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party, of whom nothing had been seen or heard since the sepa- 

 ration of the boats in the fatal gale. He made a most thorough 

 search of the Lena Delta, and along a hundred miles of the 

 Siberian coast, but could find no trace of the missin^ men. Ik- 



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persisted as long as there was a probability, or even hope, of 

 success, and then returned to Yakoutsk sore in neart over his 

 failure. 



In the meantime, after the publication of the dispatches which 

 he had forwarded to the United States, several parties had been 

 sent from this 

 country to aid in 

 the search for the 

 lost explorers, 

 and one ofthe.se, 

 commanded by 

 Lieut. Harbe r , 

 was directed to 

 bring the bodies 

 of DeLong and 

 his heroic com- 

 rades back to 

 America for in- 

 terment, the sum 

 of $25,000 hav- 

 ing been appro- 

 priated by the 

 Government for that purpose. On reaching Yakoutsk, Lieut. 

 Harber procured reindeer sledges, and proceeding to the 

 graves of DeLong and his companions, the bodies were 

 taken up, placed on the sledges, and conveyed to Yakoutsk, 

 arriving there early in 1883. Here they were placed in caskets 

 made specially for their reception, and then brought back to 

 America, where they were received by the Secretary of the Navy. 

 On the 22d of February the bodies we're taken from the Brook- 

 lyn navy-yard across the bay to the Battery, from whence they 

 were escorted through the streets of New York bv battalions of 



GKAVE OF DELONG AND COMPANIONS. 



