The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-09
THE ARCTIC TRAGEDY
nEorENED BY HENnY's DIARY
Being made rubllo-1t shows TorrIbIe
state of AnaIrs-congrcsslonal Legis.
lation-No Chance for Anything
but the Appropriation Buis.

WASHINGTON, D. O., Feb. s.-The jour
nal of Private Henry, shot for stealing
provisions, by order ofLieutenant Greely,
in the Arctic regions, covering the period
between October 1888, and June, 1884, has
has been made public. He writes under
date OF Mays: 'Bt
"He (Whistler), who was loudest in his
denunciation of the unfortunate who was
tempted TO purloin scrapof meat, was to-
day caught in the commissary, having
broken open the door, and was found with
about a pound OF bacon in his pocket"
The entry May ii is: "cowardly action
in Grcely wanting to shoot DR.. p; also
drew rifle on Bender. Calls Kislingbury
liar, and apologized to the enlisted
men," e
-Four days later is the following: eyes
terday Biderbeck and Whistler had q row
out OF doors, and some one stole Ellison's
bacon, which was in charge OF Lieutenant
Greedy. The terrible struggle with death
by starvation actually had no terror for
us; we looked on with stolid Indifference
upon our coming fate.
"a few hours before death, instead oil
craving for food, they kept calling for
water, and could hardly be controlled or
satisfied. All, with one exception, were
unconscious for hours before dying. Poor
Lockwood came out OF his bag 10 stand In
an alley-way while the moonshine distil-
lery was going on, and was the last TO re.
ceive his potation:. Ere the rest Of us had
our share, he requested a repetition of the
dose from the officiating steward, and
upon being reprilnanded by an officer for
asking such thing from the steward, he
turned to the doctor and said, We'll, will
go to the fountain-head, and he repeated
his demand. Upon being absolutely de-
MED, he dropped to the floor, and hardly
ever opened his mouth again TO utter an.
other word"
May ", after noting that Whistler is
dying, Henry says, "called in the tent and
was informed that five men had made
sworn statements that Pavey stole Eli
sons rations, and that the official record
concerning 1t had been tampered with. A.
". G., il he does die, dies the death OF a
miserable coward"
Ou -nlly 30 Is liz lullONiHk euJy
"Poor Kislingbury is sinking rapidly, and
the doctor has given him up. Last night
Or. P. and Lieutenant q. had another
squablle over medicine. The, majority
OF us fourteen have given up all hopes OF
seeing our friends again, but u, few have
still chance at the conclusion Of this ter
rible tragedy TO be welcomed with uni
versal reclamation as worthy frontiers.
men OF Uncle Sam, and as men who have
made themselves immortal by splendid
victory and innumerable suderings hith-
erto incompatible in the annals q Arctic
exploration and against all laws OF ma
ture." e
The notes OF the first four days OF June
arc brief memorandum of the rapidly
sinking condition OF those left. 5
These were made Just prior to his being
shot.
Extracts from othcr- diaries show the
deplorable state Of affairs. Insubordiha.
ton prevailed 10 a considerable extent
and quarreling, sometimes leading to
blows, was not OF uncommon occurrence.
Sergeant Brainerd's diary is in his per-
sonal possession and not obtainable, and
Sergeant Connell declines to allow his
diary to be inspected, stating that 1t was
written with the express understanding
that no one but General Hazen should read
H.