The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-10

grees and 40 minutes north, and 1t was
there the baby was born, as aforesaid.
AT that time the weather was still quite
mild and the days some 10 hours long,
but they shortened rapidly, and winter
came, as it does in the far north, with
amazing s~uddenness.
For liz days the sun never appeared
above the horizon, and the temperature
ranged from 90 to 40 below zero ana
occasionally much lower, but there
was the usual supply of moonlight, and
it was indescribably brilliant, for OF all
the beauties of nature non is more daz-
zlingly beautiful than the night sky OF
the far north. The natives winter In
ice huts, but the Pearys had a good
sized double house, which the lieuten-
ant took with him, all prepared to set
up, and their oil fuel made it comfort
ably warm throughout. Besides nursing
the baby partook freely Of condensed
milk and other infant food and o
developed such an appetite that she
took heavier food and at 2 months ate
just what the rest did. At 10 months
she weighed % pounds.
1.-THE Eskimo" says Mrs. Peary,
do not make particularly good serVs
ants. Bill, the little native nurse ]
brought, is rather more intelligent than
| the average and il very fond OF baby,
q sentiment that Marie fully recipro-
Gates. | did not intend TO bring her with
me, but she begged SO hard to come, and
her father was SO anxious to have her
do SO, that / consented. She is the first
Eskimo from that part Of Greenland to
Journey south, and when she returns
next fall with baby and me- she will be
a great heroine. / didn't want TO come
back at all, on account of leaving my
husband, but DR.. Vincent was return
ing, and / was afraid to stay with baby
and no physician during the teething
time. OF course the life there was very
monotonous, but / was too busy caring
for my small family to have much time
to indulge inconsistencies. / had my pic-
lures and books and read q great deal
in the long winter evenings.
I'VE have in Greenland q summer Of
nearly four months, during which tht
temperature is sometimes as high as OF
degrees and the vegetation is very
luxuriant. The grass grows often q fool
high over the old 'igloos, or huts, and
is plentifully sprinkled with bright vel
low peoples, polentillas. bluebells and
rhododendrons. but there are no tree
= worthy the name. During the mild sea
, son the skies and waters are beautifully
7 blue. and the air il wonderfully soft and
clear.
D IT dressed there ~outwardly exactl.
a. / do here. OF course | had to weal
very heavy underclothing, and in win
ter deerskin stockings, with the fu
turned in, reaching above the knee, ant
sealskin boots. The latter were rathe
clumsy, but very warm and comforta
Bile. When ! went sledging, / wore
long fur coat, which enveloped me from
n head TO foot" 4
The Peary party was very well sup
: piled with canned vegetables of man,
! kinds, and the hunters brought in album
dance of deer meet. The cooking an
Il heating were done with oil. There wa
none OF that trouble OF keeping thing
which In ever ON the minds Of house
keepers i'm warmer lands, and vegetable
Q went direct from the can and fres
y meat from It's frozen state into the he
y water. But, for all that. life in the art
p tic regions In hard and nature, to PR
" serve d human race there, Is obliged |
deaden It's eryou sensibilities and loa
: ii with fat. Mrs. Peary and little Mar
Ahmigito will try IL again, however.