The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-23
Lieut.. Creeiey's Story.

i I# L.f- kAAl1A
..l Pres, correspondent interviewed
nj Greedy aud the other survivors of
.s Arctic Colony.
.After passing t4O winters at Fort Con-
in scientific research Lieut.. Greedy,
-,L hi. whole party intact, broke up
.5.5r encampncnt, and commenced the
Inward descent. This was accom-
er-nrt amid great perlls from. gales and
mps and other casualties. Cape "a
5sna having been reached a temporary
E,4,e was erected. built of stones aud
r,vcrcd by boats and sails brought along
la the party. Ga Sept. 90 winter quar-
ter were established at Cape SABINE.
The cOmmissariat had become very
meaere. and the cache Of provisions LETT
ae the Proteus last year but poorly sup
n1emented it. The steam launch had De-
f9me fast In the Ice a few weeks previous,
ani had To he abandoned During the
aaole winter the party, were cohs.raihed
-. ayisr on nu,rter r%dtiOns, and all kinds
II food had 20 be utilized. For SIX weeks
r~revious II the rescue regular provisions
.s,.ed to be given out. Seaweed,
.brimns seaIskins, ~sasstraS and every
varietv Of shrub were greediiy devoured.
Do,fb made its fist havoc in the ranks
.,rlv in January. One Of the men Drop
reI Off with ,cIvt.
on the 9th of April Lieut.. Lockwood
md Nr Rice, the photographer, succumb-
Il. after heroic attempt to secure for their
carving comrades about 200 pounds of
meat supposed to be catched at a place
named BAD Greek, distant about fifteen
miles from the eucampmeut. Mr.. Israel,
the astronomer, persisted on May 81.
Lieut.. K~islinbury died on June /, and
| Or. Pavy, the naturalist, stepped into
death June 6. Not one of the victims
realized that death was near. They all
lied a tranquil, painless death. Two
E,auimauxs also perished-oue Of star
vsfi1n. The other Was drowned. his
gavak being pierced by some newly forum
ei ice on April II, thus cutting off all
hope of getting any supply of seal meat
for tie starving explorers. The Esqui
maux we're most faithful and devoted fol-
lowers aud helpers of Lieut.. Greelv.
Lieut. Ellison was rescued and safely
brought on board the stea mership Bear,
where Re died a few days subsequently.
His l. an extraordinary instance OF human
endurance. While some ten miles from
hi, hut last winter the temperature sud-
denly fell to Is degrees below zero.
lis hands and feet were frozen to the
verr bone, and he was dragged by his
c0mrade in an almost dying condition to
hs hut. His hands aud feet were literal
lv amputated by incissive frost, and in
this terrible state he lived through two
dismal months that interviewed between
that time and the rescue. The bodies Of
- Of the victims have been brought up
bv the steamers Bear and Thetis, em-
baimed in tanks filled with alcohol. The
80 al -, ,rall 49, -, -,-,l.
Is gaining flesh and strength. Lieut..
Greedy, who was In an exceedingly criti-
cal condition when transferred to the
Thetis, is now able to move about. This
morning he drove out for an hours ride
to get the country air and came back
quite improved. The rescue took place
on June p under circumstances of great
difficulty. The Thetis and Bear lay off
from the shore about 300 yards. There
was a terrific gale blowing from the SOUTH
vest, a heavy sea was running and a for
midable ice nip was apparently inevitable.
Lieut.. Greedy and the other SIX survivors
had TO be transferred from tfeir camp to
the steam launch and whale boat in their
sleeping bags.
DEATH ALMOST CERTAIN.
While steaming from land to the ships
the destruction of the whole party at one
time seemed certain. The sea swept fur
iously over them and the fury ofthe wind
threatened at every instant to capsize
them. At length they we're safely placed
on board by the rescuing squad, where
every possible preparation had been made
To insure their recovery q comfort. 1t
was discovered during the past winter by
Lieut.. Greedy that Cape Sabine was part
ofan island. not main land, as was thought
bv previous g~eographers. 1t is separated
from the mainland by a narrow creek,
now called Rice's strait, In memory of the
dead photographer. Lieut.. Greedy in
formed the correspondent that a large
body of valuable scientific work had been
done during the two SEASONS spent al
Fort Conger by himself and his %lleuten'
ants. About , 500 miles of exploration
had been effected and many valuable
apse, vations-magn6tic, t~hermometriC
aud acknowledgement been made. The
winter Of 1881 was the severest OF the
three. The mean of the thermometer
during February was As degrees below
zero. The survivors owe their lives Il
the indomitable energy of Capt. SchleN
and Lieut.. Emery, who, preceded by
three and accompanied by five whalers
forced their vessels from Upernavlk
through Melville Bay, into north water
IL Cane York. With the foremost whale
thev gained a yard whenever possible
and always held it. Smiths. Sound wa
crossed and the party rescued during on
of the most violent gales ever known
The boats were handled only at imminer
isl: of swampiug. Four of US were the
unable to walk and could not have Sui
yived exceeding twenty-fnur hours. Ever
care and attention was given US. | hav
saved and bring back copies Of the metec
rological. tidal, astronomical, magnetic
pendulum and other observations, an
also the pendulum, Yale and staDdar
thermometers. Forty-eight photograph
ic negatives. collections of plants an
Photographic proofs~
TIE FARrHEsf ORTIZ.
Following is asecond dispatch receive
from Lieut.. Greedy. y
For the first time In three centuries
England yields the honor OF the farthe'
81 north. =.
Lieut.. Lockwood and Sergeant BralI
ard on May IS reached lockwood islane
in latitude SO degrees and "a minute
They saw from a 1000 feet elevation Q
land north or northwest, but to the nortf
east of Greenland Cape Robert Lincoln
in latitude SO degrees and 81 minutes
Lockwood was turned back In 1889
open water on the North GrsenlSnq s9oI
me parry barely escaping drlf1sne in'
the Polar ocean. DIR. Pavy,i In 1882, 10
lowing the Markham route, was adrl
one day in the Polar ocean north OF Gar
Joseph Henry and escaped to land aba'
dyniGg nearly everything.
lioy important am the discover
,nadJ bv Lieut. Greely2"