Having been permitted to examine an elaborate and interesting journal kept by Sergeant Brainard, a few notices relating to the closing days and the death of Lieutenant Lockwood are reproduced, as follows:
January 12, 1884.—Lieutenant Lockwood is very weak. He has been saving the greater portion of his bread and meat for several days, and talks to himself about food. He frequently looks intently at the lamp, and requests that it be kept burning all night.
January 20th.—Lieutenant Lockwood is growing weaker and weaker. He said to me a few days ago, “Brainard, I have lost my grip,” meaning that he had lost his last hope of life.
January 24th.—Lieutenant Lockwood seems to be in better spirits to-day.
January 28th.—The doctor said to-day that if Lieutenant Lockwood did not brace up, he would never recover.
January 30th.—Lieutenant Lockwood is growing steadily weaker, and talks but seldom now. I wish he would try to be more cheerful.
February 15th.—Lieutenant Lockwood is better, but does not improve so rapidly as I would wish.
April 4th.—The rations of Lieutenant Lockwood and Linn have been increased to one fourth of a dovekie each per day.
April 5th.—I am afraid that Lieutenant Lockwood and Linn will soon follow the faithful Esquimaux, who has just died. They can not, or they will not, eat shrimps any more. Although they are both given an extra allowance of dovekie, it is not sufficient to restore them.
April 7th.—Lieutenant Lockwood and Jewell will soon follow Linn. They are very weak and failing rapidly.