The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-28
PEARY'S NORTH POLE TRIP
PRELIMINARY VOYAGE TORE MADE
 THIS SUMMER.

Basis for the Final Trip-A Colony of Es-
 quimnux to be Founded North of Whale
 Sound-Yale and Other Scientists to Go
 Along-The Return to be Made in Sept
 ember.
 New York, May 27,-Lieutenant Robert F. Peary, who yesterday re- ceived a five years leave of absence from his duties in the navy, for the purpose of making another attempt to reach the North pole, will start north on July s, making a preliminary jour- ney, the sole object of which will be to make arrangements for the final trip, which will be begun in July, 1898. Lieutenant Peary will first pick out a ship for the preliminary voyage. He will select one of the St. Johns sealers, and have it ready to leave Boston be- tween July 5 and 8. At Boston the sealer will take on board store of sup plies.
 Lieutenant Peary will be accompanied | by two or more scientific parties, that will go north with him. One of the parties will be conducted by Prof. G. H. | Barton of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Another will be led by Prof. c. H. Hitchcock of Dartmouth, and a number of Yale scientists win | probably organize a third party These scientists will work Independently of Lieutenant Peary, and will simply be passengers with him. The results of | their studies will be in no way con- cerned with his affairs.
 Lieutenant Pearys object in his pre- | liminary trip will be to communicate with colony of Esqulmaux at Whale sound, who are known as the Arctic Highlanders. Mr. Peary has lived with these people and gained their entire confidence and affection. When he left | Whale sound he says he was acquaint- ed with every man, woman and child in | the colony. He has the utmost con- fidence in the people, and he says they will do anything for him within their power. He will pick out six or eight of the most intelligent young men n the colony and prepare them to take their l families north with them and establish another colony which year later will be his base of supplies. At this viii lage, which they will found, they will work throughout the year collecting meat, furs and bear skins, to be made into trousers, seal skin boots, sledges and other supplies, and collecting and training a pack of the best Esquimaux dogs obtanable. Lieutenant Peary says he could utilize the entire tribe. He will have his men arrange affairs so that when he sees them in the sum- mer of 1898 they will be ready to move north with him at q days notice.
 Lieutenant Peary will be accompan- jed on this summers trip by his wife and his three-year-old daughter, but on the main expedition Mrs. Peary and the child will remain in this country. The i journey this summer will be from Bos- ton to Sydney. thence to Cape Breton, where the ship will take on coal, through the Gulf of St Lawrence to Belleville and up the Laborador coast to the mouth of Hudson's strait then to Resolution island and across to the south Greenland coast, to Melville bay and finally to Whale sound, which will be reached in the latter part of July. The return will be made in September
 Lieutenant Peary is enthusiastic owe, the plans of his trip and is looking for ward to his five years work with the greatest pleasure.