The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-07-25
GREELY'S REPORT.
THE FARTHEsT NORTHERN POINT EVER
REACHED.
THE SURVIVORS RESCUED JUST IN
TIME.

THE SURVIVORS RESCUED JUST IN
TIME.
WASHINGTON, July l7.-General Hazen,
Chief Signal Officer, has received the follow
ing telegram:
ST. JOINS, N. f., July IT, For the first
time in three centuries England yields the
honor of explorations farthest north, Lieut..
Lockwood and Sergt. Brainard, May 18th,
reaching Lockwood Island, latitude S3' "a,
longitude A. s.. They saw, from 1000 feet
elevation, no land north or northwest, but
to the northeast Greenland yet extended,
lost to view In Cape Robert Lincoln, latitude
S3' So, longitude 3s'. Lieut.. Lockwood
was turned back In 1888 by the open water
on the north Greenland shore, barely escap-
ing the drifts In the polar ocean. DR.. Parry,
in 1882, was adrift one day in the polar ocean
north of Cape Joseph Henry, and escaped to
land, abandoning nearly everything. In
1882 made spring aud later q summer
trip into the Interior Of Grinnell Land, dis.
covering Lake Hazen, some sixty by ten
miles in extent, which, fed by the ice cape Of
North Grinnell Land, drains Ruggles River
and Weyprecht Fiord into Conybeare Bay
and Archer Fiord. From the summit of
Mount Arthur, 5000 feet, the contour of the
land west of the Conger Mountains convinced
me that Grinnell Land tends directly south
from Lieut.. Aldrich's farthest explorations
In 1876. In 1883 Lieut.. Lockwood and Ser
geant Brainerd succeeded in crossing Gin
nell Land, and ninety miles from Beauteaux
Bay, the head of Archers Fiord, struck the
head of ford from the western sea tempo
rarily named by Lockwood the Greedy Ford.
From the center of the ford, in latitude So
80, longitude 7so 80, Lieut.. Lockwood saw
the northern shore termination some twenty
miles west, AMI the southern shore extend
ing some fifty miles, with Cape Lockwood
some seventy miles distant, apparently q
separate land from GrinnelI Land. / have
named the new land Arthurland. Lieut..
Lockwood followed, going and returning on
the cape, averaging about one hundred and
| fifty feet perpendicular face. 1t follows that
of Grinnell Land. The interior is an ice
capped country sixty miles wide, between
the northern and southern ice capes. In
March, 1884, Sergt. Long, while hunting,
looked from the northwest side Of Mount
Garry to HAYES Sound, seeing on the north
ern coast three capes westward of the farthest
seen by Nariss In 1915. The sound extends
some twenty miles further west than shown
by the English charts, but Is possibly shut
In by land which shows up across the west
ern end. The two years station, duties OF
observations, all explorations and retreat to
Cape Sabine were accomplished without los,
of life, disease, serious accident, or even Sc
we're frost bites. No scurvy was experienced
at Conger and but one death occurred from
it last winter. [Signed1
GREEDY, Commanding.
A second dispatch from Lieut.. Greedy is as
follows:
ST. JOHNS, July 17.-Chief Signal Officer,
Washington: Brainard, Bierderbick, Con-
nell, Fredericks, Long and myself, the sole
survivors, arrived TO- day having been rescued
at the point of death from starvation by the
relief ships Thetis and Bear, June 22d, at
Camp Clay, northwest Of Cape Sabine. All
are now in good health, but weak. Sergt.
Allison was rescued, but died July Sth.
Cross died last January; Christensen, Linn,
Sell, Lockwood, Jewell and Edwards In
April; Ellis, Ralston, Whistler and Israel In
May; Kislenbury, Sailor, Henry, Bender,
Pavy, Gardiner, and Schroeder, In June. We
abandoned Fort Conger August o; were
frozen In the pack off Victoria Head, August
O.; abandoned the steam launch, September
IL, eleven miles northeast of Cooked Hat
Island. When on the point of landing We
were three times driven by southwest storms
Into Ksneo Sea. We finally landed Septem-
Der 20, in Baird Inlet. Learning by scout
parties Of the Proteus disaster, and that no
provisions had been left for us from Cape
Isabella to Sabine, we moved and established
winter quarters at Camp Clay, half way be-
tween Sabine and Cooked Hat. Inventory
showed that by q daily ration of four and
one-third ounces Of meat and seven ounces
of bread and dog biscuits, and four ounces
miscellaneous, the party would have ten
days full rations left for crossing Smith
Sound to Littleton Island. Unfortunately
Smith Sound remained open the entire win
ter, rendering the crossing impracticable.
Game failed, despite daily hunting. From
early in February, before the sun returned,
only 500 pounds Of meat were obtained this
year. Minute sea.weed, sasafras, rock lich-
ems, and sealskin were resorted to for food,
with the results as shown by the number Of
s:rvivors, The last regular food was issued
May IA. Only $50 pounds of meat were left
by Darlington, and he compelled me to send
lin November-four mea TO obtain IA
pounds Of English meat at Isabella. During
the trip Ellison was
FROZEN SOLID
In both hands and feet and lost them. He
survived, however, through our terrible win
ter and spring until July 8. The survivors
owe their lives to the indomitable energy of
Capt. Schley and Lieutenant Emery, who,
preceded by three, and accompanied by five,
whalers, forced their vessels from Upper-Ha-
yik through Melville Bay into the north
water at Cape York. With the foremost
whaler they gained yard whenever possible,
and always held IL. Smith Sound was
crossed, and the party rescued during one of
the most violen. gales have ever known.
The boats were landed only at an imminent
risk Of swamping. Four Of us were then un-
able to walk, and could not have survived
exceeding twenty-four hours. Every care
and attention was given us. We save and
bring back copies Of the meteorological, IT,
dal, astronomical, magnetic, and pendulum
observations; also, the pendulum, Yale, and
Standard thermometers, forty-eight photo
graphic negatives, = collection of blanks, and
Photographic proofs. The Esquimsux relics
and other things were necessarily abandoned.
The Thetis remains here five days probably.
GREELY, Commanding.