CHAPTER XXXII. 



NEW SEARCHERS IN THE FIELD. 

 (BERRY, HUNT, AND GILDER HARBER AND SCHEUTZE.) 



A PTER attending to the burial of Lieutenant DeLong 

 J--\_ and his men .and completing their tomb, the three 

 parties separated to search the delta for Lieutenant Chipp. 

 Melville went to the northwest, Bartlett to the northeast, 

 and Nindermann took the center. The sea-coast of the delta 

 was examined from Olenek River on the west to Yana 

 River on the east, but no traces were found of the second 

 cutter or her crew. The search was extensive, but could 

 not be made very thorough, owing to the depth of the 

 snowdrifts. 



After examining the delta, Melville and his reunited party 

 proceeded to Verhoyansk. From this place they started for 

 Yakutsk on sleds, but after going 120 miles they were 

 obliged to take to horseback. At the deer station of Kengu- 

 rach, on the northern side of the Verhoyansk mountains, 

 they were obliged to halt, as it was impossible for the horses 

 to pass the snowdrifts, which were from ten to twenty feet 

 deep. While waiting for the snow to melt they were joined 

 by three American travelers Mr. Jackson, the Herald cor- 

 respondent, and Lieutenant Berry and Ensign Hunt of the 

 Jeannette search steamer Rodgers. 



Some account of Mr. Jackson's journey to Irkutsk, where 

 he met Danenhower's party, has already been given. Sub- 

 sequently he proceeded to Yakutsk, accompanied by Mr. 

 Noros, and started north, March 29th, to join in the search. 

 On reaching Aldan River, he met a courier carrying dispatches 

 from W. H. Gilder, Pay Clerk of the steamer Rodgers, to 



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