The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-21
|EUTENANT PEARy'S WIFE
Q SUCCESSFULLY Weathers the
Trials and Hardships Of an
Arctic Winter.
bme Incidents of the Resolving
Party's Trip to Whale
Sound.
10 Uatted states Navy Given Credit for
the Trip to the Highest
Point Reached.

tno Xrlp 70 the AIl8n0s
Point Reached.
Much enthusiasm and rejoicing are mani
stsd here over the successful. issus OF the
F~esnland expedition, says q 81. Johns, N.
. dispatch to the New York World. The
turn Of I white woman, unframed and
hscathed from the ICY north when It was
morally feared that shs would never again
merge from her wintsr abode among tho
bquimaux, has drawn special attention to
. arriving parties and given TO them q
commence s~inRulsrly striking in the midst
the dssolation and ruin which every
here mark Newfoundland most impott-
ht town. Mrs. Psary il the target OF
nndreds Of curious eyes and the recipisnt
congratulations from all aides. Lieut..
eary's remarkable record. and the dra-
ATTIC incident OF the meeting on the inland
% with Prof. Heilprin's relief party excite
eneral interest while congratulations flow
Feely to Capt Pike. the hero of four
rctic expeditions, and the members of his
rev upon the exceptionally successful
oyage of his favorite boat, the Kite.
Capt. Pike commanded the Proteus in
B8l when the Greeley party were conveyed
. the Lady Franklin BAY, and again in
1853, when the same vessel, converting the
olief expedition under command OF Lieut..
darlington, was crushed in the ice of Cape
$abine. The combined expeditions OF the
academy Of Natural Sciences. Of Philadel-
bhia, selected him M their navigator in
1891 when the steam whaler Kite was char
cred to convey the Peary- Heilprin parties
b the north. and again in the present year
be was chosen to pilot the relief expedition
which has just returned from it, succsssful
bearch.
The Kite left st. Johns on its northern
course on the 9TH of July last, q brings
With it . brilliant record Of two successive
passages of Melville bay. It arrived ut
page was made. All facilities for the expe-
dition were afforded by the local officials.
who also furnished an efficient Esqui,nau
Interpreter. Upernavik was reached on the
I17th, and here again all official courtesy
was extended to the party.
The Duck Islands were passed on the
10th, and on the following day the entry
into Melville bay began. But little ice was
at first encountered, but on the second day
the Kite threw her nose into a large drift
ling foe, the boundaries of which were con-
Fcealed by a heavy fog whose denseness
caused a delay of nearly an entire day.
With the lifting of the fog the ice was
the morning Of July ~, the ship hove up
under the brow of the Cape York cliffs. A
"trip eastward of six miles was made for the
purpose OF visiting the main settlement OF
tho Arctic h%ighlanders or Esquimaux Of the
north shore of Melville bay, with the view
of obtaining possible Information from the
natives regarding the fate of the Peary
party, From information and drawings
made by one Of the tribe. who had during
the winter visited the Peary qunrters. il
was earned that at last accounts, the party
had not left Mirrormaok bay. or at any
rate had not been seen of Cape York.
After a few hours delay. in part necessi-
tated BY the fog, the Kite pushed into the
north water, whore no foe or pack ice wae
encountered. Passing Conical rock at mid
night. the expedition steamed to Wasten-
holm island, on this western spur OF which
it had been arranged hat records should
be left by Lieut.. Peary in the event of q
forced early retreat, but no cairn was OBJ
SCI vsd. An advice Of the prospective relief
expedition was despatched by Prof. He'll
prin on a whaler in the early part of May,
and the cask containing tho record which
was placed in position by Capt. Phillips. OF
the whaler Esquimaux, was easily discernl-
bic through its signal staff. The record
had remained undistnrbed. Shortly aftel
five a. m. of the 23l the Kite shaped bel
course to Whale sound. and early in the
evening of the same day made the passage OF
Northumberland strait and Herbert island
Murchison Sound was reached at IL
O'Clock and only ten miles lntervened be
tween the ship and the spot where a veal
toned the wooden shelter which subsequent
" was termed Red Cliff house. Mirror
mack bay opened up broadly to the west
its moving ice field joining with the endless
feet of berps which are being discharged
from the giant glaciers Of lnRteld gulf
Five miles more were covered and the Kit
plunged into the soft pack, but no sign O.
human life or habitation was yet apparent
Through the clear night air was sent thu
boom OF the ships cannon, but only re-
verberations from the barren crags' an.
swered. A second discharge followed, &C
companied by the shrill tones of the st can
whistle. From far alofs came the welcom
announcement that q land gun had bseA
fred, the eagle eye of Second Mate Dumphy
detecting smoke. When the ship's thunde
broke upon the silence u half hour later. 1
small speck appeared upon the wRter's sur.
face, and with a field glass it was discov
cred to be q moving boat. In the boat wer
Verhooef, Cook and Gibson who had com
with EaQuimaux friends to greetthe strRng
apparitions from the far south. All ha'
gone we'll, they reported. during the twelve
months Of absence.
Lieut.. Peary. with Astrup, was at tn
time of the arrival of the Kite traversin
the vast wilderness of the inland leo, Will
The heroic wife Of the commander, wit
Mate Henson, was enonmped at the head Q
.he bsy, some fifteen miles distant. await
,ng the return of the explorers. A dispato
was almost Immediately sent up by e.
quimaux to Mrs. Psary informing her G
the arrival of the Kite, and in a few shor
hours Q welcome and greeting were leturne
to the leader of the relief party. On til
following day Prof. Heilprin visited Mrs.
Peary's camp. Mrs. PeAry had been in cam
for nine days with but II single oompanio
to help pass the drsary and anxious days q
waiting. The experiences of Il year ha
told lightly on her. and there was nothin
to indicate regret for n venture which II
woman had heretofore bravei and whic
only mob devotion had dictated.
Lieut.. Psary has sent a dispatch to til
navy department. saying the United State
navy claims highest discoveries on Green
lands east coast. lndet Evidence bay,
degrees north latitude. The highest poiu
hitherto reached OH the east coast wa
about II degrees. by Holdenby, a German
The highest OIL the west coast WAS SO, b
Lockwood "a Brainard. OF the Greeley 81
Dodition.