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more heard of; one, under the command of the engineer
Melville, safely reaching the mouth of the river and finding
people; while the third, under the command of De Long
himself, reached the delta near Saga-Styr. Not succeeding
in finding natives or in procuring food, De Long’s party,
after horrible sufferings, died from exposure and famine,
with the exception of the above-mentioned two men, Noros
and Nindemann, who, being sent in advance by Capt. De
Long to try and reach Kumak-Surt for relief, after dreadful
privation, finally got to the hut of Androssoff at the small
river of Bulkur, where they no doubt would have perished
but for Androssoff.
It was on the 9th of October, 1881, that De Long ordered
Nindemann and Noros to start on their march, and on the
19th of the same month they reached the hut in a terribly
exhausted state, having lived mainly on pieces of skin and
willow-tea. Here they found some half-rotten remnants of
fish, which they greedily devoured. They intended to
proceed further, but their strength failed. At noon on the
22nd of October, as they were seated by the fire, they heard
a noise outside like a flock of geese sweeping by.
Nindemann looked through the crack of the door and saw
something moving, which he took to be a reindeer. He took
his rifle down, loaded it, and was moving forward, when
the door opened, and a man stood at the entrance.
According to the American report of the event, the native,
seeing Nindemann advancing towards him with his rifle, fell
on his knees, threw up his hands, and begged for his
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