The bee., 1884-07-26

", one by one. seventeen of the party had
yielded up their lives to the demon Starvation.
One of them, the strongest, had gone seal
hunting. He never returned He wai
drowned while trying to get to a seal before il
reached the edge of a foe upon which they
were. He missed his footing, fell into seam
In the ice and was seen no more.
We encountered gale day before yester.
day which was so furious that the Alert
separated from us in it. Greely, in his report
to me, said that on August 8, 1888. he aban
doned Fort Conger They Travelled northerly,
and, after considerable privation and suffer
ing from the cold, reached Baird Inlet on
September % There was no one in the party
who was not in full possession of nealth, and,
excepting their isoiacet position everything
was well
GreeIy's Terrible Experience.
General Hazen of the signal service at
Washington received the following telegram
from Lieutenant Greely at st. Johns:
Bralnard, Beirulerback, Connell, FTeder
lcks, Long, myself sole survivors. arrived
h:re TO day, having been rescued at the point
oil death from starvation bv relief ships The
tls and Bear June - at Camp Clay northwest
OF Cape Sabine All ale now in good health,
but weak l abandoned Fort COnger August
=. and was frozen in the pack off Victoria
Head August 90; abandoned steam launch
September IL. eleven miles north,
east of Cooked Hat island. When on the
point OF landing we were three times driven
southwest by storms into kane's sea. Finally
arrived September - in Baird inlet Learn
ing by scouting parties of the Proteus disas
ter, and that no provisions had been left for
us from Cape Isabella to Sabine, moved
ami established winter quarters at Camp
ifaY, haf way between Sabine and Cooked
Hat. inventory she wsd that by daily ration,
four and one-third ounces meat, seven of
tread and dog biscuits and four ounces OF
miscellaneous, the party would have ten days
full rations left for crossing Smith Sound to
Littletgn island up to March l.
Untor unately Smith Sound remained
open the entire winter, rendering crossing inn
possible. Game failed despite daily hunting
from early February. Before the sun re
turned only 500 pounds of meat could be OBJ
tanned During this year minute shT1mpS
seaweed, sassafras, rock lichens and sealskln
We're resorted to for food, with results as
shown i'll the number of survivors. The last
regular food was issued May il. Only 15O
pounds of meat having been left by CARING
ton. compelled me to send i'll November
four men 10 obtain 14l pounds OF Eng
iSh meat at Isabella During the trip Ellison
froze solid both hands and feet, and lost them,
surviving, however, through our terrible
WINTER and spring, until July s. The sur
NIVoiS owe their lives to the indomitabe
energy of Captain Schley and Lieutenant
Emory, VINO, pre- ;eded by three and accom-
PAM by five whalers, forced their vessels
from Upernlvik, through Melville bay, into
North Water at Cape York with the fore
most whaler. They gained a yard
wherever possible and always held it. Smiths
Sound was crossed and the party res
cued during one of the most violent gales L
have ever known, the boats being handled
only ut the imminent risk of Swamping. Four
OF Us were then unable to walk and could not
have survived exceeding twen y-four hours
Every care an1 attention was given us. We
have saved AMI bring back copies of meteoro-
logical, tidal astronomical, magnetic. pendu-
lum and other observations; also pendulum,
Hae and standard Thermometers. fOrtF-eight
phot )graphic negatives, acollection of blanks
and Photographic proofs, ESquimaux relics
and other things necessarily abandoned The
Thetis will remain here for five days proba-
blv.n