The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-14

articles. Although the weather was very
cold, the lowest temperature being minus
$50, the party had no difficulty in keeping
warm. When spring opened they had
more than one ton of coal remaining Of the
seven tons left them, besides a large guam
tity of kerosene. The health Of the men,
bers also was excellent, except during
short period, when Mr.. and Mrs. PearY
suffered from the grip.
The san showed itself on Feb. Is. and
almost Immediately provisions were grad
uelly taken to the head of the bay, fifteen
miles distant. for the ice journey. On
April go the work OF Transporting these to
the edge Of the inland ice began, Mr. and
Mrs. Peary, with q few Esquimaux, in the
meantime taking short boat Journey to
Inglejieid gulf to survey it.
PEARY's INLAND JOURNEY.
On May the ice journey began, the
party comprising Peary, Astrupp, Gibson
and COoKe-Henson and Verdoeff remaining
behind with Mrs. Peary, the first on account
Of frozen heel, and the second to attend to
meteorological work in which he had become
greatly interested. At the start seven
sledges of different patterns were taken, but
three OF these were soon found unavailable
and dropped. Twenty Esquimau dogs were
elso taken, but five Of these had died by the
time the party had gone thirty miles be-
You'd the basin OF the Humboldt glacier,
"hACh WAC EedCuSu on may Il. AT THIS
point Mr.. Peary selected Astrupp as his
companion, took three of the sledges and
thirteen dogs and continued the Journey.
Cook and Gibson returning with one
sledge and two dogs, arriving at the Red
Clltfe house early on the morning of June
8. After leaving Cook and Gibson, Peary
and Astrupp pursued a northeast course.
following along the Humboldt glacier,
Petermann aud Sherard Osborn Flords, and
succeeded in determining the northern
boundary Of the main land mass Of Green
land.
Soon after the commencement Of the Jour-
ney two OF the three sledges were discarded.
and before its completion eight of the thir-
teen dogs died. The sledge which was 10
feet long, l6lnches wide, and weighed thir-
teen pounds, and sustained without break
ing weight Of $50 pounds. The principal
food was pemmican, pea soup, bears meat
and biscuit. No tent was used to harbor
them from the winds and even sleeping bags
were after time discarded, the fur clothing
being considered sufficient protection for a
greater part OF the time. The weather was
pleasant, except for the sharp Winds. and
but little difficulty was found by the two in
keeping their course, except during fogs,
which closely resembled the ice they were
travelling one. They succeeded in making
the entire journey in ninety days, the return
being made in much shorter than the for
ward movement.
THE ONLY DEATH ON THE EXPEDITION.
Shortly after Mr.. Peary's return occurred
the only catastrophe of the expedition-the
disappearance and almost certain death of |
Mr.. Verhoef. He was last seen on Aug. |
IL, when be intimated his intention Of |
visiting a neighboring settlement, a min |
eral territory well known to MIN. Having |
failed to appear within a reasonable time. |
fears for his safety were aroused and search |
was begun for him. In this the Peary |
party, the relief expedition and the |
crew of the Kite were engaged be- |
sides nine Esquimaux, who were stimulated |
TO extra exertion by the offer of rifles aud |
other articles valuable to sthem The |
search, which was continued without inter |
mission for seven days and nights, was so |
thorough that several small articles lost last |
spring were found, and finally traces of the |
missing man. There were footprints lead |
ing from the shore Of Rooertson's bay up |
to dangerous glacier. At ID head were |
placed carefully on a rock, with drip |
pings from a meat can and a piece
of string. Beside the heap OF min. |
erals, from the evidence discovered |
there was no doubt Ia the minds OF the |
searohers that Mr.. Verhoeff had been there |
and had fallen into one of the thousands of |
dangerous gulches which that glacier pos |
sessed. and was killed. Having completely |
traversed the country that was in any way |
accessible to Mr.. Verhoeff, and convinced
themselves of the futiity of any further
search. the expedition returned to McCor-
mick bay on the night of Aug. %, and on
the following day started on the homeward
journey.