The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-01-03
TERRIBLE TALES
Told by Lieutenant Lock
woods Diary.
SUFFERING : DESTITUTIoN.
How the Hungry Men Acted anu
How They Fared-The
Arctic Colony.

contain further extracts from VIC ui"t
of 1t. Lockwood, of the Greedy Arcuc
COLONY. covering holiday week ana
New Years day, spent at Cape Sabine.
The extracts give continuation OF the
story of the starvation of the party, ana
tell ri various devices resorted to Dy
them Ia overcome the pangs of hunger.
and to while away the tedium OF their ex-
istence. Beginning with Dec: 26th, the
day after Christmas, when they break
tasted {" late" on soup of seal blubber,
and suuped on d" English meat, the
record Is carried down to the night OF
Ian. 1st. In the entry for December
18th. 1t. Lockwood says, that in addl-
tion to the meals above mentioned, ne
had "a few bread crumbs. ana
some salt water and gunpowder which
Long warmed for him over the lamp.
He saws: "We spoke good deal to-day
of the prospects of getting across the
straits in the spring, of Rice's. preiiiim-
mary trip and the chances OF flndlng
food there, etc. We count on 24O ratlonS
as certain Cat Littleton Island). A fox
has been seen around to-day, but efforts
to shoot him were not successful"
He concluded the entry for this day
with The talk this evening has been all
about food. desserts, etc."
On December 18th with the thermom-
eter at minus %, he writes of their suffer
ing from cold hands and feet, and says:
"The GOODNESS of extremities is due
evidently to short rations and shows
how food is fuel in this country. The
party this evening discussed Kentucky
in accordance with their plan
of talking about a different State or
country with which some of them were
more acquainted each evening. They
also read McCarty's History of Modern
Times, and a book on American ship
ping, which they found in cache at
Cape Sabine.
He enters also on this date: "Brainerd
shot blue fox last night, weight three
pounds three ounces. He followed the
animal for some time after shooting it,
but found him dead. This gives US an
extra fox for next Sunday. How inn
patiently we watch the cook as he
divides the bread and meat, each fear
ing he may get little less than his
share The other mess have one OF
their number to fill the plates, but We
still trust to Long"
On December 10Th, the thermometer
was at minus 50. and some rope was
brought in and cut up for fuel. He
saws I'M his entry: 1.-The house was
exceptionally quiet to-day. and most OF
the forenoon passed with everyone
down in the sleeping bags. Little or
nothing was said. There is no Darticu-
lar reason for this quiet.
For breakfast they had chocolate
bread and butter, and for supper fox
stew. In the evening they talked about
the quantity of fuel left them; found
they had sixteen hardwood barrels or
hand. Long SAID if the wood did no
last thew could cook with seal blubber
Here Lieutenant Lockwood writes
Lieutenant Greedy seemed obliged Il
look on the dark side of the subject ant
directed Sergeant Brainard to issue tel
pounds of blubber for an experiment
This is unfortunate, as it will diminisl
our food by that much blubber'"
He writes, also: 81 am eking out m,
tobacco with tea to-day. found two o
three small pieces of raw fox, mer
scraps, on the floor. and brushing tn
dampness off, ate them with great salts
faction. Ohio was discussed this ever
ing"
On December 80, the thermomete
was minus 81, and his memorandum
@scold breast of veal stuffed. " In his entr
he speaks of the trading between men
bers of the party of one a-icle of foo
for another and of port of another
He closes the paragraph with "a goo
deal of talking, but not very man
trades made"
He writes also: ''There is now pc
ceptible difference in the amount c
light; only two more days of this yea
thank God!'
With respect to the proposal to e,
pertinent with seal blubber for fuel, /
says Lieutenant Kislingbury protested
and that he LOCKWOOD also took occ
sion to express his disapproval of IL
proposition. On the next day, Decen
Der 30th, he writes that trading in foe
continued until a late hour, and TIL
one bargain was struck. At o'clot
in the morning. he writes: "MorniI
came at last. Some, in consequence
the trading the day before, had goo
deal more than they could eat with cor
fort and some had much less. One resi-
OF my bargaining was that a had som
thing more than one third of my pla
of "son-a-gunn Ca bread stew whiC
seems to have been in great favor al
one-fourth of my coffee, but then I h;
also about one-half ounce of bread al
one ounce of butter." He speaks
saving some of his allowance for NJ
Years day and had also the ration
rum for the night before New Years,
as to drink the old year out.
He writes also on this day: Lit
conversation to-day. Full meals see
TO have the effect of inducing silen,
the party lying down and enjoying col
Portable repose. 1t is singular be
warm and comfortable a good me
makes me.
"Crackedwheatw with honey and mil
was the food topic of the day.
December 3lst he writes, the thu
mOmeter is minus q, but that before
was minus 81 in the house. Brealf;
this day was OK tail soup and supper
English meats. The party suffered fro
cold feet
He closes the entry for this day wi
these words; How glad we are ii
the end of the year has been reach
again, can hardly be explained, Rice
poets to start across about the end
January"
The entry for New Years day is
follows: January LIST, Tuesday. T
day was passed in bags. Lieutena
Greelv came over and paid me vi
shortly after breakfast. He told !
that the doctor had made overtures
make allowance for the offensive
marks made some time ago and that
had declined. He told me also that
had declined. He told me also III
sometime ago he felt certain that I
doctor was eating up during the mig