The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-08-21
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Esnabsrs Sof tho Greedy Party Chargsd
with killing and Eating the Bodies Il
OF Their Comrad al: 80 ga

N Members OF th0 0f6olys Party Charged
with killing and Eating the Bodies \
n, Their 4 I. scomrad
The New York Times Of Tuesday morning
says: Written documents now in the posses,
sion of the navy department at Warrington
add to the record OF miserable human suffer
ings alrh ady pnblis in connection with the,
finding of the Greely relief expedition, the:
most Bhoc king stories Of inhumanity and can
Iibalism; q the facts have been in the pos
session Of secretary Chandler FOL; neafly three,
stReeks, but go; closely have they been guarded,
and 30 Istactly have the naval officers and
sailors mainta inedt the silence imposed upon
them, that not even an inklihg Of the true and
horrible condition Of affaira has yet reached the
public ear. The sufe ringss and priyations Of
! the men In their canvas hut, during the long,
bitter winter OF 1884, have not half been told.
at has been published TINT al tor game gave out
early an February they lived principally on
Z seal Bkils, lichenS and shrinlps *
AS Q matter Of fact they were kept alive Ion
human flesh hen the cuing party DIS
duty was to look tho men we're ipsen..
sible from cold and privat ion even to the point
of death One Of them, q German, Yves wild,
In his delirium he shrieked sob as the sall5
ors took hold Of him to lift him itenderly,
Henry snHfi dsal sas
was? Dom ,let them do II The sailors
were Mortified, but ut once reported the Ihan's
words to gonimnnd dor Schley. Z "a n
When the horrible real " was brought out
$sehley intrusted two Il 81 thfss gsiHel 6en,s
among whom was Dr. Alnes, the surgeoh OF
the Bear, to make a careful exanlinati on, And
put their gonclu sionss In writing This tvas s
done, and thetTepo saren ow. in the handle OF
aepaTtansn eus Greeley Wss e H. a.
buried dead disturbed, but the lies were dug
\ from their graves Most of the BLANKETS
con ained nothing but heaps OF white BOMBS,
many Of them picked clean By inquiries
seventeen men WHO are said to have persisted
from Ion had been eaten By their fam
fishing comrndes 1t was the one slast fesprt
I IT is reported that the only raen who escaped
the knifewere three rfDurWho died OF scufvy.l
i The ampn tated limbs of mon who safterwArd
Whether the four boz lies Rhin were swept gut
Y to Sea and never recovered would have added
further evidence to this story Of horrible
isannibal isn1 cannot 4. be- & learned new,
topga ms. as9y @ tSe
Spartculara as told BY the survivors.
Charles RI Henry g. death was particularly;
tragic. Driven I'd despair by his fright hun
ger, Henry Jaw on! ppcEt9inity steal q little
more than his aliare Of m ions, and he made
4 the attempt gH % WAS q nnd and shot for his
crime the pnbl ishedl fficiaE report the
death OF this man is set down ass having oG3
CURED Juno q YThfcni the bod was found his
hands and face, thougk drunken, we're intact
4 and ecognizable; i but nearly everywhere else
the skin had been stripped from him gahd tho
flesh picked from the Bones. Even his heart and
lungs were eaten sby hia oprades. Tho body
was in thig cond ihon len it WIS Inferred Inst
49, Oberf der, Of Sidney, N Oh, which is daily
looked for, VIII iprotabl never come'to lightf