Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-24

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and men left the ship for the shore in DIFF
ferent directions. An officer from the
Thetis found the record on Breyoot Is
land, stating that Greedy and party were
all well and that they left for Coager Au-
gust and landed At Baird Inlet on the
23th of September, after driving about on
| the Ice nearly three weeks in the vicinity
/ of Cape Sabine. The record also
told where to find his VIM
ter camp. Our steam launch
| being out and ready we were Immediate
about three miles northwest of Cape
Sabine. In the meantime the Thetis
blew her whistle to recall some of their
| men. As we
NEARED THE CAMP
we saw one man make his appearance
where he could look down the cape. He
saw the boat and came down to where we
were going to land. Seeing but one man.
and the way he staggered over the snow we
thought 1t bad omen. On jumping ashore
the first question was how they all were.
His answer was: ssthere are seven of US
left.s Sad news and sudden reverse of
our cheerful spirits of a quarter of an
hour ago. But it was no time to reflect,
we must try to save the living. jumped
into the launch and at once passed some
at once started for the camp. It was
blowing gale, the tent was blown down,
except u stout prop under one end, The
poor fellows had not strength to put it
up.
SIX MEN LAY STARVING
and unable to help themselves. Pointing
to one, they said he was dying, but he
rallied and is doing well now. We cut q
hole in the canvass to give US room and
commenced to feed them, serving them
all round gradually, and not letting them
have as much as they wanted. The launch
was sent off to the Bear, which
was coming. The Thetis was also
close by. A fire was made, the suffer-
ers were attended to by DR.. Ames and
given plenty of warm milk. Some of
them were soon able to stand and stagger
about. Stretehers had been brought and
the men were carried to the boat. Two
men only were strong enough to be led
down by men on each side OF them to the
boats. They were taken off, some on
board each ship.
1t was near midnight, the sun shining
and wind blowing gale, fortunately of
shore, which kept the ice from coming on
US. We proceeded with good crew to
unearth the dead bodies and wrap them
in blankets, a part were taken to each
ship. Ten were buried ON ridge side
by side, 800 yards from the camp,
with a very high mountain just
back. Two others were lying a little dis
lance below the camp, the Survivors not
having strength enough to bury them
with the rest, making twelve bodies taken
on board the ships. Four others were
buried on the ice from the winter house,
but the ice had broken and taken them
with it.
Edwards, an Esquimaux, was drowned
while hunting. Total deaths since the
party reached Cape Sabine last fail,
eighteen. J. Ellison, who was trying to
get the $50 rations left by the Beebe in
1882, got badly frostbitten. During the
winter both his feet dropped off at the
ankles and his fingers dried up hard. He
also lost the top of his nose. For a few
days he got along finely, but in a little
while he took another change, went wrong
in the head, and finally went to his long
home on the 8th of June.
The researches of the expedition were
every way successful. Latitude 1924
was reached aud second party crossed
the Western Ocean. The party which
went north travelled East to the Oath de-
gree of longitude.
Lieutenant Gfeeiy assured the United
Press correspondent that he had clear
piool al Opcu OluE Std tAlStcQs que
of his party drifting into it, but was
blown back. He says he agrees in this
with Nordenskjoid.
valley running from near Lady Frank
lin Bay to the Western Ocean about sixty
miles wide wa discovered. 1t is bounded
North and South oy continuous glaciers
and has 10 apparent breaks. In the valley
vegetation was abundant ard the climate
much milder than usual. This he states
is the Eden of the North.
Greedy says that if 500 pounds of meat
had been left by Darlington, his party
would have been saved. Littleton Island
could not be reached in winter. the Sound,
twenty-five miles wide, being ropen, and
in spring the party were too weak to go.
The survivors are very weak, but recov-
ering rapidly. Greedy is extremely weak.
His expedition, he says, would have been
the most successful on record il food
had been LETT on Cape Sabine, where it
should have been.
The ships had been roughly used, as
superhuman exertions were made to eff
feet rescue. The party left Fort Conger
August 9th in q steam launch, Hthree
boats and q dingey. After their thirty |
days float on the ice foe they decided to |
abandon the launch and two boats as too
heavy to carry.
The winter quarters consisted of hut |
of stone, covered bY one boat and SAIL |
At Lady franklin Bay plenty Of food
had been left, bit as it was too heavy to |
carry and they expected to find plenty at |
Cape Sabine, it was left behind They |
found only two barrels of bread left In |
the cache made by the Proteus' crew after |
her loss, q damaged cache left by the |
British and a few rations left by the relief /
expedition of 1882.
In the Autumn q forlorn hope started /
to reach some dried meat cached by /
Mares, but Eilison's feet and hands were |
frozen, and they were forced to abandon |
the meat and return. In the spring tent /
was erected but the party were too weak /
to fasten it strongly. In April Rice and
Fredericks volunteered to lind the aban- I
doned meat. Rice died on the way and |
Fredericks returned in q terribly OK.
hausted condition. Two men, Lockwood /
and Jewell died in camp while Fredericks
was away, and on the LIST OF June Kings.
bury died.
After this, little of moment, except.I
constantly recurring deaths, occurred I
until June %, when the faint sound of
steam whistle was heard by Long. He
and Brainerd got out of their sleeping
bag and went to a point, but seeing moth
ing they started to return. Long was
unable to do SO, and sat down In despair
beside some rocks. Soon he saw steam
launch to which he shouted, and in .
little while the rescuers landed. .
THE EXPEDITION.
NoTE.-The third relief party for the
rescue of Lieutenant Greedy and his men
left st. John, New Foundland, March 10,
1883, in two vessels built at Dundee,
Scotland the Bear and the Thetis. and