Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-24

"Why, then, Mrs. Pavy, are those
journeys you mention not outlined on
the official map?"
"I can only say that they should
be as we'll as to outline other
trips not more extensive; and to make
so much of Lockwood's trip to SO deg.
24 min., when Greely himself tele-
TO ST. Louis that on the Mark
ham route DR. Paw reached SO deg.
and he officially records in the Apple
ton Cyclopedia that on that trip with
he reached 50 deg % min.
One trip the difference of thirty miles,
the other of one mile"
Mrs. Pavv ente. ed into quite a
lengthy explanation of the services,
and otherwise, of the
ofthe expedition in order to
set forth what she considered the great
ininstice done her late husband. She
spuko quite bitterly OF Gen. Hazen and
Lieut.. Greely. She said:
81 can show later that Greely, by
unjust and unwise refusal, prevented
DR.. Pavy and Kislingbury from max
ing an advance retreat to Cape Sabine,
and lhus let them save their party thence
potency oflIazen and thatGreely caused,
in this rejection, the disaster, it may
truly be said that it would seem more
appropriate to see less of the names OF
Greely and Hazen upon the map. and
more of the names of those who made
sacrifices for the expedition. The
name of Kislingbury does not appear
upon the map. Greely knows to re-
cord this noble offer, was to record his
own fatally unwise rejection of it. To
quote the words ofa survivor is appro-
pos here: "The same strong mind
which ordered a city toy (tricycle) for
the hard work OH frozen ground, made
many mistakes of the same foolish Or
der during his stay up north"
THE PROPOSED RETREAT.
"Will you not explain the retreat
DR.. Pavy wanted to make to save his
comradesT'
"Sergt Brainard says, among many
other things, of DR.. Pavy: 'He was the
most skiliful sugeon any of us ever
knew, and we are all indebted to him.
Greely himself said that DR.. Pavy
cured disease of the stomach, which
would have killed him, he thinks, be-
fore leaving Fort Conger, and he now
admits that. We were not alone in
debted to the doctor as a surgeon; but
also for his noble offer to lead three
men south, on an advance retreat to
Cape Sabine, and suggested taking
Kislingbury and Eskimo Jens, to leave
in April, 1888, go to Sabine, leave
records to the effect that provisions
must be left at Cape Sabine instead OF
at Littleton island"
"What would have been the result
Mrs. Pavy, had your husband been
permitted to start and had accomplish
ed this!'
"The result would have been hope
instead of despair; life instead of death
twenty-five men back instead of six
(and soon it will be five, as one is
now dying from Sabine horrors; and
beside the darker side the scientific re
suit would have been large, VIZ: Pre-.
served instead of mutilated Officia
records; scientific tata and collection
of value brought back to the United
States instead of being left in the fa
northern regions of ice, yet to be res
cued from destruction. Thus Dr.
Pavy would have been the savior o
the entire party by a feat of eXplora
ton, as he was the savior of the entir'
party by feat in medical science"
| GAS to the retreat proposed by DIR
Pavy, Sergt. Brainard said to me
had DR. Pavy been enabled to tax
this noble advance march for us, ever,
man in the party to-day would b.
alive. None would have starved"
PAWS DEATH.
Concerning the death of the doctor
Mrs. Pavy said: 81 will give you tn
exact language of one of the sur
vivors: In reference to DR.. Paw
there was another illustration of tn
ways that were dark. DR.
Pavy was all enthusiastic Arctic ex
plorer. He knew better than any ma
in the party what to expect in the froz
ell zone; and he joined the little com
mand thoroughly equipped. His deaf
was mystery, for almost up to tn
day he died he was one of its stronges
members. He expected to get throug
all right, and had scheme for anothe
expedition fully planned. DR.. Pavy'
official time ran out Che was civilia
surgeon commissioned with rank c
first lieutenant-the only one, save tn
commander, of that rank) and whe
the time was out he refused to serv
longer under the orders of Lieut.
Greely. He could not get along wit
him; and while, of course, he wa
obliged to remain with the comman
and offered to serve their welfare as h
had before as surgeon, yet he did no
wish to be officially connected with tn
| Va on
rest tor nearly year because he re
fused to turn over his private paper:
addressed to his wife, to anothe
otficer) and the order placing him unde
arrest read that he was to be cOntine
to limits within one mile from til
camp. lie was grand, good man
and if he had lived the einside story of tn
Greely expedition would have bee
told before now. Having been aske
how the doctor was liked by the mel
L can reply: He was our hero. II
was always doing something for tn
command, and he was one of its hard
est workers. There was no sleeping
bag business about DR.. Pavy."
THE NORTHERN TRIP.
"Were you informed regarding tn
northern tflp taken
81 can quote three survivors as the
talked TO another person than mysel
but 1t came directly 10 me: 'Greel
lays much stress upon the work accom-
plished by Lockwood and Brainard i
reaching the far north, and bravel
shows that his ardor led to the gran
result of placing our flag miles furthe
north than was ever reached before b
mortal man. That is all bosh. Greel
did not want these brave men to 90 OF
ON the expedition, and they went o
their own responsibility. They wer
successful, and on their return Greel
wrote and issued the order that tn
march should be undertaken in orde
to reap some of the glory. 1t was 3
with the famous trip of Long; the ol
der was issued after the trip had bee
successfully accomplished. Conncll
diary will show that he repeatedly ask
ed permission to go hunting after tn
musk-ox, but Greedy refused to let hil
go unless he (ConnelD would take tn
responsibility himself. Conncll too
The responsibility himself, was success
full, and on his return was handed
written order to make the trip"
GREELY CRITICIZED.
"ltcferriDg to Gen. llazen, snrvi
vor said: 'He has been criticised fo
III liking Greely's orders SO percmtor,
| know that Gen. HaZen had but littl
to do with making those orders, and