. In the Lena Delta; a narrative of the search for De Long and his companions . Pope, or young priest, of Belun. But the prizepaper was the dirty, crumpled scrap, which, as I unfoldedand deciphered it, opened our eyes in astonishment: — Arctic steamer Jeannette lost on the 11th June ; landed onSiberia 25th September or thereabouts; want assistance to gofor the Captain and Doctor and (9) other men. William F. C. Nindemann, Louis P. Noros, Seamen U. S. K Reply in haste: want food and clothing. Questioning Kusma again, I learned that Nindemannand Noros were en route for Belun ; t
. In the Lena Delta; a narrative of the search for De Long and his companions . Pope, or young priest, of Belun. But the prizepaper was the dirty, crumpled scrap, which, as I unfoldedand deciphered it, opened our eyes in astonishment: — Arctic steamer Jeannette lost on the 11th June ; landed onSiberia 25th September or thereabouts; want assistance to gofor the Captain and Doctor and (9) other men. William F. C. Nindemann, Louis P. Noros, Seamen U. S. K Reply in haste: want food and clothing. Questioning Kusma again, I learned that Nindemannand Noros were en route for Belun ; that they had beenfound in a hut called Bulcour, at the first bend of theriver to the westward, twenty miles to the southward of Tit Arii (wood island) ; that they were very sick,having suffered greatly from hunger and cold; and thathe, Kusma, had understood that many of their comradeshad perished. But consulting the note, I saw that onlyone man was missing, since it read, The Captain andDoctor and (9) other men; the nine being emphasizedby parenthesis. So the immediate query that arose in. A STEP FORWARD. 145 our mincls was, Who could the unfortunate one be ? Noone guessed that it was Ericksen, a North Sea fisherman,and one of the finest men in the ships company. Aroyal Dane, sure enough, who had worked himself out,and frozen his feet during the gale by his too constantapplication at steering the boat, when it was unsafe toshift the men at the tiller or steering oar. While we were yet guessing who the missing man re-ferred to in the note could be, I decided that the properthinsr to do was to see Nindemann at once and learn thewhereabouts of De Long and his party; so I told Kusmathat he must instantly load the sleds again with thesmall supply of food, and carry me back to Belun. Heprotested that it was impossible. The dogs were lame;they had been running along for several days, had wornout their feet, and could not start on another journeyuntil sufficiently fed and rested. But
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