Show nev BY TELEGRAPH iivo live 4 ren pen UMON V t ter A AMERICAN IM E it I 1 C A N bei b bel e 1 17 sol soi ed fort conger august augusto 9 ibm ye se reached baird inlet Septem betza beCZa fro r following following with the entire part jiel ca ile he abandoned all his boats anlu anius flode fiode no noi adrift thirty days on an ari ice floi of smiths bound ills liis permanent was established october the point where he was found durich nine months his bis party had to live scant allowance of food brought frisen frelen cu fort conger and that cached at ibn pan ob harbor and cape isabella by sir chii the in 1875 1873 1845 which was wasy wasT found damaged by the lapse or of time nei eeg sel sei cache d by bebee at cape sabin in libit and a small amount saved from 6 t co wreck of the proteus in 1883 and lali ildi fro ed by L P garlington sud the beach near where greelis Gre elys pal pai was found when these provi provision slog is were consumed the party were dortoh fored to live upon boiled sealskin stripped lyd from their sealskin clothing andl andi chens and shrimps scrimps procured int tnt iu go TI weather when they were strong enkui to make exertions As it took lir CO shrimps scrimps to fill a gallon measure thia ivo labor was too exhaustive to pend upon them to sustain iiii 11 ed tto tio entire entirely y the channel between capr cay Ct pr sabin and littleton island did da nolt nott close on account of violent gales n d ftc fro winter so that the 2 10 rations at dit dih ac ed latter place could not be reached lildia ij of greeleys greelegs Gree leys records and all the if 4 jp e st brought by him from FA IV y conger are recover edland are on bomi bow idl idi from hare island to smith sound I 1 oil s had a constant and anti furious k b with the ice in impassable floes soli som d barriers were overcome by ness and patience no opportunity to advance a mile escaped me and for lut several hundred miles the ships bs trea aim alm jiw forced to run their way fro from ls id head i v head through ice varying in 13 sir r from three to six feet and when n much greater the thetis andl Bear p reached ca cape pe york june istham isthan IS thaw tham 8 tl th passage of 01 twenty one days 1 lem iem liel liei tr fr ville bay with two advance ships of 01 ii ill the dundee whaling fleet and conom it tied to cape cabin Return returning in seven seved days later we fell in with sever seven seven others of this fleet off island I 1 and announced greelis Gre elys rescue to I 1 them thein so that ohey chey might not be deisy delay delith ed from their fishing grounds nor DC be i into the dangers of smith smita sound in view of ofa the belvard reward of ishoo offered ly by congress Ee turning returning across Sl Ni elville bay we fell feli in with the alert and off devils thumb struggling tj 1101 liol ugh i i heavy ice commander coffin admirably 1 intra bly to get along so farian the c A X transport so early in the season before tile the opening nad had occurred eln ein emory ry with the lear bear has supported me throughout with great skillfulness ind md unflinching readiness in accomplishing pl pil ishin shing the great duty of relieving greely the greely party are arc very much improved since the rescue but were asere critical in the extreme when found and for several days after atter af ter sixty eight hours delay in re reaching achin them would have been fatal to all if of mem ulem now living the season north is late lale and the coldest for years smiths sound was not open when I 1 left ca care cape sabin satin the winter about melville bay B was the most severe for twenty years this great result Is entirely due to the unwearied energy of yourself our and the Sec secretary y of war in fly fitting aln out this expedit loil for the work it ha has s had the honor to accod accomplish lish signed ned W S 9 SCHLEY commander gen mich chief signal officer received the following telegram st johns N N 17 for the first time in three centuries england yields the honor of going the tile furthest north lockwood and sergeant brainard on oll may reached lockwood island latitude 83 3 in 24 2 t s longitude 44 ili lii 5 a 8 they saw f from rom a 2000 feet elevation no land north or northwest but to the northeast greenland still extended and was lost to view in cape robert lincoln in latitude 83 in 85 35 s lum lom lunari tude 38 in lockwood was turned back bau in 1881 by open water on the north greenland coast and the party barely escaped drifting into the polar ocean dr pavy in 1882 in following the Mark markham hain route was adrift one day in the polar ocean north of cape joseph henry and escaped to land abandoning nearly e everything very thing in 1882 1 I made spring sprin and later summer trips into the interior of grinnell land discovering lake hazen some sint sift sixty by ten miles ip in extent which was fed by Y tile the ice cape dape of north grinnell land and draining rugles Rug cles cies river and fiord into conybeare bay and anchor fiord from the summit of mount arthur feet the con cou contour tour toun of the land west of the cong conger 1 er mountains convinced me that grinnell land tends directly south from aid Ald baldrichs richs farthest in 1876 in aleut lieux lockwood and sergeant brainard succeeded in cros crossing sing slug hlll grinnell land and ninety nine ty miles from bay at the head of anchor huchor fiord struck the head of a flord fiord from A western sea temporarily named by bookwood Look wood greely fiord from the center of the flord fiord latitude 80 minutes and 30 seconds lona iona longitude etude T 78 s minu minutes tes and 30 seconds aleut lockwood saw the northern shore terminated some twenty miles west and the tiie southern shore extending some fifty miles with cape lockwood some seventy miles distant apparently separate land from grinnell land we have named the new now land arthur land lockwood followed the same and returned to me lue cape averaging about L jo feet perpendicular face it follows that grinnell lands lauds interior is ice lee with a belt of country some sixty miles wide between the northern and southern fee ice capes in march 1881 ser sergeant cant long while hunting looked from frol n the northwest side of mount earey carey arey to hayes sound seeing on the northern rn coast three capes westward of the farthest seen by ili in 1876 1870 the sound extends extend 1 20 miles f furt urther lier ller west than is shown by the en english fisli chart but is possibly hut snut in by land which showed up across the western end the two years station duties for observations and all explorations and the retreat to cape sabin were accomplished without loss kossof of life disease serious accident or even serious frost bites no scurvy was experienced at co conger n e r a and W but one death occurred from it la st winter 81 signed glied gln glo greely ammy commanding I 1 A 1 asco nd ap greely is as ST N X F july 17 T s the chief signal officer washington brainard Brai bral nard derback flederback Ble fredericks con bonnell Uon nell long and myself sole survivor s sarri arrived ved lo been resau n id I 1 at t the thia point of death irom from starvation by t the he relief ships thetis and dear dmar june e at camp clay northwest of cape sabin all ali now are in good health but weak ellison Ell eli lson ison rescued died july died last saturday rice lockwood welland jewellane Je edwards in april bills weston whistler and Is israel rael in may alay kislingbury henry binder pavy gar hidiner din erand and schneider in june we abandoned fort conger august oth were svere frozen in a peak off victoria head august 29 and abandoned the steam launch september lith eleven miles northeast of Cocked hat island when on the point ollit of landing we were driven by bv southwest southwest storms storma into kanes kaneas sea and fifi finally ally aily landed september in baird inlet learning by scouting scouting parties of t the proteus disaster and ana eions vions that no provisions had been left lef t for us irom from cape isabella to sabin Sabi sabinie nwe we moved ancl ana established winter quarters at camp clay half way between sabin and Cocked hat an invin inventory tory showed that by daily rations of ay 4 ounces of meat seven ounces of bread and dog biscuits and four ounces of miscellaneous food foud the party would have ten days full rations left for crossing smith sound to littleton island unfortunately smith sound remained open tile the entire winter rendering the eros cros crossing sling impossible game failed 9 despite daily dally hunting from early in february before the sun returned only pounds of meat was obtained this year minute sh rimps seaweed sassafras and sea sealskin askin iskin were resorted to for food with the tile results as shown by the number of the survivors the last fast res regular cular food was issued may 11 14 only aw aw pounds of meat was left by garlington and aud we were compelled to send in november four men to obtain pound of english meat at isabella during durins the trip ellison froze solid both his hands and feet and lost them all sural ingrow ever until july ath the survivors owe their lives to the indomitable courage of Capt Schley and lt emory who preceded by three and accompanied by five whalers chalers wh alers forced their vessels from the udder under through melville bay into the north waters at cape york with the foremost whaler they gained ined a yard whenever possible an and always N a y heldia held heid it smith sound was crossed a and n sd the party rescued during one of the most violent gaies gales ales aies that had hag ever been known the boats were handled only at imminent risk of swamping four of us were then un unc able to walk and conid could not have survived exceeding twenty four hours every care and attention was given us we saved and are bringing back copies of tile the meteorological tidal astronomical magnet pena pendulum culum eulum aud aub aud and other observations ions ids also aiso also aiso gale gaie and standard thermometry forty eight photographic photographic negatives a collection of lanks blanks and photographic proofs eskimo relics relies and other things were necessarily abandoned the rhetie remains here tive five days probably greeley greley commanding the following dispatches were sent lieutenant greeley today to day SIGNAL SERVICE july lieutenant A IV greeley gre Ore eley st johns our hearts are overflowing with gladness and thanks to god for your safety and in sadness for those who without fault of yours are dead your family are well and in san diego 81 signed ned W B HAZEN greely Greel fj st johns your dispatches are arc most sati satisfactory factory and show your expedition to have been in the highest deree degree successful in every particular anis fact Is not affected by the disaster later signed W B SL special ecial to tribune ni NEW v YORK 1 17 A A telegram special from st johns announces tile tiie arrival of the relief ships amidst great excitement of the populace lining the wharves commander schley says on june 2211 jd we vve sighted signals of distress while lying in a drift of ice lee off cape sabin babin and steamed toward the pack we found the greely party crying like children and abd hugging each otner with frantic joy I 1 put off in the cutter they new hew at me I 1 thought them crazy they seized each of the men in the boat hugged them kissed their hands and did everything to show their loy joy and gratitude all of ane party were frostbitten and terribly emaciated and poor kulson ellison was unable to move 11 washington I 1 17 george kennan of this city the well known arctic traveler ana aua author who has taken an active interest in the recent attempts to relieve greelis Gre elys party and who went before the arctic relief relict board last spring to urge tile the offering of such a reward as would secure tre the co opera tion of the whalers chalers in tile the search was asked by an associated pre press reporter tonight to night what lie he thought of the news received from stjohn st john lie lle replied it is the story of a remarkable and heroic achievement in a neld field clouded in disaster due to the incompetence in washington if greely and his party had all returned in safety to the united states as they might have done had they been properly supported their arctic record in point c ct I 1 skillful skill ful fui management and success would have been unparalleled no other arctic expedition has ever spent two consecutive winters and part of a third in such high latitudes and achl achi achieved eVed eyed such results without casu easu casualty alty alti or a single case of severe sickness if grealy had found at the mouth of smiths sound the shelter which he had a right to expect there he would probably pro bagly batly have brought his entire part par back to the united states in perfect health health after three winters in the highest northern latitudes that i have e ever eser ver ser been reached and after a series of sledging campaigns which for boldness and skillfully skill full have rarely if ever been surpassed could the disaster which befell its ms party have been averted with tile knowledge available at the time the relle relief e expeditions ed 0 n 1 were vere fitted out U unquestionably n est ion lon b 1 Y and that is the pity 0 of it it doubles trouble the grief which must be felt in the face of such suck a catastrophe to think that two ships in successive years and probably a third were in a position to land stores which velch would have saved the lives of those eighteen men beebe in 1882 anchored on prayer island lust just north of cape sabin with a ship full of stores garlington the next summer anchored in the same place also with a ship f full fuli ull uli of stores and a few days later the yantic with four months provisions on board was only thirty miles away any one of these ships might have landed store stores enough exactly where greeley after wards made hi his winter swinter camp to have carried that brave party through but their commanding officers were not ordered to do so and they did not think of it were greelis Gre elys movement those which it was anticipated he would make 46 they were we re precisely such as I 1 antii c cl it was thought at the signal office that he wanted to remain at his station until september but as I 1 pointed out in a letter to the new york on the of last september it if he remained until september he could not get away at all that year oil on account ot impracticability of sledging sledding operations along the toast coast in the fall I 1 then thought i he ie would abandon his station in july or august of 1883 and come down to the mouth of amith smith smith sound in boats as he was in fact doing at the very time my letter was written it was waa of course a terrible shock to him jilin when he failed to find shelter and food where lie he expected but party seems to have faced thi the terror of an arctic winter without shelter lire tire or adequate food in the most heroic hero leway way and to have held out to the last with unflinching courage and tenacity if afew a few hundred more rations could have been saved from the wreck of the proteus they would have carried the whole party through all but one of tile the dead perished last spring after the ath of april how important are the discoveries made by greely Gr eely cely from the point of view as an arctic geography they are of first class importance greely has not only taken away from commander markham of the british navy tile the blue ribbon for arctic discovery and for the highest latitude ever attained in any part of the world but he has greatly extended the limits of explorations both in greenland and grinnell land the fact that the two greely greely sledge parties were stopped by open water upon the polar sea and that both were at times tulles adrift in strong currents which threatened to carry them 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