The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-09-30
TELL OF THEIRsUFFERINGs.
Peary and His Patty Relate Their
Rough Experiences.


st. Johns. N. r, september 2s-The
| Peary party are very recent but generally
! concede that ia the main tho expedition
! was q failure. Last WRITER was passed I'M
( eventually at Anniversary lodge in pre-
1 pairing for the great expedition. When they
/ arrived at a point l35 miles from head
| quarters, where he hal packed provisions
I On the failure Of the expedition in 1891
| Feary could not find thu cache. which had
| evidently been showed over. Consequently,
ne decided to continue TO Independence
bay. hoping to augment his stock of pro
visions by shooting game. He expected to
reach the bay and do some coast eXplora-
tion, which two hopes we're realized, al
though at tho cost OF dreadful hardships
Ice gave out ana had TO be hauled for
several days till the bay was reached,
where they Contrived TO shoot several
musk oxen Owing TO the smallneSs OF the
party and the fatal defect Of a scarcity
Of food, Peary could not make. his way
n"rthward. lie did some cGvotes spioration
himself whie Lee rect onGdenct. after
which they begai - oir re" " TO
camp. The decd. anne 49,, ,,.orp
want OF foosc mproberp' that the Wow
thc t.r6ngcr ones "Ith '8don ~ che aleiy
tire stock Of do6s became OF. edueeu tiidt
only n few remained when headquarters
were reached on the return journey. ON
the return Lee again collapsed and had 10
take to the sledge which Poary and lien
srp with the remaining dogs, drew over
tie frozen snow until he recovered FOR
over two weeks al three lived on one meai
a cav They ate their last ounce OF io"d
twenty miles from camp and passed TWEEN
tv-six hours without food before they sue
c.cled I'm reaching home. They got back
IDLY 9th lust "a week before they heard
news Of the relief expedition. The kite
) reached the mouth OF Englefield gulr July
2Ist. hut could not penetrate NcrthumbeI-
land sound. owing to ice. Being forced
south bv tho ice packs he tried Murchln-
SON sound, but failed, and eventually en-
! tered Mccormack bay on August "a. Inc
relief eNnedition started and walked thirty
I'VE miles 60 Cowdcrn hay ana retufhtl 10
/ the ship August attn. She rroccedod 10 Cape
. Ral,ue on tho west coast, whence SIZE
4 rriiis,d south, entering Jones sound ana
I proceeding nifty miles up II untl stopped
I nv ice She followed the coast south ana
= crossed Melville bay to Cape YORK. WheFe
: she explored for meteorites, and contrlved
~ get two safely shipped, one OF which
| weichcd half a ION. They drilled seVefal
ho;es in It. hoping TO force OFF piece bht
/ failed
ON septemhcr 7th the Kite WAS caught
I'm n pack Of disks and remained there four
( days. she hardly esca ped being nippcd and
I sinking The Kite has on board the most
! valuable Collection brought out OF the
, arctic regions.
pearv made many valuable rhetorical
! discoveries. Poary feels his failure keenly
I and much sympathy IS expressed Tor nm
here.
Fun details OF the dreadful sufferinGs OF
peary, Lee and Henson arc now becom'
in.. public il is a cause FOR wonder how
tpev survived. No other case is known
where arctic explorers deliberately tool
their lives in their hands and ventured up
ON a most exacting enterprise with th'
fun knowledge that their supply OF fooc
was insufficient and that they would prob
ohIv DC IRISH in the attempt. Peary's dtsap'
noint1ucnt over the unsatisfactory termina
tion of the expedition Is unconceaied. bu
all admit that he is not responsible FOL
the failure. No human being could nave
done more 20 make the expedition sue
cess Had he had more men, or even SUI
fcieut provisions, he would have accom-
rlisbod much more. All members OF the
a~,.edition leave for New York by thu
steiner Silvia, sailing from here Thurs
day next.
Peary Leaves st. John.
st Johns n. +, September %.-Th'
! steamer Silvia, with the members OF IN
Isarv expedition on board. sailed AT
o..Jocl, his evening. Lieutenant Pear,
and Mr.. Lee leave her at Halifax. Tho form
or will visit his mother in Boston. Will
Mr. Ice goes TO Meridian, Conn. whcr
his family reside. The other member
OF the expedition are going on direct T.
New York with all the expeditions equip
ments and collections, lhcluu4HS III
mctcorites.
Lieutenant Poary, after visiting rela
tives will proceed to New York to super
intend the delivery of the collection t
the Museum of Natural History. Then h
expects TO be occupied for several week
In preparing the official records of the eX
pedition. and reports for scientific societies
lie reports for duty at the navy depart
ment at the end of November. He ho
no idea where he is likely to be assigned
.lThe Croaker."
A class Of people legion
| Are I'm tins .asurco "tGioN,
Who are a'gin our glorious 'EXposish."
They pirate OF dead reaction
And win seeming satisfaction,
While they stubbornly maintain their foo
posish
=" But soon these ardent kicilers
n win ret the gibcs and smokers
> az en- nlsIaStiC 'L3LtidnS NJ large,
N And me vtLrld VITA Iever Snow them,
:: nor our "Expossh" will snow them
q Much farther Gown than 6lnty ana n
:. barge. NJ, No..