Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-09-28
MRS, PEAHY.

ant Peary's chief dependence, gave IN from
hardship. The dogs perished in great num-
bers and froze into solid blocks.
After the storm was ever tho whole party
returned to Anniversary Lodge, where they
left three sick men, together with plenty oil
supplies to form basis OF operations. Then
the four healthy ones, Lieutenant Poary,
Entrekin, Clarke and Baldwin, started again
and continued onward for fourteen days.
But the dogs still continued to die. Chose
left were unable to drag the
sledees and provisions. The party was
90 weakened by exposure and the time oc-
cupied in travelling was 30 long as to render
It impossible to reach Independence Bay IN
time to accomplish anything. Consequently
Lieutenant Peary decided to abandon the
attempt to cross Greenland and returned to
headquarters, which were reached on Apru
90.
The party was absent forty-five days and
only got 100 miles away. 1t started with
ninety-two dogs and returned with only
twenty-six after having abandoned oil tho
eledres on the way. 1t covered only q
quarter of tho distance necessary and never
made more than twenty miles in any day.
The members Of the party assert that their
experience in the etluinoct1al gales was
worse than that Of any previous Arctic eX-
plorers. All had very narrow escapes from
being frozen to death. Davidson was SICK
for four months after his experience. En-
trekin had both his feet badly frost-bitten.
After the party regained health other ex
plorations in the neighborhood wcre organ
lied, Astrup made q survey OF the une%
plored part Of the coast OF Melville Bay anu
charted $50 miles of 1t. He had native crow
OF five men to help him.
Lieutenant Peary and his wife made a
sledge journey to Olrike Bay, 100 miles DIS
tant Entrekin and DR.. Vincent started to
trv to reach Kane's winter quarters at Lit
| tleton Island, but the ice broke up, compel
| ling them to return.
The auxiliary expedition, which saile1
| from here on July 7 on board the
steamer Falcon, met with great deaf OF
ice, and the steamer was seriously
| hampered In her operations. She had
| extreme difficulty in making her way
| through the ice foes and only sighted
| Bowdoln Bay on July %. Then an Ice
| pack thirty-fve miles wide prevented com
munication with the shore until AuEust IL,
| md the steamer only anchored In Falcon
| Harbor on August 20. She found al the
| pearv par+y In good nealth and spirits ana
| glad OF the opportunity TO return home.
While going north the Falcon searched
Carey Islands. Cape Faraday and Clarence
Head. but found no traces OF the long MSS
| iDy Swedish explorers Biorldins and ha!-
stentus, who sailed from hero In June,
1892, In the little schooner Ripple. Iner
! death IS now regarded rs certain. ine fa,-
| con secured some relics on Carey isianus
and buried a skeleton supposed to DO 'ha'
| of sailor.
Iheutenent Peary decided to remain an
other year In the North and Try to Gross
| Greenland next year. Lee and HehSen
agreed to remain with him.
After the combined parties had engaged IN
. hunt preparations for departure we're
made on August 26. Mrs. Peary, her dauSh-
ger. Mrs. Cross, the nurse, and an Esquima0
girl attendant were taken aboard and the
Falcon started southwark
Mr. Peary decided to accompany the snip
10 Cape York to superintend shipping O
neteorite which he had examined while on
A sladge journey, and arriving at Cape YORK
On August 27 the Ice OF the cape was found
intact. and thus all hope OF reaching tue
meteorite, twenty miles distant, was dis
PEELED.
The Falcon carried Mr. Peary north to