Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-10-30
Starving Mems Generosity to
Helpless Comrades.
A Stirring Picture OF Che Camp and
the Finding of the Survivors.
Gen. Hazen's Annual Report-An In.
Yestigation Wanted.

| OF the expedition under his command
for the relief of the Greedy party, has
been submitted to the secretary of the
navy. 1t cites the orders under which
J the expedition was organized, and
then enters upon a graphic narrative
of the events of the voyage. But by
far the most interesting portion of the
report is that describing the discovery
and rescue of Greedy and his men.
Commodore Schley relates as follows
the impressive scene inside of Greely's
tent
Lieut.. Greedy was found in his
sleeping bag, his body inclined for
ward and the head resting upon his
left hand The Book of Common
Prayer was open and held in his
right hand. He appeared to be read
ing prayers to Private Cornell, whose
condition was most desperate and
critical. He was cold to the waist all
sensation of hunger was gone and he
was speechless and almost breathless
| HIS eyes were fixed and CLASSY. In
deed, his weakness was such it was
with difficulty that he swallowed the
stimulands given him by Drs. Green
and ANTS. His jaws had dropped,
his heart was barely pulsating, and
| his body temperature very low. This
tender scene of the helpless, almost
famished officer, consoling a dying
companion was in itself one that
brought tears to the eyes of the strong
est and stoutest of those who stood
about them on the merciful errand
of relief Sergts Brainerd and Fred
ericks and Hospital Stewart BREEDER
back were extremely weak and hard
ly able to stand. They were no long
er able to venture away from their
camp. to seek food nor to prepare
their simple diet of boiled sealskin,
nor to collect their lichens, nor to
catch the shrimps upon which they
had to depend, to great extent, to
sustain life. Their faces. hands and
limbs were swollen to such an extent
that they could not be recognized.
This indicated that the entire party
had but a short lease of life, probably
not more than forty eight hours at
the most This fact was recognized
by them all, and had come 10 them
from their experience during that
long and desolate winter in watching
their dying companions, as one after
another passed away from amongst
them forever.
STARVING MEMS GENEROSITY.
''Poor Sergt. Ellison was found in
his sleeping bag, where he had lain
helpless and hopeless for months with
hands and feet frozen off. Strapped
to one of the stumps Tas found a
spoon, which some companion had
| fixed there to enable him TO feed him
self. His physical condition other
wise appeared to be the best of any of
the survivors,, and this may be attri-
| buted to the fact that each OF his com
panions had dealt out to him from
their small allowance of food some
thing to help him, on account of his
complete helplessnesS to add anything
to his own, by hunting around the
rocks for lichens or catching shrimp
He suffered no waste of strength by
the exertion incident thereto. This
care of Ellison was such IS only brave
and generous men, suffering with each
other. under the most desperate cir
cumstances, could think of. Sergt.
Long was very much reduced, though
/ in somewhat better condition than
some of the others. His office of hun
ter for the starving party had made it
necessary to increase slightly his pit
lance of food to aaintain his strength,
that he might continue to battle for
| food and life to the helpless. In ms
case, however, the effect of this con
tinued effort had told its story in his
wasted form. Shorter and shorter
journeys were made in good weather,
while in the frequent bad weather of
that region, his strength was so much
impaired that when the joyful signal
of the wistle was heard, he had only
enough left to stagger out to the rocks
overlooking the water to see If the
signal he had heard had proceeded
from ships in sight. His first visit
was bitter disappointment, as he saw
nothing. A second visit fifteen min
utes later brought him within 500
yards of the Bears steam cutter and
! in view of the relief SHIPS coming
around Cape Sabine. When the steam
cutter ran into the beach where Long
was seen he rolled down the ice-covored
cliff and was taken into the cutter
He informed Lieut.. Colwell that the
location of the camp was just over the
cliff.
ELLIsoN's SAD CASE.
In the case Of Sergt Ellison, med
ical officers were fearful from the
first that his chanches for life were
very small. AS soon as healthful
food was available and his digestive
functions should be reestablished
fully, a healthful round of blood cl'
culation would begin its destruction
of the new life to the injured parts,
and Inflammation would naturally
occur. If Elison's strength should
increase more rapidly than the in
Illumination. the amputation of the in
jured parts would perhaps save his
life. Several days after his rescue,
June Is, DR.. Green reported that Eli
son was threatened with congestion of
the brain. The symptoms increased
rapidly until the poor fellow lost his