Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-13

was done in careful. painstaking, reyerent way,
anu only 10 the officers and a few sailors-not more
Cnan three or four-waS IL known for certainty
tnat The bodies were mutilated
In nandllng the remains after they had been pre-
pSreu pare oy tne officers. the exceeding lghtness OF
some OF Them was remarked upon by the Seamen,
ana doubt was more than once expressed II more
Inan naif OF body was within the covering. This
was notlced In removing the bodies from their shall
low graves in the gravel at the Cape and again
When they were placed in tanks on the Bear and
ThetiS-SiX in one and seven in the other It is
SAID that the body OF the EsQuimau was not mutt
iated 10 any extent but with reluctance that
was left at Disco, and then only by the imperative
Godhaven the governor wished the body left, but
ne was prevailed upon to leave It with the others
Az DISCO, however. the demand for the remains
was imperative. Some Of the men had been little
more than skin and bones when they died. but the
niue mesh they had was gone in places, as on the
calves OF the legs, on the hips, thighs and arms
Some Of this, 1t is thought. was used as bait for
shrlmps. some to sustain the wasting life OF the
survivors. There seems, from the ION ltion OF the
part OF those remaining to sustain life in this way
None Of the limbs were missing. But rather it
seems that the perishing men went TO the bodies
When munger became unbeaTable and supplied
themselves as best they could.
Ihe disclosure made by the unearthing the bod
les OF the dead was generally discussed by the
crews OF all the vessels on the homeward trip
Giving due allowance for the Imagination OF the
sailors, the hard facts OF the few who saw the re-
mains and related what they saw TO others before
silence was enjoined show that terrible scenes must
have been enacted by the famisling men in the
Greely camp during the many long months that
famine was with them.
From all OF The score more OF officers and sea-
men seen by the Times reporter on the vessels OF
the relief squadron yesterday, not a single denial
OF the reported facts was heard Officers declined
to speak OF the matter. did few of the seamen
While all Were careful OF any statement they made
Sald one Intelligent seaman: "It Is such a horri-
pie thing that dread 10 think OF ii, and thanked
God that time passed the crew quit discussing it
constantly. 1t sickened me-"
at was common topic. them"
"leS, indeed. the lew who had Seenthe bodies
nad no DdckwardneoS at first in telling their con-
dltion Those who ha not seen them knew from
the first that something was wrong by the way the
officers screened them from view. That was from
no feeling of respect TO the dead however great the
respect really was"
"Did you see the bo,lies?"
III did am not AT liberty to tell you anything
OF their condition"
"What was the talk OF Others who did see theme'
"l'hal portions OF the flesh had been cut away
from diferen. parts OF The BODY some were
nearly stripped OF hesh-nor hing but bones left'
bodies been long buried?"
Il think not. In that country flesh does not de-
cay: There was no putrefaction The bodies
would shrivel ana dry up in time / am satisfied as
10 what occurred at that camp. but cannot say
ANYTHING about it."
Five bodies Of the dead were reported as washed
away. -Four OF these wretched men died In June
the month OF the greatest want and suffering.
That they We're mutilated like the Others, perhaps
even worse, is not at all improbable.
1t is more than probable that when all the de-
tails OF the story are known Dr. octave Pavy, the
surgeon OF the expedition. Will be found to have
Shared the same or a very similar fate TO that OF
young Charles henry. The deaths OF both men are
entered under the same date on the ships journal!
Nothing IS said about Henry's being snot. There Is
blank left beneath the words, Under the fol-
lowing order." and the names Of the TWO men are
written at the bottom or the page. The order,
which was written on a separate piece of paper,
had not been copied into the book. DR.. Paws
BODY was one OF the four swept away to sea. 1t is
said that most OF the men who went with the eX-
pedltlon Wei under arrest earlier in the winter
the same of1enSe which cost poor Henry his life.
THE SURVIVORS CLOSELY GUARDED.
A Portsmouth, n. H., dispatch to the New York
Times says: Lieut.. Greedy, with his wife and chill
dren has, since Saturday, been in possession OF 4
neat unpretent1ouS cottage on the banks Of the river
and within the limits OF the navy yard. Sergeant
Brainerd and the Others quartered at the naval
hospital Those OF the party who are strong enough
stroll about the grounds and visit the city. but
care is always taken TO guard them from the Ques-
tiOning and conversation Of strangers The strict
est orders have been Issued against the visits OF the
reporters OF the press One thing seems assured,
that the story OF the tragic death OF poor Henry
and the desperate resort the flesh Of their dead
comrades has not come directly from the lips OF the
SURVIVORS.