The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-21
PEARY'S PARTY RETURNS.
IT BRINGS BACK THE FAMOUS Me-
TEORITE or CAPE YORK.

The steamer Hope Arrives Mt sydney. G. H.,
with the Arctic NoJaEer- All WeIi-The
MeteorIto IL the I.Arreat Ever Founa-Slx
EsLinos with Their Ontnt Are Also on Board.
SYDNEY, {. b., Sept. 2O.-I arrived at this port
with my party at . r. VI. today. All are well.
The Hope came into this port burning her last
ton of coal and with her bulwarks smashed.
Her decks had been repeatedly swept by the
furious seas OF the unusually stormy summer
She is nearly as deep in the water as when she
left here full Of coal, for the huge Cape York
meteorite. the largest in the world, Is in heH
hold bedded in tons of ballast. I have also on
board six Cape York Eskimos, with tents, dogs,
sledges, and canoes.
met all my old friends. the Eskimos OF the
Smith Sound region, and they are eager TO COZ
operate with me in the work OF exploration To
the north Of Greenland, which l expect to bcein
next year.
We visited Cape Sabine and secured relice
there OF the Greedy expedition, most Of whose
members persisted of starvation at that point.
On the way north we landed tho several
parties who went with us on the Hope and took
them up again on our journey south. Mrs
Porter and his comrades landed at the whaling
station at Cape Haven, on the west side Of Davia
Strait, on Aug. 3 and re-embarked on Sept. 10.
Mr.. Hugh Lee and his wife left us at Godhavn
on Aug. z and came on board again on Sept. Il
Prof. Schuchert landed at Omenak ford on Augs
8 and re-embarked on Sept. 2. Mr.. Robert Stein
went ashore on Aug. 10 and was taken up again
on Sept. 9.
The summer in Bafin Bay was marked by
almost continuously stormy weather and una
usual scarcity OF ice.
The Hope will remain here only long enough
to coal. and will then proceed TO New York ID
land the meteorite.
r. f. PEARY. G. E. u. S. n.
went back TO England after his explorations
along the northwest coast OF Greenland, he re-
Cape York tipped some of their weapons with q
metal which they said they obtained from some
nor were they discovered by any later explorer.
until Peary. during his second visit TO norihs
made a sledge journey from his winter quarters
In lngleteld Gulf. far south TO Cape York, and.
after diliEent seareh, ne discGyered the stones
distance east of Cape York.
As was suspected, the three rocks he discovered
proved to be meteorites OF uncommon size, and
one Of them proved TO be by far the largest me-
teorite known. Doubtless for many generations
before the Cape York Eskiinos ever saw a white
man they had Clipped from these
stones to give q hard edge or point to their
knives and harpoons. But they are no longer
useful to the natives. because wha!crs for yea 70
past have supplied them with knives and h.r.
determined to bring them home.
In 1895 he brought back the TWO smaller mo
%teorites, but before he was able to move the
largest Of them the ice began TO form on the
bay. and, to avoid being caught in the ice, with
certainty of spending the winter there, he had
to heave anchor and start for home withouo
further delay.
One OF the purposes OF his visit to Greenland
last year was to secure the big meleorite. but
before it was transported 10 the waters edge his
machinery broke down and the prize had TO DO
abandoned for the season. This years nttcmpu
to secure 1t has been successful. and through
tho generous efforts of Mr.. Morris X. Jcsup the
American Museum OF Natural History in this
city will be the future abiding place o. these Oh
iects. which. in their nature. size and history,
are the most interesting meteorites ever discov-
cred.
The famous explorer has completely succeeded
in the PURPOSES of his visit this year TO north
west Greenland. He has been as far north ~
the entrance 10 Smith Sound, which he expects
TO ascend next summer on the way TO his neNn
base OF operations. at or near the extreme north
ern coast Of Greenland. He had so fully gained
the confidence of the natives during his forty
months residence among them that his rcporu
OF their willingness TO take part in the work he
will begin next season Is no surprise. The
scientific parties which he landed at various
points had time to carry out researches Of value,
and altogether the seventh Peary expedition to
northwest Greenland has promoted the large
scheme Of Arctic work TO which the explorer 10
giving so many years.