Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-20
rae GREELEY RgscrE.
how TIE HEscrras WIRE RECEIVED.

4 INV AHk HECklVkD.
ST. JOINS. \. F.. July ls.-Sergean,
Long. Of the Greeley party, who was ihe
nrsf TO respond to the welcome tone OF
the s.eam whistle, says that be and Ser
| geaRt Brainard we're the first TO hear
the sound, aud they helped each other
to crawl on. OF the hut. When Long
| got clear of the ENHANCEMENT Of the
tent, which had been swept TO the
1 ground, be rose TO his feet with great
/ dlfnc1lty and succeeded in clambering
/ up - rock that gave the most extern
ssys view u that neiRhborhood. Brain
ard went back 10 the tent. bat Long re-
NAMED DOT, looking in every direction
for some strange object. At last be saw
large black object alb IT mile dis
tant, which at first looked like q rock.
out be knew there was no rock in that
line. Presently, approaching. the steam
launch changed its course. and Long
recognized the approach of rescaers.
He came down from the rsck and sent
towards camp. raising the hAgpole and
dag, which had been blown down dur
ing the gale, and held it for about two
minutes, until his strength gave DOT,
and II was blown once more to the
ground. He then adv 4nced totteringiy
IN the direction of the little steamer.
and IN few MINUTES the warm hand of
Capt. Ash grasped his in greeting. III tu-
rice Council, who Is still alive, for some
days after his rescue had no recoliec-
tlsu of anything that transpired. He
did not hear ihs awakening scream of
the whistle. When his conrad shook
him op from his PROSTATE position in
the camp aud tod him that succor VAS
At hand. he wildly exclaim ID " For
Gods sake, let me die In psace - A
teaspoonful of brandy applied tn his
lips called back the heeting life spark.
for Council C ,uld not have survived
more than a few hours. He vas by far
tue weakest OF the seven survivors, and
the strongest must have succumbed
within IS hours. The story told by Con
neil from his collection of his starving
experience l. simply heartrending how
they burned the hair off their ssalskin
boots and coats. cut them into strips.
boiled them into stew, and ate vora-
clously OF them until their stom tchs re-
belled, and nausea and weakness en-
sued. In several cases nature gave no
call for y, 10 and even Is days, and
thin bloody hemOrrhaRs and consA
quent weakness ensned. prostrating the
lOI sewer Al UhNs. uc
of keeping heat in the body WAS very
great. The rHle of the camp was to
permit no one TO slesp longer than two
hours. He WAS then awakened roughly
and called upon to shake himself, beat
his hands and p1und his feet IN order TO
restore circulation. This was found
absolutely necessary TO prevent torpor
and possible death.
WILL VISIT HOME.
NKwBURYPoRT, Mass July 19.-John
A. Greeley has received the following:
ST. JOINS, N. F., July IS.
Due in New York about August LIST.
Shall spend sick leave IN Newouryport
this autumn. Am perfectly well, but
weak. A. w. GREELEY.
THE DEAD AND THE SURVIVORS.
ST.. JOHNS, N. F., July l9.-Followinp
is the present disposition of the bodies
recovered from the Greeley expedition.
in the respective steamships: In the
tanks of the Thetis are Lieut.. Look
wood, Sergt. Cross, Serst. David Lynn,
Sergt. 5. Gardaer, Private II. Snyder,
and Sergt Israel.
mains of Lieut.. kisliugbury, DR.. Payey,
Sergt. Jewell, Private Ellis, Sergt. kal
ston, Corporal Joseph Ellison and Pri-
vate Whistler. Frederick Christian.
James Edwards, the Eskimos, and
Private Henry Bender have their graves
amid the Arctic SHOWS. The Baskets for
the deceased will be prepared by Thurs
day, and the ships will sail Thursday
night or Friday morning.
Lieut.. Greeley and his men are pro-
faonruhty 4rnaIax,
perhaps than the others. Yesterday he |
exhibited symptoms of great fatigue !
and weakness, He is talking too much, |
and the constant interviewing operates
unf4vorably. He was taken for drive |
Yesterday up tue valley to Waterford |
bridge, and gloated over the beautiful, |
fertile summer prospect, in marked |
contrast TO the bleak sterilities of his so |
recert cabin home. The trees" he |
said. with exu5erant enthusiasm, look |
so .eautiful to an eye that has seen no |
vegetation for over three years. The |
green fields give me new life" Greeley
Is the guest of the city. Private houses
and Carriages are at his disposal, and
every kindness and attention 10 paid
him. Each member of the party forms
the center OF listening and admlring
groups, and goes over and over the re-
cltal of the terrible past. There will be
q memorial service for the dead in all
tue churches Of the CITY tomorrow, and
commemorative sermons will b.
preached.
INSTRUCTIONS To sCHLEY.
WASHINGTON, July l9.-Admiral Mich
els, Acting Secretary of the Navy. is
sued orders to Commander Schley this
afternoon 10 remain At st. Johns as loag
as Is necessary tn secure the enoasing of
the dead of the Greeley party in Baskets
and then to proceed with his three YES
ssls-the Thetis, Bear and Alert-with
the Survivors and dead to Portsmouth.
New Hampshire, where he will await
further ord r., and where the members
OF the Greeley party and the relief ex-
pedItion caA become accllmated before
proceeding further south.
Geueaal HaZen is annoyed by the
criticisms which have been made re-
pccting the non establishment of
depot near Cape Saoin upoa the west
O Jast OF the channel, and has prepared
she following memorandum in respect
to the matter
IL Was the plan from the first 10 place
a depot upon the cas-, bank of Grsen-
iauu AZ LttlctOu leiald. us was
Greeley's plan. After very careful
and prolonged study of the whole sub
ject, he not only made plan before he
started but very carefully reiterated 1t
in writing. after reaching Lady Frank
lin Bay, closing his letter on the sub
jeet IN these words: mo deviations
from these instructions should be Der.
mitted. Latitude of action should not
be given to relief party, who, on an
unkaoSn coast, are searching for men
who know their plans and orders"
The reasons tor this decision we're that
there Is coal On the east side aud none
on the west. IL was In the neighbor.
hood Of friendly Esquimoux. who did
not live on the west side. On the east
side there VAS abundant game, while
there Was none on the west. While nu-
,nerous camps of explorers bad been
established on the eas. side for the
above reasons, while they we're never
established ON the west side, because
the west side was scarcely more than
barren rocks. The pledge of the Sig
nal Office to support Greeley in exact
accord with this arrangement was the
most saered that any man could give.
10 have departed from il would have
been base treachery. This was done in