The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-11-14
GRIZZLY WAS HUNGRY.
His Pitable Condition When Found-Newa
Papers in the Arctics-News Of Garie1d's
Assassination in a VIVA ler's Cache,

Papers in the Arctics-News Of Garfie1d,s .
Assassination in a wharer's Cache. !
An interview with Lieut.. Ufiel Sc
bree, of the relief ship Ttretis, pub
ished in the Kansas City Joarnal,
brings out some additional facts of in
terests in regard to Greely's condition
when discovered, and other facts rela-
ling to the party. Hesays: Hunger,
suffering, mental distress and the hope
lessness hegotten of abject despair, had
unhinged Lieut.. Greely. and made him
irresponsible. He and the rest of 'em
seemed to think of nothing but some
thing to eat, and when not supplied
according to their cravings, they
did not hesitate to daal out abuse. Edu-
cation has mighty little show to curb
the animal in man when his rations are
locked to the degree that these poor
fellows were" Illustrative of what he
meant, the lieutenant went on to say:
"Now, there is Lieut.. Greedy; he is a
scholarly man, refined in his tastes, and
possessed of great will power, or he
never would have survived the rigor to
which he was exposed. He, however,
could not curb the animal in him. Hun
ger and greed for something to eat
oyercame all sentiment and every other
desire with him. None of the party
seemed to be overjoyed at their rescue,
except for the one reason they would
get something to eat. AS 500 as Lieut..
Greedy was brought on board he vas
carriedeto the officers cabin, being too
feeble to walk. The steward was put
to making him some beef tea, and he
eyed the process with eagerness. Think
ing he would like first to hear of his
family, l told him how they had been
left we'll six weeks ago, and handed him
a picture of his wife and children taken
six weeks previously. He glanced at
the picture, glanced only, for he could
not keep his eyes off the steward and
the beet tea, and said nothing.
1.-The doctor fed him at short inter
walls, but more was his constant cry. To
further illustrate how rayenous q man
can become, | noticed the doctor hand
him a thin piece of raw meat. He cut
off q piece of it and grabbed it in his
teeth, but while doing this he held to
the other piece and furtively looked
around rs if he feared some one would
try to take it away from him.
HE ate more than any of us when he
got so he was allowed to indulge his APP
petite. One day he remarked:
Gentlemen, as great an eater Us l
seem, my wife used to say l was the
smallest she ever saw"
Then Lieut.. Greedy after a moments
pause said very soberly and without
any semblance of joking:
"'People do not think enough about
eating. anyway. Hereafter l am going
to give more time and thought to it,"
poor fellow, he did not sleep for
thirty-six hours after he came aboard
the Thetis. The first thing he asked
for was his bittcrs, and insisted upon
having them, but was deprived of them
for a time. He then called on us to tell
him the news.
"What," he said. "has taken place in
three years? Tell me-"
CAS- q matter of fact. the first thing
of course, that rushed to u minds was
the death of Garfield, and we told him
of it."
"I know that" he said, and we ex.
claimed, how in the world did you
know"
"'Ihen it turned out" said Lieut.. Sc.
bree, that in q cache they had founC
which had be made by Beebe
on the first unsuccessful effort to relieve
the Greedy colony, were two dozen lem
ons, and around each of these ascrap O
newspaper had been wrapped
and from these scraps the col
ony had learned of Garfield,
death; and it was surprising too
how many other things they had learned
from these scraps of paper. They hat
read and reread them. 1t afforded
them diversion. and to further diver
their minds, Lieut.. Greedy. as long o
he was able, would lecture to the men
They say his memory is perfectly won
derful, and he says everything that IL
had ever read Or heard returned to hin
windy while in the arctic solitude"
"Lieut. Lockwood's death was YER,
Q sad. Weeks before he died he becam
queer. The men first noticed, whel
Lieut.. Greedy or others of the part
were relating some experience to diver
} the minds CT the suffering little ban,
from the contemplation of the dreari
ness and hopelessness of their desola
ton, Lieut.. Lockwood would morosel,
> sit by. pay no attention, but suddenl
) interrupt by circulating:
> "'Roast beef, mashed potatoes,' Q
! something of that kind"
> HE died 81 maniac. He it was VIII
went nearest the North pole, and was
$ in fact the sturdiest man of the CON
mand, though he was the second on
> who died Of starvation"
8 Lieut. Greedy was q hard -lookin
, citizen when we found him. He ha
! not washed nor changed his clothes fo
u eleven months. His whiskers were Ion
. and matted, hair the same, and hi
face and hands were grimed with dirt
D He was so weak he could not walk, an
: his flesh hing in 1abby folds on hin
> He recuperated rapidly, and when b
! reached st. Johns he could eat any
thing. He went ashore to the Amer!
can consul's house, and on leaving tn
!, ship the doctor cautioned him abor
: eating too much, and especially said h
must eat no veal. AS ill luck woul
: have it, his hostess on the second da,
! not knowing, of course, had a splendi
roast of veal, and Lieut.. Greedy jus
gorged himself. The result was this
he had the almightiest bellyache a ma
!, ever and came near dying"
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