Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-05-17

lAo4xoA0O LIN ILL 4OA NSASAs !
SCIENCE NEAR THE POLE.
Oiroumpolar Stations and the Valuable
Work They Have Done.
Two Former Failures.
Fruitless Efforts to succor Greedy
Loss of the Proteus.
observations at Point Barrow.
From the New York Herald.
(Contsnued from lat sceel.)
SECOND FA1LuRE-THE RELIEF SHIP PRO-
rEus N1PpED AND SUNK IN SMITHS
SOUND. s
Lieutenant E. A. Darlington, OF the Sew
enth cavalry, was selected BY the government
to command the second party to 60 to the
relief Of the Greedy expedition. On the 18th
of last June he sailed from st. Johns, N. F..
on the steamship Proteus, the same vessel
that carried Greedy and his men to Franklin
Raw. The United States steamship Yantic
accompanied the Proteus as q supply ship
and base. Godhayn Harbor was entered on
July 1, coal bunkers were filed, stores for
the Greedy party were taken on board, prep.
~arations were made to form depots, ana
everything wa got In order for the voyage.
The Yantic arrived on July II. Two days
later twenty-one EsquimauX dogs were taken
on board, and on July 16 the Proteus sailed,
leaving the Yantlc in port. For TWO days
through q thick ice foe, on which were many
pools Of brackish water. On the third day the
Proteus was stopped by an impenetrable ice
pack; backing her astern, the ship was moor
ed to the foe. Alead to the west was, how
ever, discovered, and on the 2lst Southern
Carey Island was reached, the cache Of the
Mares expedition being plainly in sight on
the southwest end Of the island. Lieutenant
Darlington landed and foundt the greater part
of the stores in good condition. He took a
turn a copy Of his own. Next day Cape York
was rounded, and the chip entered Pandora
Harbor. The weather was delightfully."- warm.
the hills were covered with verdure, and the
cliffs overlooking the harbor were covered
with birds.
PASSING LITTLETON STAND.
Pushing on, Littleton Island was passed,
the coal pile being plainly visible and appar-
emily undisturbed. With the strongest teles-
cope on board no ice was visible to the north.
ward from the crows nest. Payer Harbor
was entered the same afternoon and the
cacQe Oh Lue Z 6uIGlOu " JIG plCVlVuo Cdl
was examined. Everything was in good con-
dition except the boat which had evidently
been clawed by bears. In the evening the voy-
age was resumed and Cape Sabine was
rounded, the Proteus threading her way
through an open lane Of water. When with
in four miles of Cape Albert the ships way
was barred by a thick icepack which extend
ed across the sound. Seeing open water 6e0
yards to the northward of the pack, the Cap.
tain thought the ship could be rammed
fhpo,nh Holf tho diatonCA wa0 accumulated
in this way, but then the jamming proved to
be Intellectual, az the fragments Of ice about
the ship had become ground up 30 ane that
when she backed out it would ill up the
ture in the ice, and as the ship advanced to
ram it acted as q cushion, which reduced her
momentum to such an extent thatSahe could
not force her way through. At midnight
further efforts in this direction weresaban.
doned, and q lead was found more to the
eastw ard, in which the ship made fair pro-
gress until two q. M, on the 23d, when she
was damned, and unable to move In any d.
rection within 200 yards Of open water. The
block lasted only for three hours, the Ice in
front separating, and the Proteus steamed
through the open water until within four
miles OF Cape Albert.
NIPFKD AND gOUNDERING.
On the same afternoon the ship was
brought to q standstill, lying due east and
west. The ice in front and along thetrack she
was following besanto show sians OF snor-
nous pressure. A MP was imminent tn Ine
position. but had withstood the strain,
rising three feet, getting through without
damage. The pressure against the sides Of
the Proteus increased, the heavy Ice (from
on the doe amidship and asterp. But still
there were 70 signs OF giving way. Mean
while Lieutenant G~arlington's men were
getting the stores on deck In readiness for al
emergency. Al At once there was a loud
the ships side into the starboard coal bunker
The deck planks began to rise and the tsesml
to open out. All the stores on deck and those
near at q In the hold were now thrown or
to the ice and two boats were also lowered
onto the foe. These were the starboarG
whale boat and the dingy. The port whale
boat was jammed and resisted all efforts Il
move it. The ship now began to settle. sTh'
cry was raised, sShe Is sinkingw All hand.
left her, but as sac settled only q few inche
there seemed to be no immediate danger
Making . great effort, the enlisted men, as
sisted by members Of the crew Of the Proteus
got the port whale boat clear. The instru
ments and records were got on the hoe. A
q quarter past seven In the evening the shil
sank. Cape Sabine bearing N. N W. ! W
distant six miles. The efforts Of the part,
were then directed to saving the stores an
preparing for the retreat, which all hand!
after many perils, succeeded eventually i
making good. T..
STORES o GREEDY
Lieutenant Darlington left the followin
stores of clothing for the Greedy party in
cache on the rocksin Payer HarbOr:-Biouse
trousers, flannel shirts, wooden and rubbt
blankets, stockings, mits, buffalo oyercoat
wrapped up in rubber blankets, covered vii
. tent fly and weighted down with rock
This supply of clothing was sufficient II
TWENTY-FIVE men for six months. Near tn
cache a new topsail and two bolts of new cal
vas were also left. .f-...Lr 400
In q cove about three miles west of Cap
Sabine q cache Of provisions was made whic
contained fifteen sleeping bags, 600 pounds
hard bread, a quantity Of bacon, 100 cases {
canned meats, vegetables and fruits; q DO
q quantity of clothing.
In q consp icuous cairn on the top of Brt
WORT Island, built for the Mares expedition
Lieutenant Darlington deposited a deflni
clothing and provisions.
h PRESENT ExPEDITIoN-How TO REAC
THE PARTY-THE SHIPS AND KQUIP-
TENTS DESCRIBED.
The British government presented us wi
the good ship Alert, and we have also
thank several distinguished British office
be pursued by the present expedition to a
tain their end. In a valuable document q,
dressed to our minister at London, Mr.. Low
ell, Captain Sir g.. S. Mares, Major Il. v
Feilden and Captain Albert s. Markham en-
bodied their views on the subject. The
gentlemen, who are well known Arctic al
thorities, recommended that the two ma
relief ships should arrive at Upernavik abo1
the first week in July. and in the event OF +
tidings of Greely's safety being forthcomir
at the Danish settlements they should proce,
northward In company. If no tidings
traces of the missing party are forthcon
ing at the entrance to Smiths Sound furth
plans must be organized to prosecute ii
search through Kennedy Channel. even,
necessary, to Discovery Bay. Proceeding
consider the course of action that won
probably have been pursued by Lieutena
Greedy up to the present date, taking as the
guide that officers W letters to Gener
Hazen from Discovery Bay in August, lSs
they maintain
First-That whenever Greedy decided
retreat from his station his plans would
based on the superstition that q depot b.
been placed Mt or near Cape Hawks; that
large supply of stores would have be,
cached at or near Cape Sabine, and that
relief party would winter at Lifebost Cove
the winter Of 1854, even if the relief sh
had turned south In the autumn of 1888.
Second-Examine the records Of the unsu
cessfHl relief expeditions of 1889 and 1885, Il
writer's state as evident that there has be-
no depot of provisions, stores or boats estal
hshed anywhere north Of Cape Sabine sin
the landing of the Greedy party in 1ss
Therefore they conclude that while retrea