The San Francisco call., 1898-04-07
MET JARVIS
 PARTY NEAR CAPE HOPE Hilton and His Men Supplied With
 Provisions. + Relief Expedition Guide Sent to Lead Them
 Southward. Evidence That the Mission of the Bears Crew Has Been
 Accomplished. HAS SAVED THE WHALERS Third Officer of the Belvidere the
 Bearer of Measuring
 News.
Evidence That the Mission o1 the Bears Crew Has Been
 Accomplished.
HAS SAVED THE WHALERs
Third Officer of the Belvidere the Bearer of Measuring
 News.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PORTLAND, April 6.-G. F. Triton, third officer of the whaler ship Belve- dere, now frozen in northern waters near Point Barrow, arrived in Portland to-day on the steamship Albion. He says he has eighteen typewriter pages of his ships log, which were copied for him by friend at St. Michael. but he is imbued with the idea that his story is worth a fortune and will say very little about his trip. However, he de- nies the report that he knows anything about Andree. His story merely re- lates to the sufferings of his fellow seamen and the condition of the fleet when he left 1t. He came down from the ship with dogs, and, when asked what became of them. two big tears sprang to his eyes as he said:
 They froZe to death.'
 With Tilton were K. Klotchoff. guide of the expedition under Lieutenant Jar wis that was sent on the revenue cutter Bear last fall to rescue the whalers. and two natives, man and a woman, who came from Northwestern Alaska with Triton and Klotchoff. The men could not keep their mouths wholly closed on their voyage down, which occupied ten days, and to the officers of the ship and to passengers they dropped remarks that gave some indication of their mission.
 It was about the middle of October that Tilton left his ship with the best equipment he could get and started alone to travel out overland from the 1cebound whaling fleet in the Arctic Ocean. His object was to reach St. Michael. about 600 miles southwesterly. He picked up the native couple to assist him on the trip, and very important service was rendered by them.
 After being out several weeks they happened to run across the party sent by the Government to rescue the whal- CTS. That meeting is understood to have been much nearer Cape Hope than Point Barrow. which indicated that the route traversed was governed in some degree by the coast line rather than being across the country. The re- lief party gave Tilton what he needed In the way of supplies for keeping com fortable in that region, and, as he had no knowledge of the interior and could make better time by cutting across country, one of the guides of the expe- dition was assigned to accompany him and his Indian couple. Hilton intimates that the mighty import of the messa ge he bore would not permit him to return with the relief expedition to his ship.
 The party got through to St. Michael in safety, after a trip of about five months. From there they managed to catch a vessel that took them to Ka diac Island. 100 miles south of Cooks Inlet.
 A little schooner carried the party from Kadiac Island to Port Etches. about forty miles this side of Port Val des, where they arrived in time to board the steamship Albion. which ran 1n there for water. They boarded the Albion on March 25 and came through with her.