The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 283 crowded ; the hills were black with people ; everyship in the harbor dipped her colors as the brave shippassed, and shouts, steam-whistles, and cannon fi
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 283 crowded ; the hills were black with people ; everyship in the harbor dipped her colors as the brave shippassed, and shouts, steam-whistles, and cannon filledthe air with noise. Lieut. De Long touched at Oonalaska, in the Aleutian islands; thence sailed directly-north to St. Michaels; and northeasterly, acrossthe waters dividing the Eastern from the Western con-tinent, to St. Lawrence bay, Siberia. A short stay,and the Jeannette steamed steadily on toward thenorth until Sept. 6,1879, when, in latitude 71° 35 N.,and 75° W., she became lodged in a monster ice-pack,from which she never escaped. For twenty-one. months the boat was held fast, and drifted as the icedrifted, in an extremely devious course, being finallycrushed in latitude 77° 15 N., and 155°E., a distanceof over 600 miles. During the imprisonment of theship in the ice a few bears were killed, also occa-sional birds and seals. In April a windmill wasbuilt, and utilized for removing bilge-water, therebysaving coal and man power. Constant disciplinewas maintained, and every attention given to month of June arrived, and with it strangeworkings in the fields of ice, great gaps alternatelyopening and shutting with enormous pressure. OnJune 13, 1881, the ship yielded to the crash of op-posing floes, and the Jeannette broke through themiddle. At 8 p. m. every man was ordered toleave the ship. The crew was assembled on thefloe, dragged the boats and provisions clear ofbad cracks, and prepared to camp down for theremainder of the night. At 1 a. jr. the ice opened
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