Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-03

OF the Lady FRANKLIN BAY expedition, which
set out In search Of tho North Pole Ia
1850 He saw nne,cen OF bis c3mpanllnn
die. one at a tlmo after the most horrible
torture from cold aud starvation, and It was
through bis personal efforts that the six
who did come out alive were sustained IN.
~ the few survivors we're rescued three
years after their advent Into the frozen zone,
by the Grcoly relief expedition
The adventures OF The Groely party have.
OF course. been published In the official re-
ports of the expedition. but there Is sun a
vast fund Of personal adventure 40 inter
estlng I'm every way as anything that has
yet been told. and tnerc Is not one OF the
survivors who can tell what happened dur
ing the last days Of the torrlbln period OF
starvation as we'll as Lieutenant Bralnard,
He proved to be tho strongest man physl-
caly IN the expedition and although his
strenEth was all but exhausted when the
survivors were found. yot he had held out
so we'll that for months no supported his
starving aud helpless companions by gath
erlnE such mcager food as the barren couu-
try and the sea Afforded
Seated IN front OF blazing fire, IN his
quarters. at Fort Wlngate. Lieutenant
Brainard grew reminiscent, while showing
me some Of the photographs tha, were taken
at the far North, On the wall near at
hand was a painting by we'll known art
list, showing the point farthest north ever
reached by living man. Lieutenant Brain
ard Is shown in the painting, with COM
panlon, making observations to ascertain
tho exact longitude and latitude,
There D. a point Of rocks about three
quarters OF a milo TO the north said the
Lieutenant, pointing to the picture, which
shows dimy In tho back ground, ! went
out on the level country 10 that point ana
could see several miles IN tho direction we
yparned to go But the weather was 80
severe. our provisions so low and our party
80 worn cut that we could 60 no farther,
We were satisfied to get farther north than
any one had ever gone before Our posi-,
ton. Of course. ia now matter OF official
record
"Wii you tell me how yon survived when
the provisions ran 10 low ! asked, re-
farring to a remark he had made short
time before.
our goiourn there that the experiences
referred 10 occurred. but you asked me
about our quarters al Cape Sabine and
about the death Of my companions III tell
Won about that first. The country around
Cane Sabine, particularly 10 the winter
months, Is region OF snow anu ice, ana
wanting else. w constructed hut there
~ 1,o6e before the winter set In. and 10
tbts hut we all took up our winter quarters
The Interior was about eighteen by twenty
ava feet. with walls three and half feet
high. We were twenty-five souls an tolu
nslcers and men, when we went into that
Snt hut we found It comparatively com
sr,,tis and pleasant We lived there for
100 than two years and a half when the
arst death occurred.
',ssrreant Cross was frst to 60. lie was
not very strong man OF the outset, and
mo cold had told upon him severely. re
vas stricken with acuryy. and died m we
hut You cannot well imagine our ,s', ,,iiss
nj mai time, Situated as we were. we were
bauA OF brothers, In one LARGE family
Wa were closely bou-d together by many
,ies and Sergeant Cross death was most
teenly felt He never would nave had
sc,,rvy. feel sure, II We had not been cont
PEELED 70 50 greatly reduce our pro'lAlon5
"a hurled him In shallow grave. when
~. we're able to scoop out on the top Of Q
,5y ridre where the ground was not
s@, Lieutenant Greedy read the Epls-
co,isi burial service over him. and We con
s,gnsd the lrst Of our companions TO the
earth. -, 1T, - 49,
..,,sea by starvation. We we're all sadly
ssss,,csB In strength for our rations had been
.t,-tonsd from seventy ounces per day 20
,hirteen ounces per day. 1t was the best
s ,,ll esn,d 40, to bs sure. but a meager
,,',r,esn ounces o. rations 10 that climate
means eventual desfh from starvation. Then.
a. ~, mon death with perfect indifference;
70 ~ ~, w Nc sometimes enyied those who had
IN Lid away. for they were out Of all
1890 and were at rest | remember
l',,'.. ever that ridge where We buried
~ sssa time and again. ard seeing the
srssS buttons on some Of the iarke's, show
80 tbr,nrh the scanty covering OF sand
it,.h ~ ma thrown over them. Il vas a
NM shroud which the wind destroyed and