The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-02-12
EXTRACTS FROM ne DIARY or Pal
VAIE HENRI , FaRVA lion
AND DEATH,

WAsHINoTON, ID. e., Feb. THE
journal Uf Private Henry, shot ii
STEALING pr1vi-iuus hy order ui Lirui
Greeley in the Arctic regions, cover
lug the perind bet Seen 90 'rr. 1888
aud June 1854, has been uipie puniIc
He writes under date nf May 3: III
fVVbi-lI,-rl. vho was luude~t in hi
,ieuuueiAtiom uf Ih-. untuttunat,. " Ia.
WAS tempted To puri,'iu scrap a.
meat, Was tu dny caught in the cn'u
inissary. having brnNeI op-H Ia.
,iuur, aud Ma fduud with Ah1ui
pound ui lac,n in hi- I-uck' "
The entry nf MEA Is: 'tuwariiA
at.t va Greeley la waning to ~n''nt D.
T.. lie 'niSD drew rifle rn Bender
lie calls Kinsiins sbuFy liar. snu
Apologies tu enlisted neu. "
Four days later the following {:
"Y-rteriiay Blrdrrueek aud Whistler
bad n ruw out duOrs Hud snnle nnt
stule Elis,ii's bacDn, which wss under
charge of LIEUT.. Greeley. Tie terri
ble struggle with death by starvation
actually had TO terr1r Tor u W
leaked on with stulid indifference
utiuu our GINNING fate. A few hour
tIeftire death, instead Of craving for
food they kept raliing fur waller, and
esiuld hErdiy he controlled or satisfied.
All, with one exception, were uuc''il
nciuus for hours before dying. POur
Lock WUOd came Out Of mis- bag tu
stand in the slieyway while the
mOonshine dlsiilleTy was going on,
aud Was the last 20 receive his pOta-
ton. Ere the rect Of us bad nur share
he requested n repetition Of the dose
frum The officiating steward nnd upon
bring rtpFiiunndrd by The ufdcer iuF
arkinE tor rurh q thing lTuIn the
rteu ard, he tuFnesi rouud 60 tue is'c
tor siid said; well, I will ~ 10 tbp
inuntain head Z uud he rrpsaied hi-
,irltand. Upnn being absolutely de
nlsd be dripps,i To the flooF aud hard
Is sver ureue'i his nIDuth aRaiu 10
utter anuthtr word"
Muy y, after nnting that Whistler
l. dying. Henry says; Called 10 The
tent aud Wus Ininsmed that i've men
had nude sworn statements that
Pavey stole Eliison'r raliOus, and that
the Official record concerning Il had
been tulnpPred with. A. W. g., 10 he
durs die. dies the death Of a niissra0ie
saWard
On Msy . is the foIl0EIng entry (;
''PuOr KlslinRbuTy Is sinking rapidly
aud the dneloT has given hisn up
Last night Dr. p. aud Lieut.. q. had
another rQuubbir over the medicine
fhs msiuFIiy Of Us fnuFteen have
given ~ al hopes Of seeing our
friends ngsln, but few have sill a
chance ~ the tsouclusian 0f this ter
rible tFagrdy To be welcomed With
universal aecl tHlation ~ worthy
frnntierainen Of Uncle Sam, end as
men Who have made themselves I'm
nsurtal BY q snlendih viciory and in-
nunlerabie sufferlngs hitherto incnIn-
parable In the aunais Of Arctic explor-
niian and against ull laws of nalure
The noitF { the first fleF daye of
Ians ere brief fuenluranda Of the rap
idly sinking cnnditiuB Of those left.
These Were ulhde Just prior % being
shot. EEtfauis ffim utlier diaries
shnw the drplnrabie state Of aGiir-.
Decentralization prevailed n : eousil-
rrzhie extent, aud qasrislius some-
times ieadinr 60 biuWs was Dot al
uncumnltsn nicurrencr.
Sergeant Hfuinard's diary is IN bis
ovn pussrsrlnn and not obialnahle,
ard SergFani Oonnrll declines % aiiDW
his diary to bu inspected, sfating that
ID vas written With the express un-
derslanting that % o1o but aen.
HsEEn sh9ald Essd if.