The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-27
THE HOPE AT BOSTON.
Talked of His Acquisition of "a Meteor
ife of Nickel Steel.

Boston, Sept 27.-The steam whaling
bark Hope. Captain John Bartlett. which
has Just returned from the Arctic, ar
rived yesterday morning from sydney,
G.. b., having on board a number Of those
who took part in the expedition, includ-
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Lee OF New Haven,
who enjoyed their honeymoon under the
Arctic circle. and six EsquimauX, while
I'm the hold Of the vessel is the meteorite
which Lieutenant Peary first found in
May. 1894. In conversation with a rep
resentative OF the press yesterday. Lieu
tenant Peary said: The meteorite.
which is firmly wedged I'm the hold with
12-foOt Iimbers and tons Of ballast. is 10
feet long, eight feet wide and six feet
high. II is a solid ingOt ~ nickel steel,
estimated to weigh about 100 tons. 4 re-
markable fact about this meteorite is
that It's composition is just the same
as that Of the material the government
is using for it's armor plates at the pres
ent time. viz, % per cent steel and per
cent nickel This meteorite fell from
the skies hundreds Of years ago. and has
been the source Of iron supplies of the
Esqulmaux. | first discovered il i'm May.
Ao'ft anu AielA Ailil' iitlNt Dtfi lllS
to secure IL and bring II to America. The
Esquimaux call IT the 'saviksoah,' and
when il was being placed I'm the hold OF
the Hope my little daughter, Annighito
christened IL the Saviksoak Annighito.'
We have on board six Esquimaux, name
ly three men. one woman. a boy and a
girl. The eldest of these is Nooktak. 40
years Old the son Of the old chief,
Koolootoonah who plotted 20 murder
DR.. Hayes and some of his companions.
With him are his wife, Ah-tung ah-
max -soah, As years old and their daugh-
ter. All -wee-ah, II years old. The others
are Ke-suh, 80 years old, with his g.
year-old boy. Mee-Ni, and a young
man. shak-up-si, 81 years old
They will remain with me here this win
ter 10 arrange the chronological speci-
mems, and will return with me next sum-
mer. These people belong TO the tribe
from which shall select my colony next
year
In speaking Of the last expedition,
Lieutenant Peary said:"I consider the
chief tlinPs accomplished were the ar
rangements with the Esquimaux for my
next years journey. From this time
out they will be securing furs and other
skins for clothing. and have all in readi-
ness for me next year, so that within "a
hours after my arrival there I shall be
ready 20 embrace the first opportunity
to push forward towards the point
wish 10 reach. Thnn the second event
OF Importance is the bringing Of the
meteorite TO this country. The state
ments appearing in the papers that we
had discovered some gruesome things
about the hut OF the Greeley expedition
is all nonsense. We found no grave
yard belongings. We found that the
conditions were such that we could reach
the place where the Greeley expedition
had made their camp. and although It
was Aug. % we found things inside the
hut covered several feet with srow.
Our party began TO dig round and picked
up several buttons and piece of wood
marked Norman, the name of one OF the
Greeley party, and several other things.
These are all the gruesome finds we
made.
THE Hope will remain in Boston until
tomorrow, when we make for the New
York navy yard, where | have permis-
sion from the United States authorities
to use the l00-ton crane 10 hoist the
meteorite from the hold Of the Hope"