, 1885-02-08
TALE OF WOE.
Another Account of Sufferings
Of Greely's Party.
Notes From the Journal of
Private Henry.
A Terrible Story of Death by
Starvation.
PRIVATE HENRY,s DIARY.
An Interesting Account of the suf-
ferings of Greely's Party.

Private Henry, who was shot for stealing
provisions by order Of Lieut.. Greedy in
the Arctic regions, covering a period be
tween October, 1888. and June, 1884
has been made public. He writes under
the date Of May 3: He (Whistler) who
was loudest in his denunciation Of the un.
fortunate man who was tempted to pur-
loin a scrap of meat, was to-day caught in
the commissary, having broken open the
door, and wa found with about a pound
of bacon in his pocket" The entry Of
May II is: THE cowardly action Of
Greedy in wanting to shoot DIR. p, also
drawing a rife on Bender, calls Kisling-
bury a liar and apologies to enlisted
men,"
-Four days later is the following: Yes
terday Biederbeck and Whistler had a
row out doors, and some one stole Elison's
bacon, which was under charge of Lieut..
Greedy. The terrible struggling OF death
by starvation actually had no terror for
us; we looked on with stolid Indifference
upon u coming fate. A few hours be-
fore death, instead of craving for food,
they kept calling for water and could
hardly be controlled or satisfied. All, with
one exception, we're unconscious for hours
before dying. Poor Lockwood came out
of his bag to stand in the alley way while
the moonshine distillery was going on
and was the last to get his p~otation. Ere
the rest Of US had their share he request
ed a repetition Of the dose from the Off
ciating steward, and upon being repri-
manded by an officer for asking such a
thing from the steward, he turned around
to the doctor and said: Well, 1 will go
to the fountain head, and he repeated
his demand On being absolutely refused,
he dropped to the floor and hardly ever
opened his mouth again to utter another
word"
May 23.-AAer noting that Whistler
is dying, Henry ys: Called in the tent
and am informed that Eve men made a
sworn statement that Payy stole Ellison's
ations and that the official record con-
corning it had been tempered with. A.
w. G, if he does die, dies the death of a
miserable coward"
On May %, is the following entry:
Poor Kislingbury is sinking rapidly and
the doctor has given him up. Last
night DR.. Pond and Lieut.. G.. had
another squabble over the medicines. The
majority Of us. fourteen, have given up
all hopes of seeing our friends again, but
a few still have u chance at the conclusion
Of this terrible tragedy to be welcomed
with universal reclamation as worthy
fiontiersmen of Uncle Sam, and as men
who made themselves immortal by a
splendid victory and innumerable suffer
ings hitherto incompatible in the annals
of Arctic explorations and against the
laws Of nature.
The notes Of the first four days Of June
are brief memorandas Of the rapidly sink
ing condition Of those left. These were
made just prior to his being shot. Extracts
from other diaries show a deplorable state
Of affairs. characterization prevailed to a
considerable extent, and quarreling, some
times leading to blows, was not an uncom-
mon occurrence. Sergt Brainerd's diary
is in his personal possession and not OBJ
tainable and Sergt Councils declines to
allow his diary to be inspected, stating it
was written with the express understand
ing that no one but Gen. Hazen should
read it.