The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-16

| ST. JOHN, y. F., Sept. 15.-The steamer
| Falcon, Captain Bartlett, returned this
afternoon, bringing back the whole per-
sonnet of the Peary expedition OF last year
except Lieutenant Peary himself. Hugh
| Lee, companion and Matthew Henson, a
colored servant, all of whom remain st
Bowdoin Bay for another year. hoping to
| accomplish the work of the expedition,
which is still left untitled
The story of the expedition is very
thrilling. The final incident of note was
the birth of Mrs. Pesry's baby on
September 12s 1898, a month after the
Falcon left last year. The various
scientific observations were most success
full. They were taken by Mr.. Baldwin to
Independence bay, the farthest point
north reached by Lieutenant Peary on mis-
previous journey.
COLD KILLS THE DOGS.
The storms reached their worst point
during the equinoxial gales in March. The
party was then in camp about fifty miles
from Anniversary Lodge, in a temporary
house at the head of Bowdoin bay. The
thermometer reached from 80 to 90 degrees
below zero, and remained so for two
days, while a gale bowed about fifty miles
an hour. The dogs persisted in great
numbers. After the storm the whole
party returned to Anniversary Lodge,
where they left three sick men. Then the
four healthy ones, Lieutenant Peary, H.
graken, Clarke and Baldwin, started again
and continued onward fourteen days. But
the dogs continued to die. The party
were so weak from exposure and the time
travelling was so long as TO render it i'm
possible to reach Independence bay in time
10 accomplish anything. Consequently
Lieutenant Peary returned to headquar-
tiers, which were reached on April 90
Mrs. PEARY on A sLEDGE.
The party was absent about forty five
days and only got $50 miles away. 1t
started with nlnety-two dogs and returned
with only twenty-six, after having aban-
doued all the sledgeS on the way. It COW
cred only quarter of the distance neces-
sarY and never made more than twenty
miles in any day. All had narrow escapes
from being frozen 10 death. Davidson
was sick for four months after his expert
ence.
The party regained health and other ex-
plorations in the neighborhood were Or
ganized. Astrup explored the UNEMPLOYED
part of the coast of Melville Bay and
char ted 100 miles of it. Lieutenant
Peary and his wife made sledge Journey
to Olrike bay, 100 miles distant. Ingraken
and Dr. Vincent tried to reach Kane's
winter quarters at LiJtleton Island, but
the ice broke up, compelling them to re-
turn.
ALL GLAD TO GET BACK.
The auxiliary expedition which sailed
from here, july Z, found the Peary party
all in good health and spirits and glad of
the opportunity to return home. The Fal-
con. while going north, searched Carey Is
land, Cape F'araday and Clearance Head,
but found no traces of the long missing
Swedish explorers. Bjorling and Kalagen-
Jus. Their death is now regarded as GER
tain.
Lieutenant Peary decided to remain an-
other year in the north, and try to- cross
Greenland next year. Lee and Hanson
agreed to remain with him. Lieutenant
Peary accompanied the Falcon as far south
as Cape York, where he had discovered IA
magnificent iron meteorite, which he
wished TO send to the United States. The
ice blocked the ship out from the land,
and thsre.ore he was obliged to give up
the attempt to send the meteorite,