Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-18

The suryIsers Found By the Relief
ships.

Nhtps
WASHINGTON. JAW I7.-Ths Acting
Secretary OF the Navv received a teie
gram from 81. Johns, this morninR,st4 At
L. that the Greeley relief expedition
has ac3 the Survivors Of TIE Greeley
party. Tie Survivors Dumber seven
men in all. TIER names are: Lieut..
Greeley. Ser-ecnt Bfaiusrd. Sergeant
Fredeficks, seEgsant Long. Sergeant
Ellison. hospital steward B-iterbach.
aud private Cornell. They pere fDUad
10y the relief ship Tbetis ard Rear i've
miles Of Cape S.bine.in Smiths Sound.
Sergeant Ellison vas very badly frost
bitten. and died a; Good Haven, Jaiy .
after undergoing \ surgical ogsr atom
The relief SHIPS. Thetis srd Bear. with
the Survivors. are nov AZ -. j"uDs,S- r
The f1liouiug telegram was received =.
the Stvy Depart nedt This morning,
''ST. IoRxs. y. F. J1.v If Hon.
WI'L1ss C}gHaller. Secretary Il tie May.
ICosiiaq'14. TIE Iheti=. Bear AMI l.Dso
G. nv arrived here today from Vs.
Greenland Hith All we'll. They Sepsg
stad from the Alert LEO miles north dgr-
iug gale. At 9 p. IN June 81. tlv-
miles 0d Cape SaDinr,l IN Smith = Sound,
tue Taetls and Bear rescued live Lieu
Greeley. ~ergt. Bran ri. sergt. Fr-osr-
Icks S@rQt. Long. hospital stew 4rd Bier
btcb, Private Cprneil and S-rgf. Ellison
the only Survivors of the LAZY Frank
lIu Bay exposition. S-rgt. Ellison had
list bota bands aud feet by frost bite,
and died july 6Gh, st GOodaayeu. ihEe-
days after smputatlon, which bad bee
come imperative. Seventeen It tire
twenty i've persons composing the ex-
peiition, perished bF starvation At the
point Waer- fnuud. and oae was eroxn-
ID zhile sealing 20 procure food. Of the
dead. II tsoiIss were recovered and ale
On board the hetis and Bear. One
Eskimo. Iuruervlck, WAS bsr4ed At
Disco, IN accCrd4u with the desire of
the Inspect z ot Western Gre inland
Inc remaining five died ~ follow,:
Srrgt. Cross on January LIST, 1894: We'd
erick, sn Eskimo. on April 5th: S-rgt
Linn on April 9Th: Lieut.. Lock wood On
April 9th; S-rgt. jewell on April lZtL;
Private Eilis on May lg.b. and s-rgt.
RaIston on M4y I'd. ILeir bodies were
buried IN an ice fort near the cAmp.and
were swept away To sea bv winds and
currents before my arrival. aud could
not be recovered. The latest deaths
we're those of Private Henry on
Jnne 9th, aad Private Schneider
GU June 10th. The names of the
dead buried Ia the ice fort, with date
oftdeath. whose bodies were not rscoy-
cred, are as follows d" Sergeant Rice,
IN April 9. 1884 Corporal salem. june
30 Private Bender, June 9Th : ass'stSlt
surgeon. June 9th /: Sergeant Gardner,
June 18th. drowned by breaking through
newly formed ice while sealing. and
Jrns Edwards, Eskimo. April 18th.
would urgently suggest that the bodies
now on board be- placed IN metallic
cases here for safer and better trans
portation. This seems Ia me Impera-
tive. Grse'e7 abandoned Fort CouRer
an August ., 1888, and reached Bard
| II let on September 10Th following. with
the entire party well. He abandoned
all Bis boats. and was adrIft 81 DAYS on
the ice IN Smiths Sound. Has p-r ma-
nent camp was established on October
n, 1888, At the point where he WAS
found. During nine months the party
had to live upon a scant allowance Of
| food brought from Fort Coneer. that
cached At Prayer Harbor and Cape Isa-
| bella by Sir George Mares in 1915, which
WAS found much damaged by lapse IF
time, that cached by Beebe at Cape =
| hine in 1882 and > small amount saved
| from the wreck of the Proteus ia 1888
| aud landed by Darlington and Colwell
| on the beach near where Greeley's party
/ Vas found. When these provisions we're
| consumed, the party vas forced 81 live
| up.n boiled sealskIn. stripped from the
I sealskin clothing, and llohens and
shrimps caught IN good weather when
they were strong euouah to make eX-r-
tions. As 1t took 1890 shrimps Il I'll a
/ gallon measure. the labor was too ex
| hAustIve too depend upon them 20 sas-
| tain life entirely. Tue channel b-tweeu
| Cape Sabine and Littletou Isl. and did
| not close on account of violent gales all
wiRter, 80 that the 2t0 rations az the
| latter place could not BE- reached. Ali
| of Greeiey's records, and all the iustru-
/ ments brought him from Fort CoHeer.
! ara recovered aud arr on board. From
| Hare Island tn Smiths Sound ! hid q
| constant and furious struggle with ice
| in impas sahle foes. Solid barracks
we're overcome by watchfulness and pa
| thence. No opportunity 10 advance a
mile escsped me, and for several hun-
| dred miles the ships we're forced t. run
their way from lead t. lead through ice
varying In thickness from three To- SIX
| feet, and. when RATED. much greater
The Ihetis and Bear reached Cape
York ON une 18th. after "a passage II
u days in Melville BAY with two ad-
vance ships of the Dundee whaling
| Il ct, and continued To Cape Sa5iue.
| Returning seven d4's later, We
| fell in with seven Others OF
this fleet of Wostenholm Island
and announced Greeley's rescue
TO them. taat they might not delay
from their fishing grounds nor be
| tempted into the dangers OF Smith
| Sound IN view of the reward of S25 90
offered by Congress. Returning across
Melville Bay they fell in with the Alert
and Loeb Garry of Devils Thumb,
struggling through heavy ice. Com
rnander Coffin did admirably t. get
along 80 far with n transport so early
| IN the season before ths opening had oc-
Cured. Lieut.. Emory with thu Bear
has supported me throughout with gre q
skillfuiuess and unflInching readiness
in accomplishing the great duty Of re-
lieving areeley. The Grse'ey party are
very much improved since the rescue.
but were critisal IN the extreme vhe n
found and for several days after. Forty
eight hours delay in reaching them
NNhtA 1Asu 1FEu l8tsAA Va INV EiNtfR.
| The seasoD in the north Is late, aud i,
| the closest for ,ears- Smith's Sound
Was not open when | left Cape Sabine.
The winter about Melville BAY was the
most severe for twenty years. THIS
great result Is entirely due q the ua-
weArIed esetgy of yonrself and the Sec
| retNry of War in fitting out this expe-
| dition for the worS II has had the honor
to accomplish. W. :. SCHLEY,
Commander.
| WEST PoTSr. n. Y. Jaly iT.-rhe fol-
| lowing dispatch WA Z rxArSted by See
Rotary Chandler O. Commander Sehiey,
~ ~ Johns. y F.:
Receive any congratulations aud
| thanks for Yourself and your whole
command for your prudence. persever-
ance and courage In reaching our dead
and diving eountrymen. The hearts of
the american people 90 out with great
affection 20 Lisut. Greedy aud TIE few
survivors Of hts deadly peril. Care for
them uuremtttingly. and hiS them b.
cheerful and hopeful on account Of
shat life has IN store for them. Pre-
serve tenderly the remains of the heroic
dead. using your Judgment IN bringing
them home. W. l. CHANDLER
Secretary of the Navy."
General HSzen. chief signal Off ser.