Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-27
LIEUT.. PEARY'S PLAN
The Explorer Outlines His Scheme
for an Arctic Expedition.
HE IS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC
And rxp'c's 10 i,cach III, North Pole
by lhe Aid Of His Esqul.
maux friends.

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years. leave OF absence from the navy
in an interview last
nIyb,. outlined his nJens for the pr,.
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possu A'o'o eApeu''''n' -
he VIII start north on the preliminary
journey, the sole object Of which will
hs beyun in Julv 1893. I,ieuf. Pes,v
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hminary voyage. lie VIII aeiec! one
OF the st. Johns sealers and have 1t
readv IN leave Boston bstween July
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VIII take on Doafu store Oh suPpiiee.
Lieut.. Pesry will be accompanied by
,wo or moro scientific parties, W hioh
will go north with him to u point near
Melville bay. One OF the parties Will
be conducted by Prof. q. nj. Barton of
the Msssachuset's Institute OF Tech
nology. Another will be led
by Prof. @. IL. Hitchcock OF
Dartmouth aud number of Yale
scisntists will probably orsanizu
third party. The scientists will work
Independently OF Lieut.. Peary ami
will only be passe ngers with him. The
results OF their studies will in NJ way
concern hia affairs.
Lieut.. Peaty's object in his pre-
liminary trip will be to commu 10 ,te
with a colony of Esuuimaux &c Whale
sound. who are knuwn az the Arctic
nipblanders. MIR. Peary has lived win
these people and pained their entire
confiiencs nd afieet,on
he was acquainted with every man.
woman anu child in the colony. He
nss the utmost confidence Ia ,hs ma
mis- and he says tney will do anythIny
for n I'M within their power He v,iI
nick out ak or eight OF the most in.
ieliiyent voung men I'm the c,lonv ami
prepsre them 10 take their families
north with them and establ,sh anothe,
coIonv which n year Iater will be his
haze of supplies. At,his Village. w hich
thev viii found. thew will work
the wear colieetinv meats
Iurs, bear skins, 10 be made into
boote, slsdues and other supplle, and
coil citing and training a pack of the
best E.auimalt dog, obtainauie. Lien.
Peary SAYS he could utilize The entire
tribe in ilis work N Il were necessary.
He will hays his men arranne aff Ara
go that when he sees them In the sum
mer of 1898 they viii bs ready 10 NOV,
north with him q. q days notice.
Lieut.. Peary will be- accom- pa MED
on this summers trip by his wife anu
his three-year.old daughter, but on
the main expedition Mrs. Peary and
the child will remain in this country.
The journey this summer will be
from Boston to Cape Breton, where
the chip will take on coal, through the
gulf OF 81. Lawrence to Bell Isle, and
up the Labrador coast to the moath OF
Hudson's Strait, then to Resolution
Island and across to the south Green.
land coast to Melville Bay aud finally
to Whale Sound which will be reached
In the latter part OF July. The return
will be made In September. Lieut..
Peary ia enthusiastic OF the plans OF
his trip and is looking forward to his
five years. work with the greatest
pleasure.
"rhe project is entirely my own"
he said last evening.
"rhe- A mericsn Geographical soci.
ETY. and the Technical society, most
capable OF passing on the prof ect, have
promised to subscribe money for the
trip when 1t IL needed. The American
museum OF natural history mas also
subscribed. 1 have outlined the plans