The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-04-09
THE oReeLY EXPEDITION.
Exfvact from tlse DIARY of Private Henry
-Sterve4i0a and Death.
fWashin9ton Correspondeuce

Extracts from ths diary q Private Henry
-stssvssias snd Death.
Washington Correspondence
Tne journal of Private Henry, shot
Tor stealing provisions by order Of Lieut..
freely in the Arctic regions, covering
the period between October, 1888, and
June, 1854, has been made public He
writes under date OF May 8: He
Il, histler) who was loudest in his denun-
citation of the unfortunate who was
tempted to purloin scrap OF meat, was
to day caught in the commissary, hav-
ing broken open the door, and was
found with about pound Of bacon in
his pocket"
The entry OF May II is: ''Cowardly
action in recly in wanting to shoot DE.
=. he also drew rifle on ender. He
calls ninsling'ury . liar, and apologies
to enlisted men,"
Four days later the following: Eyes
terday Biederbeck and Whistler had .
row outdoors and some one stole El-
lison's bacon, which was under charge
Of Lieut.. freely. The terrible strug-
Cling with death by starvation actually
had no terror for Us we looked on
with stolid inii crence upon our COM
ing fate. A few hours before death, IN
stead of craving for food they
kept calling for water, and
could hardly be controlled or sat
is ed. All. with one exc xdeption,
were unconscious for hours before dying.
Foor lockwood came out Of his bag to
stand in the alleyway while the moon
shine distillery was going on, and was
the last to receive his p0tation. Er0
the rest Of us had our share he re- ,uestod
q repetition Of the dose from the ofiicia-
ting steward, and upon being repri-
manded by the officer for asking tor
su b q thing from the steward, he
turned round to the doctor and said:
Well. we'll, 60 to the fountain hea t.
and he repeated his demand. Ipon
being absolutely denied he dropped to
the door and hardly ever opened his
mouth again to utter another word.
May p, after noting that Whistler is
dying, Henry says: .. allied in the tent
and was informed that Pavey stole Elli-
son ratlons, and that the o.iic: al record
concerning it had been tampered with.
4. W. O.. il he does die. dies the death
Of miserable coward.
Ou MAY 50 Is LILO IOttOWlUX CutIy :
sPoor inslingbury is sinking rapidly,
and the doctor has given him up. Last
night Ur. +. and Lieut.. g. had another
squabble over the medicine. The ma
iority of us fourteen have given up all
hopes Of seeing our friends again, but q
ew have still chance at the con-
clusion of this terrible tragedy to
be welcomed with universal accla-
nation as worthy frontiersmcn Of
Uncle Sam, and rs men who
have made themselves immortal ~ .
splendid victory and innumerable suf-
ferings hitherto incompatible in the
annals Of Arctic exploration and against
all the laws Of nature.
The notes Of the first four days Of
juno are brief memoranda Of the rapidly
sinking condition Of those 10 t. These
were made .ust prior TO his being shot.
xtracts from other diaries show the
deplorable state of affairs. Insuhordi.
nation prevailed to considerable extent,
and quarelling sometimes leading to
blows was not an uncommon occur
renee
I, Sergt. Brainard's dairy is in his per.
sonal possession and not Obtainable, and
Sergt lonnell declines to allow his diary
to be inspected, stating that it was
written with the express understanding
that no one but Gen. Hazen should
road il