The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-09-23
A STORY or HARDSHIP.
Peary's Terrible Experiences in
the Frozen North.
OBLIGED TO KILL DOGS FOR FOOD.
For Thirty-six Hours Previous TO the Re
turn to Their Lodge Psary and His TIVE
Companions Were without Food-rhs
Explorer CompIeteIy DLshsnrtened.

FOR Fhirty-si1 hoars fre''ous 70 '"e NC
turn to Their Lodge Peary and His TIVE
Companions Were without Food--Ths
r.,. c.,,.,.,x n,.h.,r,.n.a-
ST. JoHr's, N F., Sept 25-The Pcary
relief steamer Kite arrived Saturday after.
noon, bringing Lieutenant Robert Il,
Peary, Hugh Lee and Matthew Henson
safe home.
The Peary expedition party endured
much hardship last winter, but started
northward again In April in an attempt to
make new record The succeeded IN
reaching Independence bay where they
camped.
The explorers were unable TO make any
pronounced advance northward, owing to
the weakness Of the party, both Lee and
Henson being exhausted. A number OF
the dogs died from a plague common
among them. The Kite reached Pearya
Headquarters Aug. 8 and started to return
on Sept. 1. They spent the interyeninq
time explorinr in the interests of the
Greenland scientific expedition. Messrs.
Diebitsch. Salisbury, Dyche, lie Boutil.
lier and Walsh, who were on board, sur.
yeyed many miles Of unknown coasts.
They also discovered two large meteor.
ties. which thew brought home, and an.
other. weighing forty tons, which 1t was
impossible to take away. They also found
It impossible to bring home Peary's house
MANY specimens Of dear, walrus and
northern animals and birds, flowers and
iichens were secured, but the captures
were NOT as extensive as had been ex-
pected owing to the time for exploring
being cut short in the hurry to return.
The story of Lieutenant Peary's latest
Tor tho cessation of the March eouinotical
gales thew started from headquarters
Anril three men five sledqes and forty
nine aops Within seven DAYS they reached
the nroTimitv of the all precious cache OF
food on which the sueeess of the tourney
depended. Peary had cached IL last wear
for the EXPRESS purpose Of utilizing IL this
snripo observation-disclosures however greeted
them ne the most persistent and careful
search failed tn find IL Last winters
snovva had obliterated every trace of IT,
with this terrible damper al their first
start the tbree still dared to venture into
the unknown.
II meant hardship. nrivatIon. possibly
death. INIT thew would not retreat, Short
ching their rations they began their terri
hle iournev The sufferines tbey endured
se,y can tell The marty Of three men was
In ada tn fara thiq yuildarpeeG and
this vas rroyen when ea gave mn THROUGH
sbaer exhanstion and Law down 10 die His
saitbf,1 connanions draw hin, on n sledge
For 1so miles iii Indenendence bay was
rsacbed yvhore nermanent camn was
for,,,ad and tha sufyarar treated til be re.
covered
paarv va. bovevar norverless IN mata
.nv No. discoyer,ss ue dared not venture
80 a1o,a -, M ioa ana Iand n, ssaa ay.
tanains, ,,,rth hevond the ray ge ~ vis,or
few s,iIoa ~ coast arnloration to tho
,,orth,v.rd a., The diraotio, xyhera a int.
t;n,s oa,,a tnr,,s ,ocL ,Soodis bigbost no,nt
90 ~ raa.had In 1854 sorms tba solitary
ochiavon,ent and disn,rited and baff,ed
Pear t,,rnsd his face bomsward Dnr,ns
tba stay an the coast al gbt musk oven were
shot "a tha,r eesh anah,ino tho ,,e,,,,i.
oa,, starss y, he Lent for tbe raturn saved
AZ r., aSniorars from n ,,,serable dsath
49, ~, .hat ,,ast ,niand saa Of ;oa
Tha1 tertsd hscl on June TX and after
- 80 ~ a,.,,, .hr,1aa sirxns -
~ go o.. ~ H.. ,1as i,I,axrssa ,,noh
taiuabia and ~ srsed,,,, h.oams ! oosa ~
d. AZ s,,.,,,,ai ~ ths tt,ost III. yvealey
- -, sIa,,s,htara5 tho. tha othars
u 80. IT, .nd hsir tha,. ,,,aster aIona
81, -. 80, ro,,s,,,,,., a,,d doo,s AZ.
croasod tba slsdses were abandoned Tben
10 had anain to taLa bjs nlace in a sledga
and tho otbers 10 sirao, his weakened FORM
49, g., i. bocaToa a str,,r-r,lo so- vow,
aristsnoo Everv ounce ~ ;mnediment,
,,1as d;sco,ded Ths sIedoes dwindIed 10
t,rn +ho dons 70 f,fteen
nj a. ,,,.,,.. ,sS+ .handorad than ~.
.c;ant,f,c instruments wind gauees etc
suhios no,,id I've disnensod Nth nntiI a,
,,s. an1v ono sIadge n sevv mounds of food
anS A. Az dngs re,ns,nad
N'' 80 -, ,aara, ,,h,,a sood ,,oo
u.nish;na thev asandonad their ,ast
s,adao a1d ,yitb ono solitary doc the lone