Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-07-23
One of the Saved Afterwards Dies
from Frost Bite.
Seventeen of the Little Band
Starve to Death.
A -Milwaukeean Numbered Ameng
the Victims.
Lieut.. Schley's Oficial Dispatch to the
Navy Department.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE acting
secretary of the navy has just received
a telegram from St. Johns, N. F., stat
ing that the Greedy relief expedition
had found the survivors of the Greedy
party, seven men in all. Their names
are: Lieut.. Greedy, sergt. Brainard,
Sergt. Frederioks, Sergt. Long, sergt.
Ellison, Hospital Steward Beiberbach
and Private Connell. They were found
by the relief ships Thetis and Bear, five
miles off Cape Sabine in Smiths
Sound.
Sergt. Ellison was badly frost-bitten
and died at Godhaven July 6, after un-
dergoing surgical operation.
The relief ships Thetis and Bear, with
the survivors, are at st. Johns, N.F.
THE OFFICIAL D1spATCH.
= WAsHmaroN, July 17.-The fellow.
ing telegram was received at the Navy
DCHbA UA4OnV cA16 u4OIuAu&s
ST.. JOINS, N. F.-9 A. M.-July 17.-Hon.
VIM. E. Chandler, Secretary Of the Nauy
Washington: The Thetis, Bear and Loeb Garry
arrived here to-day from West Greenland, all
we'll. They separated from the Alert $50 miles
north during gale, at 9 r. NJ, June %. Five
miles of Cape Sabine, in Smiths Sound, the
Thetis and Bear rescued alive Lieut.. A.
". Greely, sergt. Brainard, sergt. Fredericks,
Sergt: Long, Hospital Steward Beiderbach,
Private Connell, and Sergt. Ellison, only sur
vivors Of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition.
Sergt. Ellison had lost both hands and feet by
frost-bite and died July 6, at Godhaven, three
days after amputation, which had become i'm
perative. Seventeen, out OF twenty five persons
e. the n PeT1ed Penn 1y Is
drowned while sealing to procure food. Twelve
and are now on board the Thetis
and Bear. One Esquimo, Turvevek, was
buried at Disco in accordance with the desire
of the inspector of Western Greenlano
the camp were swept away by the winds and
currents before my arrival and could not be
recovered. The names OF the dead recovered,
with date of death, are as follows: Eergt.
Cross, January /, 1884; Wederick (Esquimo),
April s; Sergt. Linn, April 6: Lieut.. Lockwood,
April 9; sergt jewell, April IL; Private Ellis,
June s.; Private Schneider, June 18. The names
Of the dead buried in the ice fort, with date Of
death, whose bodies were not recovered are as
follows: Sergt. Rice, April 9, 1884; Cor
poral salen, June 8; Private Bender.
June s; Assistant Surgeon ,Pavy, June
Sy Sfas ersssne sroueS S0oe pery formed
Ice while sealing and Jens Edwards Esquimo)
April "a. Iwould urgently suggest that the
bodies now on board be placed in metallic
cases here for safer and better transportation
in seaway. This appears to me imperative.
Greely abandoned Fort Conger August 9,
2s s fo%Gsne en.nSah.d With his =. entire ire party
and was adrlft thirty days on the ice foe in
Smiths Sound. Permanent c&mp was estab-
lished October 81, 1888, 1t the point where he
was found. During nine months his party had
to live upon scant allowance Of food brought
from Fort Cenger, that cached ct Payer Harbor
and Cape Isabella by Sir Geo. Mares in
1876, which was found much damaged by
the lapse of time, that cached by Beebe
at Cape Sabine in 1882, small
amount saved from the wreck Of the Proteus in
1883, and landed by Lieuts. Darlington and
Colwell on the beach near where Gree1ys
consumed the party was forced to live upon
boiled seal, stripped from the sea skin clothing
and lichens and shrimps caught in good weather
when they were strong enough to make exer-
tions. As it took 1900 shrimps to
FIJI q gallon measure the labor was
too exhaus'ing to depend upon them to sustain
life entirely. The channel between Cape Sa-
bine and Littleton did not close on account Of
violent gales all winter, so that the 24O ratlons
at the latter point could not be reached. All of
Greely's records and all instruments brought
by him from Fort Conger are recovered and are
on board. From Hare Island to Smiths Sound
had q constant and furious struggle
rs%h ~, Ia end
barriers which were overcome by watchfulness
and patience. No opportunity to advance q
mile escaped, and for several hundred miles the
slips were forced to ram their way from lead
to lead through ice varying in thickness from
three to s,x feet, and when RATED much great
Cape York, June 18, after passage of
twenty-one days, in Melville Bay with two ad-
vance ships ofthe Dundee whaling feet and con-
tinued to Cape Sabine. Returning seven days
lster fell in with seven other Of this fleet Of
WostenbOlm Island and announced Greely's
rescue to them, that they might not be
esoanss eaSsa nor ao + IL temed nto snis tSs
dangers of Smiths Sound IN view OF the ro-
ward OF &25, 900 offered by Congress. Returning
across Melville Bay, we fell III with the Alert ann
Loch Garry off Devils Thumb, struggling
through heavy ice. Commander coffin did Id
,nirably to get along 20 far with
son, before an opening had occurred.
Lieut.. Emery, with the Bear, has supported
me throughout with great skilfulness and nm
ainchiDg readiness in accomplishing the great
duly of rescuing Greedy. The Greely party
are very much improved since their rescue, but
we're critical in the extreme when found and for
several days after. Forty eight hours delay in
reaching them would have been fatal to al now
living. The season, North, is late and the
closest for years. Smiths Sound WAS rot open
when I left Cape Sabine. The winter about
Melville Bay was the most severe for twenty
years. This great result ID entirely due to the
of War in fitting out this expedition for the
work it has had the honor to accomplish.
(Signed] ". n. ScMEX, Commander.