The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-09-24

rival of the steamer was greeted with
much cheering.
All the way up the river from the
breakwater the vessel was greeted by
steam whistles and bells on every craft,
and an anxious crowd assembled at the
docks.
Among the first to board the vessel was
Miss Nerhoetf, sister of John NJ. Ver-
hoetf, who failed to return with the party
and who is thought to have fallen into
a crevasse. His relatives discredit the
theory that he was killed, and several of
them firmly believe he is exploring the
interior of Greenland, having voluntarily
remained behind. The members of the
expedition, however, do not share this
belief The stories about differences be-
tween Verhoeff and Peary are denied by
the latter.
Lieutenant Peary, explorer, and Pro-
lessor Angelo Hilprin, commander of the
relief party, both express satisfaction
with the results which have been
achieved, saying both expeditions We're
em1nently successful.
Nerhoetf was last seen alive by Lang
den Gibson on August 18th, when he told
Gibson he was going to take trip TO
hookerne, an EsquimauX settlement, and
might not return for several days. Glib
son told him the settlement was deserted,
anu OH NlS6t Hllll nOl 10 20. puG V GTnO6u
insisted. When he failed to return Peary
secured number of EsquimauX and be-
gan search, which was kept up for sew
eral days and nights, but no trace Of the
missing man was found. Verhoeff's ac-
tions from the time the party reached
Greenland are described as peculiar, and
pointing to his intention to stay and live
with the EsquimauX.
His sister had long talk this afternoon
with Lieutenant Peary, and later de-
clared it was most unsatisfactory.
"Peary's treatment Of me-" said she,
was far from what it should have been,
and only strengthens my belief that he
acted in anything but kindly manner
toward my brother" Miss Verhoeff
firmly believes her brother is not dead,
but that he voluntarily left the party so
he might continue to go further north, as
Peary had agreed before the expedition
started.
But little information was gained from
Lieutenant Peary or any members of the
expedition in regard to scientific results
of the journey. Lieutenant Peary and
wife are under contract to New York
papers to give them the results of the
expedition first, and the other members
are pledged to silence. The Lieutenant
said the most important work accom-
plished, Of course, was the discovery of
the great bay named Independence
Bay, on the northeast coast of Greenland,
and the practical outlining of the entire
northern coast of Greenland, settling
once for all the vexed question as
to whether Greenland stretched across
the pole in northern continental
mass or not. Greenland, as the map
now will show, is great island reaching
from its present known position to little
above the eighty-third parallel of lati-
tude.
1.-The upper part of Greenland" he
said, lis much like its southern end. Ice
caps end the south of Victoria Ford, and
the main land mass does not stretch very
much further north. The north and
northeastern shores are bordered with
islands until you come to the great bay 1
discovered in latitude $50 81. On the
southern shore of the bay great glacier
protrudes and after running to the north
east of the North Atlantic coast runs
northwest to the highest point discovered
by Lockwood in 1882"