clock on the morning
OF June -.
Commodore Schlcy describes a. ioHo"a tNe impressive
...r, inside (,rcaly's tent:
Iieutcnaut Greoy found In his sleeping baS' M
hody inclined forward and head resting upon h, et
hand The book Of Common Prayer was open ad HelH
in hi. rrlt hand H. appeared to he reading PRAYERS to
Private Conncu. whose condition was mo, h
critical III, wa. cold the waist, all sensation o munger
conc was speeches, and almost breathees; m' eyes
were fixed and CLASSY. Indeed MS WeHNh'SS %' ,1n
moi IL Us with dfculty he swallowed the stlhuth-
eyeu him by Drs. Green and Amos laws hdu uropp'
liz barely pusaiins and his Oody
tender scene Of helpless almost fami hcd officer
ins compaui II, nit.el one o. at sroi-ht
80 80 - e,.. of fhe strots-t AMI ,toute@t ~ those
who stood about them the ncrciful erand o rcAei'
LYING AT DEATHS DOOR
eorcoon,. Hrapard and Frederick, and Hospital stew
ard BcrlrrDick were extremely weak ana haruy 'o''
to stand they no longer aoe to Veh'nrea"'y io'
their cop 10 seek food nor to prepare their simple Ill
of boiled seaskn nor TO collect hchens. nor TO eaten
sr,u- anon which they had 10 depend t. a great cx-
tent 10 si,. tain nfe Their faccs hands ana lmS were
swollen to such an extent that they cou not De e'"S
niled This indicated thai the entire parry hlu onl
Poor -er.can Ellison waa found IA his sleeplps t n@S
,r.t,. h, had ain hrplezs and hopeless Tor i"in WIN
hiuds and 'oct frozen of STRAPPED l" one "i nc
v1. found 70 suo1n which some comp anon u't & M
fn ot cri. nuncarcd 10 hc the best ot any o ll' SUI
vvar and This may be attributed To IN" irt ,a
communion. had dpIel Out tu MIN ron 'hNll ''i
allowance of food something 20 helr MN "n - t,
hi- complete hcplo7'uc.s to a,u h9l l'n. n, hri,,n
H. suffered mo- waste of strength hF '''ilion n'
thereto. 1i ca.c ot Ellison Wh, S'1n 49, sr Me- ,os
90 81 O. fHI
desperate cirrnm.tances could INN. ot ,,, ,,ou,h
-dr..tnt Long was very much i'"u '..i,,s
a., sne,ta better condition than some of the others
r,oc rt,rsov's EXTREMITY AvD SUFFERING.
to tb, ca.e of Sergeant Ellison M" medical n'n''rS
,r fearful from thc hr. that h4 ch'nce' Of hfe we're
very small Several dag after hi' ie -'n' '""' - "
,,,e, r,uori.l that Ellison wa threatened Win ''
tiuo ~ tl. brain the symptoms inrfr'-'n ''I'',
until the poor fellow os hI' r"a'on w ,t e,rrl
condition sn critical tln thr ~l, i,,t,t hnti,
tun after tuu4ulfa 'inn. d'r.rliN'l =" ", i ift tl.
l,t ,, a.. .o.,s,' hiVrr,r trnnp1el nWd hnll we
nl.k s,rn.a t,t had slirm l"i h'h i,i 'sir,ia ~
r,t u.si.n uf rtniieltins tr nN' '''N -, M,
hia s,ftovlna ,nnnrl"a, n r'''rl 'nn' 'nn' ''''
iulf r, thir. lata hit"t W." nWP''f''
euspiupV Asn tntttNtNt 80 rue h'"'''4
1h. r,.r,elon 1T tho nuiln' oi the a''' p' '''''''
aud tt.l, condition Ia ,uiuttrt &" 80 t"l'"'f
ut,t. i..in. t,.,t pi,p,fai ni ii"r sA lho hollea
- ti, l,s,i .,, ffiri tr th,h. Ia u't'N 'N''
ln.sr Melville and fuslf itArioo "f 'h' lh'"a' ~
,,,,. Lieutenant t,t,nt and iirurlthl 'nl' ' ~ @ @n.
B,at rrtnirt tnr hndra in the "ilnNi w""' ~"
,,,u l,alt ia, clothing Wa, trmnl tl woe . II
M tu -tip- cotton, 10th from head tn t"l, Nl'h W."
rni forward .oy,al times. Cotton atrr'mt VS. n"t
u-,d Co. cover Ihr whole, cat ~ l ihr l"'i""' ~ ut.
tnt,.,i Ia f,l, r,V tn, bod, was placed lh l' ''A,
AID secured against movement II'h ,h. A., INNS
when rolling n tho passage after raI lhs wv 'nr ,,hru
r.I.,rln,nt ,,n- teipnnrt aud would mol answer ""'
/ making tho rI--urr hrN Nond ~. johns. ar,.tinn
Ia preparing the bnilr, of the de"d I"r t'a ix a.,
! iu alcohol 10 81 Johns, It wa iodhi "", and
| them. Lieutenant ki,liugbuy, Hrrsean'S ITnis Ind
! unI,tou Privatrs Whistler, Henry aud Lul7, "" ~,
been cut and the neshy parts remover !" - intact
! lcs- extent All the other bodies were ,,"r 10 nnrinr
in n The bode- of The dead were exposed In preplrnI
thcul the Identification found u po octnr,
of them could be recognized by nc aiu y, baf
,,krn with Us from home Others whose lta,u1'' ' n
drcayed were Identified by other oharacteilst IT. T."
thereore satisfied that mistake was nisir 49, m h ne m