The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-29
PEARY'S PARTY RETURNS.
His Successful Summers Work in
Greenland.

His Successful Summers Work in
Greenland.
100 Cases of Specimens for the Ameri-
can Museum of Natural History-Much
Scientific Work Done on the West
Coast.
New York SUM-
Sydney, Cape Breton, Sept. 26-The
stea mer Hope, with my party on board.
arrived here at 10. 40 a. M. today. send
to The Sun brief statement of our sum-
mer's work.
On cur way to Greenland, after leaving
Turnavik, Labrador, the Hope steamed
north along the coast, enoountering much
heavy ice. We passed an American whaI-
ing bark off the Four Peaks and were de-
tanned one day off Cape aChidley Cat the
entrance to Hudson Strait) by ice. We
obtained three polar bears here, two of
them being captured alive, and we are
bringing them home.
We entered Hudson Strait and reached
Ashe Inlet on the north side, on July
20. The country in the neighborhood
was examined, and Assist ant Putnam of
the Coast andGeodetio Survey made PEN
dulum and magnetic observations. We
visited Ia village of Hudson Bay Eski-
mos, and obtained a KAYAK and cos
TUNES.
. Leaving Hudson Strait we forced a
passage through the ice, rounded Reso-
luton Island ION the north side OF Hud-
son Strait) on July 30, and on the fol-
lowing day attempted to enter Cumber-
land Sound (Bafin Land), but were pre-
vented BY heavy ice.
We then bore away for Godhaven,
Disco Island. Greenland, arriving there
on Aug. 2. Magnetic observations were
made here. Then We steamed to Atani-
kerdluk in the Waigat. between Disco
Island and the mainland, and landed
Mr.. Geor go Bartlett and his party to col
lect fossils. Thence we went to Omanak
(the next large indentation to the north),
from where Prof. Burton of Boston and
his party were landed for their summers
work. Then we proceeded to Upernayik
to obtain Eskimo hunters for Prof. Tarr.
The next stop was at Wilcox Head in
Melville Bay, where Prof Tarr and his
party were landed early on Aug. z for
their summers work.
Melville Bay was crossed in spite of ice
and fog in twenty six hours. A large
polar bear was killed on the way. We
arrived on Aug. s at Cape York, found q
few natives there, and learned the sad
news that visitation of influenza had
killed twenty-eight of the little tribe,
II per cent OF their entire number. We
learned also that Anniversary Lodge, my
second house in northwest Greenland,
had been burned.
The eclipse of the sun was obser we'd
about midnight on Aug. s. The lower
limb was 0bscured to an amount equal
to one-tifth of the entire disk.
There was much ice east of Cape York
In Melville Bay. land SO the Hope
steamed north and visited the various
settlements, obtaining costumes, tents,
sfedges, canoes, implements, weapons,
dogs, go :, and making casts, photo
graphs, and measurements of the interest
ing people. Two or three days were de-
voted to walrus hunting and largo
number of specimens We're ssecured, also
a number of reindeera. norwhal, white
whales. seals, Go. The bird cliffs also
in all stages Of growth was obtained.
Rowdoin Bay and the site of Annlvsr-
sary Lodge were visited.
The lodge was burned by the careless
ness of old Atunginah. anEskimo witch.
We also visited Ignimut, or great fire
stone of the Eskimo. It is ia large
nodule of.pyrites, fragments Of which,
for years. have served these natives as
flint and steel for lighting their fires,
At one of the villages We saw miss
Bill, !" the little Eskimo girl sswhom Mrs.
Peary brought to the United States for a
year. She is now matron with an es-
tablishment of her own.
Steaming north again, an attempt to
reach Cape Sabine was prevented by
much heavy ice that filled Smith Sound.
The sight Of Polaris House where a
was visited, kand also PORT Foulke, DR..
Hayess winter quarters, where the dis
ordered grave of Sountag. Hayes's astron
omer, Was built and the headstone re-
erected.
Returning to Cape York on Ang. 90.
the ice had broken up enough to allow
the Hope to penetrate into Mely lille Bay
and reach the site of the large meteorite.
We were fortunate in effeotlng landing.
but tw 0 of the hydraulic jacks were
crippled and rendered useless in tearing
the iron monster from its frozen bed.
A third failed few days later, and NOV
ing the meteorite then became 10 slow
that before it could BIZ embarked the
Hope was compe lied by the ice to retreat
on Sept. 8.
Another large bear was seen on the
summit of an ICEBERG and killed. We
left Cape York on Sept. 4, and after
three days of fog reached Wilcox Head on
the 7uh, and found Prof. Tarr and his
party all we'll and much valuable work
accomplished. We took them on board,
touched at Upernivik and landed natives
reached Omanak on the 9th, found Prof.
Burton and party we'll and with extern
sive results from their five weeks work,
received them on board, proceeded to
Atanikerdluk and EN- barked Bartlett;and
his party and several tons of fossils, and
then went to Godhaven, where the Hope
was trimmed for the homeward voyage.
Crossing Davis Strait to Cumberland
Sound. we encountered heavy gale and
lost boat and some minor articles.