The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-18

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fationof a. ounces of meat, ounces Of
bread and dozen biscuits\ and 4 ounces
: OF miscellaneous, the party would have
ten days. fun rations left Nfor crossing
smith Sound to Littleton Island. I'm
fortunately Smith Sound remained
open the entire winter, rendering the
; crossing impractieable. Game failed,
despite daily hunsing from early Web
: ruary before the sun returned, and cnly
: 900 pounds of meat were obtained this
year. Minute shrimp, sea weed. |
sassafras, rock hehtens and sea. |
: skin were resorted 10 for food, !
with results as shown by the number az
survivors. The last regular food was
issued May 18th. Only $50 pounds OF
to send in Novnpn6sr rpar men 10 oh |
tain Ia4 ppunds6f English meat at Isa- |
, belld. Daring the trip Snliscn had fro |
j zen solid both hands and feet and lost |
them all, surviving, however, through |
our terrible winter and spring until |
July Sth. The survivors owe their |
! lives to the indomitable energy of Cap
tain Schley and Lieutenant Emory, who
proceeded by three and accompanied by
!; five Awhalers forced their vessels
from Upper Navajok through Melville
sound into the north water at Cape York.
u With the foremost whaler they gained
u yard whenever possible. and always
neiu lh SHnth SOUND was crossed anu
the party rescued during ore of the
most violent gales have ever known
The boats were handled only at the inn
f; mlnent risks OF swamping. Four OF us
were then unable to walk and eould not
! have survived exceeding twenty-four
, hourt. Every care was given us and to
save and bring back the copies OF the
nieteoIoloslSa,, uaal, astronOfnIcM
; niugnetlc PeuuuiuIh anu other opSeIV'-
lionsi siso tne Penuuluih' Me anu
sIanuaru therniolileters, lorty-eight
= pho.osraPhic hegatlves, Sol-
! lection OF Dlanks ana Photographic
, 9Iher % r., things necessarily aoandoned.
y me lhet's remains mere lor hVe onys
' proppapIy.
lolgneuI uhEELEr,
, mn. ooniiilahuing;
y Ine iolioWlng aispaches were SEM 10
y Lieutenant Greeiey To-Day
srna HosSNAobMo"f se,cr t,ee Ir,I
i, 4. W, Greeley, St. Johns:
s. ness and % thanks s to 10 God for W Somr RS sa3ety.
, and I'm eadnosa for those Who withoyi I
- fault of vonrs are deod Yonr family
:, ara woi, anJ in San niego
, fSignedI Nv u u,zpx
= wolh hin,,ton IA r. Julv IA - iicutenan,
'i' Greeley, ST. Johns, N. II:
u Your dispatches are most satisfactory
?, and show Vour eXpedition to have beer
y particular. This fact is not affected by
:, the disaster later.
r. ISignedl W,B. HAZEN.
u W.. a. po,xr n V Jnlv II Tho 10,
II o,,'inc, d;snotah ,,.s for,ysr5ad bv Soc
!, ,ot,r,s ~ rndlor. 'nS "' 'O' "
sn,''s5ond.r schlev q Johns. N
IN Receive nv conqratuiations ant
~ thanks for Yourself and your whole com
IL mand for vour perseyerance and courap,
in reacbiny onr dead and diving conn
ny trvmen. The hearts of the AInericnl
az neonle 90 ont with great affec
~ lion 10 Ideutenant Greeley an,
~ the few snryiyors of his deadly peril
" Care for than nnremittinnlv and bi,
'hi them be cheerful and hopefni on accom-
y lofwhat life has vet IN store for then
IL Preserve tenderly the remains of tn
IN heroic dead, Prenare them according /
~ vonr iudpment and bring them home.
a" ISiSned W. E.CnANpLER,
u. n Secretary of the Navy.
w, rurIp pr ArIis nuR To orrIuIAA INcoA
Is pETENcy,
-. MIR. George Kennnn. Of this city, III
~, we'll known Arctic traveller, who h,
's' taken an active interest in tho recent 4
tempt 10 relieve the Greeley party an
who went before the Arctic Relief boar
.
,ho such n reward ms would secul
',as co-operation of whalers In the scare
ioS ", was asked by an Associated Press repo
a, ter Tonight what he Thought ofthe new
,ar received from st. Johns. He replie,
"a at Is the story of remarkable an
in heroic achievement in a field clouded /
'aa, disaster, due to incompetence in Was
.ess ington. If IfLioutenant Greely and h
"a oS marty had ali returned in safety TO Il
Out tr--sf C,l..a. - .bn,, ,.;sxHt
,ni done, had they been properly su
"a ported. their Arctic record In the poi
,tnr Of skilful management and success
~ ~, would have been UNPARALLELED. \
NY other Arctic expedition has ever spe
= t two consecutiye winters and part of
IN third in such high latitudes and achiev,
onh such results without casualty or sing
an ease of serious sickness. If Lieutena
:, Greeley had found at the mouth
~ Smiths Sound the shelter and 70,
.iiP which he had the right 10 expect thei
,n,, he would probably have brought his o
yod tire marty hack to the United States
,nV n ,rfact health, after three winters i'm 1
,ioa ,ioa bio Inst Northern latitudes that ha
S,oS non ever been reached, and after series
NY sledainp campalgns which, for Dol
,ho uhho ness ana skillfuI execution, have rare
aI,, sn II ever. been surpassed.
AIN AIN yAIITE or ms WORK.
Ida IA allow important arc the discover
lem made by Lieutenant GreeleyY"
aim From the point OF view OF an Ar
lety geographer they are Of first class imp
10y S,nse. lieutenant Greedy has not or
o"u Os takon AWAY from Commander Ma,
~ r,in ~ ham of the British Navy, the blue r
ny hon of Artie discovery for highest Ia
Ia Ia nde aver attained in any part
= u1o ths world hnt he has prea
20 extonded the limit of Mares, eSplo
la lor,, lions both in Greenland and Grimm
rStX % Land, and has given severe blow
ag,,h ag,h thaories which the latter founded ur
WV, mnn in The fact that two of(;reeley's slec
,eti nsrties ware stonned Inv onon water
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