San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-27
P[ARY'S NEWEST SCHEME.
Will Try Another Way Of
Reaching The Pole
THIS WILL NECESSlTATE TWO
TRIPS BUT HE THINKS
1T BEST.
Will Go Farther North This Sum-
mer And Establish A Colony,
Returning To 1t And TAX
ing Up His Task Again
Next Summer.


who has just received five years leave
of absence from the Navy department,
in an interview last night, outlines his
plans for a proposed artic expedition.
: On July Sth he will start north on the
preliminary journey, the sole object OF
which will be to make arrangements
for the final trip, which will begin IN
July, 1898. Lieut.. Peary VIII nrst
pick out ship for the preliminary
voyage. He will select one OF the 81.
Johns sealers and have it ready TO
leave Boston between July and .. AT
Boston the sealer will take on board
a store of supplies. Lieut.. Peary VIII
be accompanied by two or more sclen-
tific parties which will go north with
him, to some point near Melville pay.
One of the parties will be conducted by
Prof. III. G. Barton, of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology. An
onther will be led by Prof. CHI. Hitch
cock. of Dartmouth, and number OF
Yale scientists will probably organize
a third party. The scientists Will
work independently Of Lieut.. Peary
and will simply be passengers with
him. The rest of the students Will In
no way be concerned with his AFFAIRS.
Lieut.. Peary's object in his prelim-
mary trip will be to communicate with
a colony of Esquimeaux at Whale
sound, who are kown as the Arctic
Highlanders." Mr.Peary has lived
with these people and gained
their entire confidence and affection.
When he left Whala sound he says ne
was acquainted with every man wom-
an and child in the colony. He mas
the utmost confidence in the people
and says they would do anything for
him within their power
He will pick out six or eight Of the
most intelligent young men in the col
ony and prepare them to take their
families north with them and estab-
lish another colony which year later
would be his base of supplies. AT this
village which they will found, they
will work throughout the year col
lecting furs, meat, bear skins to De
made in trousers, seal skin boots,
sledges and other supplies and collect
ing and training pack of the best
Esquimeaux dogs obtainable. Lieut..
Peary says he could utilize the entire
tribe in it's work if it were necessary.
He will have his men arrange affairs
so that when he sees them in the
summer of '9S, they will be ready to
move north within days notice.
Lieut.. Peary will be accompanied on
his summer trip by his wife and three
year-old daughter, but on the main eX-
pedition Mr.. Peary and the child will
remain in this country. The journey
this summer will be from Boston to
Sidney, then to Cape Breton, where the
ship will take on coal, through the
Gulf of ST. Lawrence to Belle Isle and
UP the Labrador. coast to the mouth
of Hudson strait, then to Resolution is
land and across to the South Green
land coast to Melville bay, and finally
to Whale Sound, which will be reached
in the latter part of July. The re-
turn will be made in September. Lieut..
Peary is enthusiastic over the plans of
his trip and is looking forward to his
five years work with the greatest
pleasure.
1.-The project is entirely my own" he
said "The American Geographical
society and the Technical society the
most capable of passing the project,
have endorsed it and have promised
to subscribe money for the trip when
1t is needed. The American Museum
of Natural History has also subscrib-
ed. I have outlined my plans more
carefully than ever before and have
made use of all the experience have
gained in my previous expeditions. I
depend largely for my success upon the
devotion of the Esquimeaux,b but have
complete confidence in them and know
that when 1 leave them this summer
1 can trust them to do everything
that / tell them and to have every
thing in readiness for me when I am
prepared to start on the main expedi-
ton for the pole.
"As for my plans for the main expe-
dition can say little more than has
already been published. 1 am thor
oughly decided on one point and that
is, that shall take with me very few