The San Francisco call., 1897-09-29
Carved Frozen Remains Of a
Mans Thigh Discovered
in the Sn OW.
THIS HASTILY BURIED BY
EXPLORERS.
There Can No Longer Be Any
Doubt That FamishlnE Men
Fed on Human Flesh.

BOSTON, MASS, Sept. 2o.-Assis,
tant Engineer Knight of the Hope says
that positive proofs of oannibalism were
found in Greelv's camp by Lieutenant
Peary's party. Knight says that when
Cape Sabine was reached only the
scientists of the party and one or two
attendants, TO do the rough part of the
work, were landed. Before going ashore
each of the party was told to expect 10
find some disagreeabIe things, but to be
prepared to keep silent, forever, if neces-
sarv, as to what was found. All agreed
to the proposition, the party was landed
and the search began. When it returned
aboard it bore a lot of cast-off clothing,
empty provision cans, surgical instru-
ments, ETC., and a bit of board bearing
the name of " VIII Norman, " the ice pilot
Of the party, who died in Brooklyn, n.
Y, a few years ago. These things were
plsrsd in ti7- e7ein~-room of the Hope to
dry, while Peary took some other things
to his cabin.
The most important find, however, was
not brought on board, but was buried
near the camp. 1t consisted O. the frozen
remains of a human right thigh TINT was
found in the snow outside the camp
proper, near that place used as a burial
ground by the Greely party. This part
of limb was taken from the body at the
hip joint, the separation having evidently
been made by the use of the knife alone
at the hip and knee, for about foot from
the hip joint down the bone was bare, the
flesh having apparently been cut away as
a butcher cuts a leg of beef.
This is in brief the story told bv Knight
to-day to a CALL correspondent in an
Atlantic AVENUE restaurant. Knight at
first was 10th to discuss the matter of the
visit to GreeIy's camp, but he finally said
that more was found than anybody had
been told of. Then he said:
''When Cape Sabine was reached Pearv.
who was much pleased to have gotten so
far, decided to put party ashore. Only
those who lived in the cabin and one or
two of the crew, including Assistant
Steward Bracker, who had ben north
before, went TO the island. Thew found
Greely's camp without any trouble, and
then Peary gave orders for a search of
the place. Everything was covered with
snow, and it was hard work to find any
thing. Some little time was spent before
anything was found The first thing to
be brought up was an old hat. Then
some buttons and the remains OF a sur
geon's outfit were located. All these things
was found within the camp proper.
Outside the camp at some little dis
tance was the spot used by Greely's party
as a graveyard. Some of the party went
there, but found nothing of Importance.
Then one of the men began searching
nearer the camp, and in a snow bank
found part of human body.
"The attention of tie scientists was
tailed to the matter, and they said it was
bevond doubt part of human thigh. 1t
had been separated from the body at the
fri1 without the bone being broken. One
Of the scientists said the man who did the
cutting knew his business. The Inns
below the knee was missing. Part of the
flesh was missing for about foot from
the hip ioint. 1t looked as though it had
been cut awav like leg of teef is cut.
The whole thing was frozen solid, and it
probably was that way ever since it was
left there, thirteen years ago. This thing
was not brought aboard. 1t was buried
some distance from the camp.
"The things that it was decided to
bring aboard were divided into two parts,
the one that needed drying being taken
to the engine-room, the other to Peary's
cabin for the time. Just where they are
now don't know. Everybody on board
has been warned to say nothing about
that trip several times, but | don't see
any harm in telling of it. Every one of