The Monticellonian., 1895-09-27
RETURN OF THE KITE

Bringing Peary, Lee and Henson Safely Home from Their Arctic Explorations An Interesting story nf Their Experience Which, However, was a Failure so Tar
 aH the Chef Object of the Voyage Was Concerned.
 ST JoHNs, N F., Sept. 22-The Peary refieG steamer Kite arrived here yesterday afternoon. bringing Peary, Lee and Henson safe home. The Peary expedition party endured much hardship last winter. but undaunted, started northward again in April in an attempt to make a new record. They succeeded in reaching Iudepend- ence bay, where they camped. They were una ble to make any pronounced advance nortbward owing to the weak ness of the party
 The PearY party are very reticent. but generally conceded that in the main the expedition was practically a failure. Last winter was passed m eventually at Anniversary Lodge in preparing for the great expedition over the ice cap, winch left Anniver. sary Lodge April 1. All three. Peary Lee and Henson, took part, having five steds and forty-nine dogs, besides 5 supporting party of natives during the first stages of the journey.
 When they arrived at a point 1s5 miles from headquarters, where he had cached provisions on the failure of the expedition in 1891. PearY cauId not find the cache, which had evi- denglY been showed over and bneze L Consequently he decided to conunae on toward Independence bay, hoping to augment his limited stock of pro visions by shooting game He ex- peclea te reaeh the bay and tie some eo.~t eNaI2rltlon winch two hope Mere rea4zz i, although at 6 cost dreadful hdrdahips. Lee gave out att= had to be hauled for several days tiII the bay Was reached where they con tnvcd to shoot several musk oxen.
 Owing to taa smaIIness of the party and the fatal defect Of scarcity O food. ReaHy could not make hIs way northward The dogs became emaeI- aIed from want of feod and then dc Eg.uped contagious sickness PearY Wae compelled to kill the weaker oae9 by degrees to supply tho stronger ones with lood.
 During the return Lee again eoI- lapscd an4 had to take to the sJedee, which Reary and Henson, with the re- maiuins dogs, drew over the frozen snow uHtH=He recovered For oyer two weeks all three lived on one meal Il lay.
 The Kite reached the mouth of fn- gIetieId gaIf July 2L but could not penetrate north of Emberland sound owing to ice, and eventually entered Mccormack bay on August 2
 The relief expedition started and walked thirty-fve miles to Bowdoin bay, where they faand the gallant tro. Both parties returned to Che snip August 1. She then started GU WaIrus eraHze.
 Next ste followed the coast south and crossed Melville bay to Cape York, where she explored for meteoriles and eoutrived to get two safely shipped, one weighing half ton, and the other three tons but a stone commonly known Us sir John Ross. an immense Dl'ch CT almost pure Iron. weighing about forty tons it was found imp9ssi- bLe to move, and they were compelled to abandon it.
 The kite has on board the most valuable collection ever brought ont ot the Arctic regions. It is mainly the work of Prof Byehe, of Kaasas university, who collected nearly 4,005 specimens of birds, eggs and animals in the ne3ghorhood of Ha.stein burg Pcary secured many valuable meteor olog ical data. Ali the members of the combined expeditions agree that this gives the teath blow to any Arctic ex- petition under American auspices for many years to come Peary feels his failure keeHiy, Ind much sympathy is expressed for him here