Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-07
A SAD ARCTIC RECORD.
ACCUMULATED PROOFS OF EAp FEELING AMONG TIE
KXFLosERs THE YEAR BEFORE THEIR RESCUE.

ASlSAtiAIEp PROOfS OF FAD fkkLlN9 AAONQ Tx
EMPOWERS THE YEAR BEFORE THEIR RESCUE.
The diaries and records Of the members Of the
Greedy expedition, which have just .een made
public, furnish more detailed evidence OF the bad
feeling, pickering and occasional INSTRUMENTATION
which were manifested during the last year Of the
party's Arctic experience.
UNPLEASANT DISCLOSURES FROM GREELY's DIARY.
Lieut.. Greedy in his diary refers repeatedly TO
the increasing discomfort which exists among some
Of the party, particularly DR.. Pavy, Leuts. Lock-
wood and Kislingbury, Prlvates Bender and
Henry. Under date OF March 7th he wrote as fol-
lows:
OF stews and brad. have tried to please all, but
now Shall give 1t up- Lieut.. lockwood made some
ness and actions, but is In an unneaithy state OF
mind. unfortunately could not refrain from an
syering him very sharply, as he was so unfair and
good deal lately, and particularly tod y. Henry
IN very olasphemous language said we would all BE
dead in eve weeks The reports Of thefts in the
IN Private Ellis chronomster-box. and DR.. Pavy is
&C used OF stealing the bacon of Ellison, his sick
months without paying toll to Dr.. Pavy."
On April 9Th he writes: "Private Binderbick pri-
Tately reports that Dr.. Pavy has taken Corporal
Elisons bread and has also eaten four cans extract
OF peel DR.. Pavy denies ever having had the cans
OF beef l make no open charges yet. his medical
services being necessary to us. He has no suspic-
ions that l Know of bis conduct"
The next day Is this record: "BIederbick, while
Dr. Pavy was out, found three empty extract Of
Blederbicks statement OF yesterday, that DR.. Pavy
mas eaten up four cans or beef extract except j
spoonful used for Corp. Ellison"
On Aprt 22i Giison told Greedy that the previous
evening ne caught DR.. PGvy stealing his bacon
while feeding him
Further extracts from the d airy are as follows:
April A.-"Gave Brainard Instructions In case OF
my death. Schneider, though pronounced well by
doctor, refused to get dinner, and divided his
Or 1nQt .fa
saving that when the commanding officer could
not enforce mis- orders the penalty should fall upon
MayA-whisler detected with bacon and mem.
micah He swears before God that he has never
taken anything before but couldn't resist icing so
ravenous and seeing the food before hun
May 6-Dr. Pavy made serious trouble by max
Ing false statements to the men regarding his re-
ports made daily TO me 10 French. To avoid yio-
lent on, ordered him four times TO drop the
matter; told him were he not the medical director
should have killed him for this and other matters.
pfvate Bender nterfered and would have Killed
Bender, ne refusing TO obey my orders, could /
have got Longs gun. Things have come to such a
point that my orders by these wo men are consid.
future. WV
May 12-Fearing for future, and to avoid coup de
tat,d1vided last remaining ratons. which viii last
both insisted On complimentary orders for them
selves Yielded to Dr. P IS request, speaking OF him
medically alone to avoid violent hostility. Lieut.
4. very urgent and violent called him liar but
Later apoiogl0ed to him aad men for my tntemper-
ate language.
May 2a.-All talk Of decoration Cay three years
ago. Dr. Pavy and Corporal Saler crowded Ser.
geant Bralnard out OF his bag on his return hall
frozen from getting shrimps, and sergsant B. had
to sleep outside In violent storm. Shameful
Lieutenant Greeley's diary tells OF the shooting
OF Henry substantially as heretofore published and
describes the last sad days at camp Clay recording
the deaths as they occurred His last record was
made June II. the day before the rescue
LIEUT.. LoCKwooD's STORY OF TIE rRoUBIEs AT
CAMP CLAY.
Lieut. Lookwood'S diary, which was written IN
shorthand, has been translated by young lady In
Philadelphia, and occupies 800 pages OF type writ
ten letter-pa 1t gives an insight into the
troubles OF the camp, Cross being referred to as
drunk on the launch and being suspected Of steal
ing. EXAMINATIONS and recriminations are Spoken
OF passing on one occasion between Greedy and
In another place he says he heard Greedy call Kis-
ungbury 90 account for crticsIng Greely's actions
and say that such conduct was but one step from
mutlny From this diary, 1t appears that during
the latter part OF December, and all through jan
uary, 1884, plans were talked OF for an attempt 70
cross Smiths Sound to LittletOn Island, to find
help, or at least food; and on the morning OF Feb
ruary 2 Sergeant Rice and JAMS, one Of the Innut
hunters, started on the journey. On the afternoon
OF the 9TH both returned, Jams greatly exhausted.
Rice rep rted That they had iched distance over
the moving ice OF about ten miles from shore At
that point space of open water found stretch
Ing from north to south, and on the opposite side
the Ice presented the same appearance as that on
the west side, and was drifting north. This settled
the question OF getting across for the swift SOUTH
erly current and the tides constantly ground and
crushed the Ice on the west side, so that IL was
physically impossible to drag boats across and al
most so for human beings to struggle across.