The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-08
HORRIBLE TALE.
Sufferings of the Greedy
Arctic Expedition.
JOTS FROM HENRY'S DIARY.
The Horrors of Meath from
Starvation in the Frozen
Regions.
Privat 9 aenry's Diary.

WASHINGTON, February THE jour
nal of Private Henry, shot for stealing
provisions, by order of Lieutenant
Greedy, in the Attic regions, covering a
period between October, 1888, and June,
1884, has been made public. He writes
under date of May ID: He (Whistler),
who was the loudest in his denuncla-
ton of the unfortunate who was
tempted to purloin the scrap meat, was
to-day caught III the commissary, hav-
ing broken open the door, and was
found with about a pound of bacon in
his pocket"
The entry for May 18th, is: "The
coWardly action in Greedy wanting to
shoot DR.. P. He also drew a rifle on
Bender; calls Kislingbury liar, and
pologizes to the enlisted men,
Four days later is the following:
Yesterday, Biederbeek and Whistler
had row out doors, and some one
stole EGson's bacon, which was
under the charge of Lieuten-
ant Greedy. There was terrible
struggling. 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 of craving for food, they kept
calling for water, and could hardly be
controlled or satisfied. All, with one
exception, were unconscious before dy-
ing. Poor Lockwood came out of his
bag to stand in the alley-way while the
moonshine distllery was going on, and
was the last to get his portion. Ere the
rest of US had their share, he requested
repetition of the dose from the offiei-
ating steward and upon being repri-
manded by the officer for asking such a
thing from the steward, he turned
around to the doctor and said: "Wen,
I will go to the fountain head" and he
repeated his demand. On being abso-
lutely refused, he dropped to the floor
and hardly ever opened his mouth again
to utter another word"
May 23d, after noting that
Whistler is dying, Henry says
Called in the tent and informed that
five men made a sworn statement that
Pavy stole Eiison's rations, and that
the official record concerning it had been
tempered with. A. w. G.-if he does
die, dies the death of a miserable cow
ard"
On May 2Sth is the following entry {:
Poor Kinslingbury is sinking rapidly
and the doctor has given him up. Last
night, DR.. r. and Lieutenant G. had
another squabble over the medicines.
The majority of us, fourteen, have given
up all hopes of seeing our friends again,
but few still have the chance, at the
conclusion of this terrible tragedy, to be
welcomed with universal acclamation as
worthy frontiersmen of Uncle Sam and
as men who made themselves immortal
by splendid victory and innumerable
sufferiDgs, 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 memoranda of the rapidly
sinking condition of those left, These
were made just prior to his being shot,
The extracts from other diaries show a
deplorable state of affairs. Insubordina-
ton prevailed to considerable extent
and quarreling sometimes leading to
blows was not an uncommon occur
renee. Sergeant Brainerd's diary is in
his personal possession and not obtain
able, and..Sergeant Councils declines TO
allow his diary to be inspected, stating
that it was written with the express
understanding that no one but General
Hazen should read it.