The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-24
LIEUTENANT PEARY.

and decks giving evidence of the furi.
Gus seas of an unusually stormy sum.
mer. She is nearly as deep in the water
as when she left here in the latter part
of July with her bunkers full of coal
for the huge Cape York meteorite, the
largest in the world, is in her hold.
Lieutenant Peary has on board also
six Cape York Eskimos, who will &C
with him when he returns next year tc
attempt to reach the north pole. The
Eskimos have their tent, sledges and
canoes. They are eager for the under
taking, and all the arrangements have
been made.
The expedition visited Cape Sabine,
and relies of the i'll fated expedition led
by Greely ave been obtained. The
summer in Baffins bay was marked by
almost continuously stormy weather
and by an unusual scarcity of ice.
The investigating party from the
Massachusetts, Institute of Technology,
under Mr.. r. w. Porter, landed at Cape
Haven on Aug and did not re-em-
bark until Sept. 1S. The party led by
Mr.. Hugh Lee, the arctic explorer Of
Meriden, Conn, landed at Godhaven on
Aug. and re-embarked Sept. L Pro-
fessor Schuchert's party, of the Ma
tional museum, landed at Omenak on
Aug. s. re-embarking on Sept. 4. The
party led by Mr.. Robert Stein of the
United States geological survey was on
land from Aug. 10 to Sept. 2.
The Hope will coal here and then pro-
ceed to New York, where she will land
the meteorite.
The object of the expedition, which
left Boston on July 10 last for Sydney,
was to bring about the establishment
of a settlement at a remote northern
point In Greenland, which would be
used as base of supplies for an expe-
dition in search of the north pole un-
der Lieutenant Peary in 1898. To this
end, according to Lieutenant Peary's
plans, as made known at that time.
party of Eskimos was to be establish
ed at the new settlement and would
during the ensuing IL months be engag-
ed in making preparations for the ex-
pedition.
The Hope was to skirt the coast of
Greenland, dropping scientific parties at
various points and taking Lieutenant
Peary to Whale sound, where it was
proposed to establish the settlement
In the party as originally constituted
were 43 persons, including. besides Lieu
tenant Peary and Mrs. Peary and their
daughter. their servant and the crew,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh ]. Lee, who chose a
cruise in arctic waters as a wedding
trip; Robert Stein cf the United States
geological survey, Albert Operti, the
well known arctic scenic artist; ]. D.
Higgins of Falls Church, Va, taxider-
mist; DIR. Frederick Sohon, surgeon.
Washington, and several investigating
parties one under the direction of Pro-
fessor c. II. Hitchcock of Dartmouth.
having in view study of glaciers and
the relics of the old Morse colonists from
Iceland; another from the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology, under
Mr.. f. w. Porter, whose plan was to
hunt the big game of the country and
bring back geological specimens. and a
third headed by Professor Charles
Schuchert and Mr.. C. d. White. repre-
senting the National museum, with in
structions to examine fossil formations,
which it had been claimed tended to
prove that Greenland was once a coun-
try of tropical climate.
The bringing home of the Cape York
meteorite was a secondary. though a
scarcely less interesting object of the
expedition.