New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-01

,enan, Peary has not considered any offers for IT,
The expedition also brings back relies and news
from Greely's old camp and Nom several other
camps OF former Arctic explorers. near Cape sa-
bine.
one OF the things that attracted tho immediate
attention Of the visitor 20 the Hope was group OF
rsounsus who come directly from Melville Bay.
There are six In the party. az follow; koshu ana
his son Mini; Knu-psu and his wife Antun-sna and
their children. We-kshak- supsa hoy ten years
Old and Ahw-wea. girl thirteen years old.
They are rather stoiid patient ana pleasaht-look-
ing people: but yesterday they were uncomiortaoy
warm I'm their close-ht,ine suits Of scaiskin The
mother OF the children H. fOriy-sev"n years old ana
is no, four fee, hsh. She held MI" reception
I'm the bow o. the boat. and smiled pleasantly as
she shook hands with visitors Tn" who'll" party
s auarterod there little tents OF SKINS being ere Ted
for their shelter on deck These Norih"rnets have
brought four Of their Esqumau dogs alons 10 Keep
them company.
THE FAMOUS METEORiTE.
The visitor then turned to the main hatch and.
looking the railing the famous Arctic meteor
,to could DE seen resting Ia cradle Of Finch
TIMBER at the bottom OF IN" mold. From thht Hl+-
lance 1t looked like large rcd ana green rock pat
tered by the action OF the waves sucn aS is o!t'h
o., nm the s.acoast 4 cross-sectlon NJ tho centre
would measure l. py 10 feet ana the mass i 10
feet long. tapering at the ends. Where 1t has been
r,hh.d I, shows the brightness Of nickel steel An
arolvsis shows that Il IS composed Of y per cent
steel and per cent nickel almost an exact coun-
,erpart OF the material used IN tie latest nickel
steel arnor- plates.
CAPTAIN Bartlett who has plotted the snip An'
tho ice foes was sitting quietly in L." stern OF ~"
-. ,oodt,y an evening uapcr The jOllicst AID
hr.io., man on the deck WAS Albert op"r'h the
special artist VINO accompanied the party. oh '"'
trip he made a hundred oil sketches OF N'u'
scones nd used two tons Of plaster In making CASTS
OF the natives. The paintings and casts are Tor 'he
American Museum OF Natural History, the smith
sorian Institution In Washington and the American
exhiblt TO be made a the international exhibition
4, Paris I'm 1900 Some OF the pictures were on On
hthr,r6n In the cabin The most interesting was
that OF the winter camp 81 Greedy. MANY f'"'S
! were brought away from TINS historic spo'
The members OF the crew who nave come 10 New
vork with the ship are: Captain Bartlett; hrst
mate HAYWARD Taylor; boatswain. Tom 'h"i ~
carpenter Cale95 IL Ienrv err| second engineer
c,anben Knight and twenty members OF th'' 'l'".
Ine rem noy., eft the boat at sydney. and boston
Coming on by rail liite taan nng mac" 81 sih
Was q, ae sn al me- RI" nag VIII sent TO King
Humbert IN few days win MT ope'" 'o'''''-
ments
THE DISCOVERY OF THE MErEoRITE.
f. s,ea,,ng of the meteoriie. Lieutenant Peary
said: -.
For eighty years it has been known ihai III" rs
culinaus were "a possession Of a huge piece OF IRON
u.h
that it came from an iron mountain. ia 1871 l.
with two others pushed Sixty or seVehynv ilIis
buried in the ground with two smaller ones | had
no facilities for moving them then In 1879 chm~
500 and 1000 pounds respectively. They are now
in The American Museum Of Natural ni, ITO, y,a ,.,
This lime ! went prepared TO carry Inc Dig l'I-
low "i away We buni iron railway, moved The
meteor,e about "a am suns Of G' hTdTa~c HEX The
Ice began close in around Tf ana , We n had TO
tn me
INV arrangements with the natives were carried
out successfully picked about ten families. com
prising some twenty persons. 10 accompany me on
n.y. ! nrp,en fA In nv absence they will be hard at
work getting clothing: sledees. dogs canoes weap-
o onS bbvc,year trip When / reach Melville Bay
cam load everything in twcnty-four hours and con-
asked abou, his hope Of s finding nd the Sorh
POLE would nd his ne
back alive the lieutenant smiled and said:
o quay ab hnS to Se succeed With unlimited time and
OF mine. who by experience and temperament
Of ali Psop the ss 70 nen IN s Ssg nave enter EVER
it's Is to-day Nobody in the world can WELD ali the
the disadvantages as the expedition under my d.
se orouS to nf d hs
and given presents to them Being also perfectly
controi over them. and there is scarcely anything
they would not do for
II shall start on my voyage next July. The Hope
might be strengthened go as TO answer our pur-
poses. but ] must now my own vessel The
Hope has only been chartered. and II will be a
question OF terms whether we 20 In her or not
PREPARATIONS FOR A FIvE-YEAR TRIP.
..Infuentla, friends In New-York have promised
10 furnish funds for the enterprise ] estimate
that We Will need $4,000. The American Geo
graphical Society. at its meeting In Washington
Last spring adopted a resolution Offering to make
.g,if 70 20 red 20
zee re- IL necessary II the conditions are all favor
sh.e the North Pole may be found In two years,
nut T think that II hardly possible. ,
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