Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-03-23
AN ARCTIC RESCUE
The Finding of the Survivors OF
the Greedy Expedition.
STAYED THE HAND OF Death.

The Seven Starved and Half crazed
Dying Men Wero YEARLY Waiting
For the End When Came tho Shout
That Told Them Relief Was Nigh.
In his story OF the rescue OF the rem
nants OF the III fated Greedy expedi,
ton at Cape Sabine In 1884 Frank B.
Copley In the American Magazine
gives dramatic description of the ac-
tuaI finding of the starving survivors.
on June p a furious gale blew down
the tent. which the despairing men
had not the strength to raise again
on the god the gale continued aud the
men felt that the end of their long
struggle had come.
In the evening all the men were tn
their bugs. waiting for death Greedy
| Frederick. Biederick, Ellison and Con
nell were under the fallen canvas OF
the tent. Brainard gnd Long were
under the fallen canvas of the adjOin
ing shelter II remnined light. OF
course. the sun at this season being
continuously above the horizon Con
nell passed into the unconscious state
which was the prelude OF death Ia,
other six men. supremacy indifferent
to everything lay idly doing
/ Rut the evening still WAS YOUNG
when. seemingly from distance. there
| came a sound that forced itself upon
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| Twice came the sound, Three times
| came the sound. Each time it was
| long. insistent screech.
At first II was annoying, as any
sound is that gradually forces one to
leave ones pleasant dreams and awake.
| But with the second repetition Of the
screech BlUinard and Long sat up and
! looked nj each other.
From under the canvas OF the tent
came the complaining voice of Greedy.
"Bminard did you hear it,"
Yes, sir
What was III?
81 rbiuk-I am pretty sure-th it
| was the whistle of ~ steamer
| There was something of a stir under
| the fallen canvas OF the tent. Bieder
| bick had aroused himself and seized
the bag containing their last bit of
| brandy Two Spoonfuls were left.
| Biedcrbick forced one down the throat
OF the dyiug Council If they actually
were going To- be rescued Connell
should have chance to live The
other Spoonful of brandy Biederbick
offered TO his commander When Gree
! ly declined II Bicderbick sent 1t to fol
low the other spoonful down the throat
OF Council
Grepiy now asked Brainurd and Long
If they could get out from under their
canvas and report If anything was to
be seen, They said they fell able TO
climb TO the high rocky point on the
ridge where Bruiuard had SET y signal
Tag
10 your best said Greedy
Slowly and miafuIy Brainard ana
Long crawled up the narrow path in
the snow to the point which command
ed broad view OF the sea- There
was much open water but nothing
was to br seen on Il save the old
''uu"'"""uS u"'S anu '''ES
Long S''iu 'uel must nave o'en ms
,"Nen III ,"' u"'Ur' OF the S"u''a 'hey
n'u u''''" 'I'''''" "-'rru. AI'er "
le" minutes b''''aIu, 'h''ird '''i"nEh.
Salu ~ W"o'u Ky BACK ana report te
"TeeN Long VINO VAS more warmly
'''u' N'''u '' ""utd NlaN UP 'hrre u
Wnll' '"uE''
Nh'h bfIuhrd. Tn reporting 10 Gree
w. again Expressed the opinion mat
they h"d been deceived The opinion
seemed To hr nrcrpt"d Er all the men
under the ten Erunard cawlcd bacE
into ms ho2 tuli' believing that he
| never would leave % again aud fully
resigned 10 the prospect
Presently Hied"rhirk began To argue
thnl the tncl that no ship YVES 10 hc
seen from the point above them did
not necessarily indicate that they had
been deceived ma believing HAT the
sounds thcy heard were those OF Il
ships whistle lie suggested than the
ship might be in Payer h0rhor, which
could not be seen from their ridge
Greedy aroused himself sufficiently
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