J. B. Lockwood U S A
FARTHEST NORTH;
OR,
THE LIFE AND EXPLORATIONS OF LIEUTENANT JAMES BOOTH LOCKWOOD, OF THE GREELY ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
BY
CHARLES LANMAN.
NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,
1, 3, AND 5 BOND STREET.
1885.
When we think of the adventure of our times; whenwe recall the great Arctic explorations that have calledforth an endurance and daring which have been unsurpassedin other days; . . . what is there that is moreromantic than they are in any history of any age?
From a Thanksgiving Sermon byRev. Phillips Brooks.
Copyright, 1885,
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
PREFACE.
It is believed that this book, with its true butnone the less stirring adventures, will be of much interestto the general public, as well as gratifying tothe many warm friends of Lieutenant Lockwood. Itwill likewise correct any erroneous impressions whichmay have arisen from the publication of garbled extractsfrom the official journals kept by the differentmembers of the Greely party and, by order of theWar Department, laid open to the public. By thisorder, Lockwood’s journal and those of others becamepublic property, and hence any reference to them inadvance of their official publication is allowable.
The few pages devoted to the early life can not beexpected to especially interest the general public, butwill gratify Lieutenant Lockwood’s friends. Theyare here produced to give them permanency, and toshow his sterling character.
No attempt is here made to give a history of theExpedition, and only so much of Lockwood’s journalis produced as shows his connection therewith. Thevoyage to Lady Franklin Bay is given more in detail,2as it presents a lively picture of an interesting peoplenot much known, and as it exhibits the buoyant spiritswith which he entered upon the work, before dissensionsin camp had checked them, though withoutmarring his faithfulness and energy. The importantpart he had in the enterprise, his zeal, energy, andloyalty to his chief and to the cause, all are fully setforth, and will be more clearly seen when the moreelaborate history of the Expedition shall be publishedby Lieutenant Greely, as will shortly be done.
Although the journal has been freely used, itslanguage and style have not been closely followed, exceptin those parts quoted which refer to Lockwood’ssentiments and feelings. The deep pathos of thesecould be expressed as well in no other words.
His journal is very full and complete on the perilousboat-voyage to Cape Sabine, and in the heart-rendingstruggle for life in that ever-memorable hutwhere he and so many others laid down their lives.This has purposely been reduced to a few pages, givingthe story only so far as Lieutenant Lockwood wasconnected with it. The same, may be said as to thehome-life at the station on Lady Franklin Bay.
The portrait of Lieu