The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-30
HIS GRAVE A GLACIER.
story of Capt. Arkwright, Whose Body
Has been Found After Thirty Years
Chicago Post.

OHICdSO IOSl.
The Associated Press brings news from
Geneva, Switzerland that the body of Capt
Henry Arkwright, buried under an ava
lanche Oct. 49, 1868. has been recovered. 1t
where the intrepid Englishman lost his
life, and was, in the main, well preserved
j had been hurled by the avalanche into
a crevasse of the glacier and had moved
down the mountain side with that creeping
giant of the Alps until it was restored al
the melting edge of the ice The feet and
head are lost. They were doubtless ground
away by the resistless crushing of the
glacier in it's movement. But the rest of
the body is perfect Identification is COM
plete. The hands are preserved. The right
hand is remarkably lifelike and natural in
appearance Even the, red tint of blood is
preserved in that member.
In the pocket of the gray Waistcoat OF
the fashion of thirty years ago was found
a e-bordered white handkerchief, quite
as good as new. Captain ArkWrghts ini
tialS are embroidered in the corner There
is a gold stud in the linen collar and
larger stud in the shirt front, with a small
diamond star in the center Among the
trinkets taken from the pockets was a sill
yer cigarette case The gold watch is en-
tirely unnjured. With the chain IT was
found near the body, evidently having been
dragged away in the slow movement of the
glacier. An inquest was at once held by
the Justice of the peace the mayor doe
tor and the local gendarmes. The remains
were buried at Chamounix, awaiting orders
from England if any of Captain Ark
Wrights relatives or friends can be found.
The story of Captain Arkwrights death
Of
Mont Blanc adventure. He had been an
aid-de-camp to the lord lieutenant OF Ire
land, was scholar and also traveller.
But he was quite unused TO Alp climbing.
AT 5:30 O'Clock the morning of Oct. IL, 1856
he with his guide, Michel Simond, two pOr
tiers named Francois and Joseph Tournier,
and accompanied by Silvain Couttet. of the
Pierre Pointue. and "A serVant-the latter
two apparently being voluntary additions
to a party already formed-left the Grand
Mulets for the ascent of Mont Blanc. They
took the route of the ancient passage,
and had gone but little way, probably less
than five miles, when an avalanche de-
seconded upon them. Such visitations have
always been peculiarly common on this
route. and it is and always has been re-
garded especially dangerous.
Couttet heard the rumbling and knew in
an instant what was the matter. He gave
the alarm, and, with his servant, succeeded
in getting away Captain Arkwright and
his guides either because they did not I'M
derstand or became confused, turned in the
wrong direction and were overwhelmed in a
tremendous avalanche of rocks and iceland
snow. The Alpine Journal Vol. 2. Page 3S3,
says not a trace of the men could be dis
covered by the survivors. But this is plain
ly an error, for Vename Payott writing in
1879, proves that the body of Francois Tour
nier was discovered by VI. Couttet before
he abandoned the search. He found the
crushed body among the blocks of loosened
ice on the Grand Plateau. Later, accord
ing to the author of Oscillations des
Quatre Grandes Glaciers" he discovered
the bodies of two of the others and gave
them burial. While he was still pursuing
MS search announcer dNdldncIe utSGtDueu ana
the last trace of the missing Englishman
was lost.
Michael Payott. one of the porters, who
still lived last year was awarded the
"medaille dhonneur' and diploma by the
ministry of the interior for his conduct on
the occasion. But every book or travel
gives bad guiding the cause of the
la:Ti2ntable accident.
In his Tramp ABROAD Mark Twain gives
a serious account of the loss of Captain
Arkwright--one of the few serious passages
in the book. 1t may be remembered that in
the same volume the author relates how