Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-10-06
GREENLAND WONDERS.
DR.. Cook Arrives With An
Interesting Tale.
WENT INTO THE INTERIOR.
Party Of Scientists Made Discoveries
Of Vast Importance.

trim fishing schooner Carrie w. Babsor
of this port arrived yesterday afternoon
from fishing trip to Greenland, youns
man Of short, compact stature, whoss
pleasant, smiling face was covered with
short brown beard, was seen upon her
deck, surrounded by number Of dogs
clearly of . different species from those
seen upon our streets From the COM
panionway peered two short, olive-skinned,
black-haired aud black-eyed persons, one q
boy and tho other girl.
The brown bearded man, by his dress
and bearing, was clearly not one of the
crew, and such turned out to be the fact,
for he announced, in answer to inquiries,
that he was DIR. Frederick A. Cook, who
was the surgeon on Lieutenant Peary's
first arctic expedition. and that he was re-
turning from an independent exploration
to northern Greenland, laden with vaiua
BILE information and specimens.
DIR. Cook is familiar with much apper
taining to that region. He said that after
leaving Nova Scotia they cruised about
Newfoundland and Labrador, crossing
Davis straits, went mp the Greenland
coast to Cape York, In latitude 20, stops
being made at several harbors along the
coast.
Most of the time they had fine weath her.
but four very heavy gales occurred during
the voyage Captain Hebb, who COM
manded the expedition, considered IL un-
wise to 20 farther north, although the
party wished to- At Naagsuk, six full.
blooded Esquimaux dogs and nine pup
pies were secured, with the intention OF
breeding them to take on an Antarctic ex-
pedition.
At Amonak Fjord they went 90 miles In.
land. This is the place where one-third of
all the ioebergs west Of Greenland come
from, and at one time thousand could be
seen moving north rapidly into Melville
bay, crossing Baffin to the American coast
at Anronak.
Valuable Discoveries.
Remains Of the first Greenland settlers
were obtained. In the graves were found
a number of their implements of the
chase, made Of stone, ivory and bone,
the points of the arrows being similar
to those of the American Indian. AL
together two barrels of bones were ex-
humed, apparently Of q race OF small
people; also beds of soft coal, In which
were found fossil remains of semi-tropical
plants, shell fish, etc Fossil WOOD. shells
and gravel 300 feet above the level Of the
sea were found, showing that the sea had
been higher than at present
At Godth aab the remains of ancient
buildings, supposed To be those Of the old
Norsemen, were found They were made
out Of broken stone, and instead of cement
moss was used. Here was found patch
OF old rye growing in a wild state, show
ing that the seed had been sown many
years.
twenty-five miles interior from the
above place another settlement was found,
the walls Of some buildings being nearly
intact. One contained apartments for
several families. At Cape York 100 differ
ent measurements of tribes of mixed
Esquimaux were taken by kodak and fash
light at night, but the full blooded tribes
are north of that point
The average size of these male Esqui-
maux was 5ft 1-2in., and 1876 pounds
weight; females, 4ft. Sim, and 100 pounds.
On the way home Labrador was again
visited and many specimens obtained.
At Hami ton Inlet there were 280 ves-
sells, belonging to the Newfoundland fish
ing feet. Those that were north had done
poorly. but those that kept south had done
well.
At Assizes hsrbor DR.. Cook got two
Esquimaux children, whose parents con-
sented to let him bring them to the states
with the understanding that he should
take good care of them and bring them
back next season. The girl, whose name
is Kelaketak, is 10 years old, and Mikok.
the boy, is II. They appear quite con-
tented, but somewhat homesick. They
could speak, read and write English
coherently. having been sent to school by
the Hudson's Bay company.