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tary of Navy, giving a full account of the expedition. The first 

 message from Greely to his wife was also sent. 



The following is an extract from a dispatch from Lieut. 

 Greely to Gen. W. B. Hazen, Chief Signal Officer at 

 Washington, D. C. : 



" The survivors owe their lives to the indomitable energy 

 of Capt. Schley and Lieut. Emory, who, preceded by three and 

 accompanied by five whalers, forced their vessels from Uper- 

 navik through Melville Bay into North Water at Cape York, 

 with the foremost whaler. They gained a yard wherever 

 possible and always held it. Smith's Sound was crossed and 

 the party rescued during one of the most violent gales I have 

 ever known. Boats were handled only at imminent risk of 

 swamping. Four of us were then unable to walk and could 

 not have survived exceeding twenty-four hours. Every care 

 was given us. I saved and bring back copies of meteorolog- 

 ical, tidal, astronomical, magnetic, pendulum and other 

 observations ; also pendulum Yale and standard thermome^rs ; 

 forty-eight photographic negatives, a collection of blanks and 

 photographic proofs. Esquimaux relics and other things were 

 necessarily abandoned." 



To this dispatch Greely received the following reply, from 

 Gen. Hazen : 



" 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 in San Diego. 

 Your dispatches are most satisfactory and show your expedi- 

 tion to have been in the highest degree successful in every 

 particular. This fact is not aftected by the disaster later." 



August 2d they arrived at Portsmouth, N. H., where they 

 were met by a large fleet of war vessels. They were warmly 

 greeted by the Secretary of Navy, the Chief Signal Officer 

 of the United States, and by many friends of both expe- 

 ditions. 



The first person to come on board the Thetis was Mrs. 



