The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-06-16
PEARY'S new PLANS.
~ WILL START IN JULY IN
SEARCH OF THE POLE.

give Years Leave cTante" Him ny the
>,,r.i Depart.nent-He Has Two Trips
=, prospect-One VIII Be Short and of
Preliminary Character.
lieutenant Peary of arctic exploration
t,,on recently received notice from Wash
r,cton that the requested five years leave
: ahsence had been granted, and that ia
mons northern traveller will begin active
orsnaratons for the first of two northern
Wins one to last but a few months, the
,+bar 10 last probably four or five years
The first will be but tc prepare for the lat
.-r and its details are interesting The
latter will be another attempt to reach the
north pole
On the first trip Peary will start from
BOSTON. He will be accompanied by his
wife and child and party of scientists
Among them will be Professor c. H.
Hitchcock of Dartmouth college and Pro
lessor George H. Barton of the Massachu-
satts Institute of Technology. 1t is also
expected that a party from Yale college
will accompany Them but thus early no
more have been definitely settled upon.
No ship has yet been chosen for this pre-
urinary trip, but the explorer will go to
Boston shortly to select one there. He
will also begin the task of purchasing sup
plies for the voyage and storing them in
the ships hold. He expects to START from
Boston on July 10 and will go from there
to sydney, \. 5, through the gulf of St.
Lawrence and the Belle Isle strait to Res
out.On island and the Greenland coast,
and then 1900 miles along the Greenland
coast to Melville bay. The scientific parties
will be landed on the way and will be
picked up by the ship on its return trip in
September.
Peary, when seen at his home in Brook
lyn recently, told in detail the plans by
which he hopes to reach the coveted goal.
After leaving my scientific friends
along the coast of Greenland" said he,
"olr ship viii proceed to Whale sound
ami Cape York, where l will be in COM
mRnicaton with tribe of Eskimos called
thR Arctic Highlanders. There are $50
mbmbers Of this band, and as have al
ways made my arctic headquarters among
them, they IRE all my personal friends
The main object of this preliminary
t1p is to take % party of these people as
fir north as possible by boat and coloniZe
item. l will pick out only those who are
young and hardy. l want them during
the coming summer to gather skins and
walrus meat and make clothing and
bots When leave them for my return
I'd sydney, they will be we'll stocked with
Provisions, and, l am satisfied, will be
C'ntent to remain until ! return for them.
Twill tell them to gather with all of their
POSSESSIONS, including 40 or SO dogs, a
Urge number of sledges and their food,
br the far north trip, at a stated time
bxt year at point on the coast where I
on easily reach them. This will save me
4any days of valuable time in making
pc final start for the pole 1t will enable
pc to start on the second section of the
Zip with a delay of only 40 hours. 1t
till take them until spring to prepare for
be Journey.
so much for the first trip. l will re-
tlrn to Boston then, bringing back the
ither gentlemen. l will at ONCE purchase
ship and stock it with provisions enough
y last four or five years and in the follow
hg.July will sail for my colony,
After unloading the ship will be sent
bacN to New York and will try each sue
ceedng year to communicate with me.
Afte the colony is settled my plan is to
disadvantage of such daylight as re-
main in that summer and of the moons
during the winter night to push out over
land pOrthward, first ESOnnOiter1ng and
then Then the way is marked out moving
our tOyisions forward and establishing
the s(tlement at each remove nearer our
Objective point, leaving caches at every
stopplg place and prominent headland as
we go. In this way the progress is to be
Kept p until the farthest northern land
Is reated. From this land, where the
settlennt will be fixed permanently, the
hnal sart for the pole will be made in
March With a picked company will at
tempt cover the distance to the pole and
back agin.
'IhepOlony will remain at the point
nGed JPN, only two to accompany me,
ana WI have what Nansen lacked-Es-
hlmos tdiriye the dogs. The natives will
go with sledge where no white could
MINK olgetting it. If we accomplish
our endn the first trial, all will be WE'LL
Out II MOVE will lie over to the following
summer, We shall have the means Of life
mere th4ne of travel cached all the way
~ oherarl Osborne ford where the ship
VIII eacfummer keep up supplies and
Uni" uhlfIon, and in case of need re-
Y ,"' WIZ ways be possible over the in
's'''" Iao pm Shcrard Osborne ford ~