The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-11
Arctic Explorer Has
Made Important
Discoveries.
LOST SEVERAL OF HIS TOES.
All Preparations Made for
Dash to the
Pole.

Brigus, N. F.. Sept. 1O-The Peary-
Harmsworth steamer Windward, Capt.
John Bartlett, from Etah, North Green
land, Aug. 26. arrived here today, re-
| porting all well on beard. The Wind
ward reports that all on board the
Diana were well at the time the vessels
sailed.
| The two steamers met at Etah Aug. IL
and worked in company collecting sup
plies for the winter and the equipment
for its spring campaign. The Windward
was ice bound in All Man Bay, on the
west side of Kane Basin, about 80 miles
north of Cape Sabine, from Aug. Is, 1898.
to Aug. 2, 1899, being in a sort Of eddy
undiSturbed by wind or current The
season was one Of continuous cold, with
| very little snow. All the Windward's
company, including the ten Esquimaux,
were exempt from illness, accident or
casualty of any kind.
! Lieut., Peary and the sledge parties
We're in the field almost continually
| from October, 1898, to- August of this
year, and have effected a great amount
of important work. His sledging jour
neys aggregated more than 1900 miles,
| not including several trips repeated
| over portions of the track. AS soon as
the ice could bear a sledge, Lieut.. Peary
| made a careful reconnaissance south
west of All Man Bay and carefully de-
fined the lands and water between that
point and Sabine The coast line of
Princess Madia Bay and Buchanan
Strait, heretofore unknown, was ac-
eurately defined, and Hayes Sound was
| demonstrated to be a myth
This work completed, Lieut.. Peary
| next made several successful hunting
trips and laid in supply of fresh meat
for the winter. Utilizing the December
moon, he sledged along the ice foot $50
miles north, over almost impossible ice
! to Fort Conger, headquarters of the
| Greely expedition. He had the misfor-
tune to have his feet frostbitten, which
necessitated six weeks delay until he
| could make the return trip.
dashed to a sledge he was hauled all
| the way to the Windward, where sew
| eral toes We're anapntated Complete re-
covery followed rapidly, and he now
feels as well as ever.
Lieut.. Peary found Fort Conger ex-
! actly as Greedy left it. The table was
standing from the last meal, and all
| the other apartments had remained IN
| disturbed for is years. The buildings
were in fair condition, though some Of
| them would not be serViceaple much
| longer He took possession of all the
property in the name of the United
| States government and posted notices
| to that effect.
He brought with him, and is sending
home, the original Greedy record the
sextant of Lieut.. Beaumont, r. N,
of the Mares Markham expedition of
I1SS6-18S7, recovered by Lieut.. Lockwood
and many private letters and papers
of the Greedy party, all of which are
to be forwarded to the president of the
Arctic Club of New York.
! He also went beyond Fort Conger to
Cape Beecher, finding practically the
same conditions of ice and sea as south
| of the former point. Subsequently he
made a second trip to Fort Conger and,
| in all, four parties from the Windward
reached that point and returned with
out other accident than that to Lieut..
Peary himself as the result of the win
ters work. -Four tons of provisions,
two at Conger and the others distribut-
ed at Cape Sabine during the time have
been deposited, and both natives and
whites engaged in the work have been
made so familiar with the route and
caches that all risk to life and limb
along this path is practically ended. A
boat is also cached at Cape Louis Ma
poleon. Lieut.. Peary's last sledge
/ j
westward from the winter quarters of
the Winoward, completely crossing
Ellsmore land and connecting his work
with that of Lieut.. Lockwood of the
Greedy expedition at ford bearing the
latter name on the western slope.
Bllsmore land was found practically ice
free and to contain much game. The
water to the west of the coast, as far
as can be seen, was also comparatively
clear of ice. His winter quarters Lieut..
Peary has established at one ofSthe ELI
| gtble points on the east side of the
sound. 1t is mile or so north of
Hayes winter quarters and five miles
Isouth of Life Boat cove, in which Lieut.
Polaris wintered.
living and working room for
| himself and his companions,
in which they will pass tho,
roughly comfortable during the winter,
| and he has nearly rs warus for native
and dog commissary when the field is
| taken in February. The winter will be
! spent in rest and working UP the re-
| suits of last year In February a re-
union of the natives will be held, when
| the dog teams for the northern trip will
| be selected. The picked natives Of the
| Windward will IT main with Lieut.
Peary during the winter at Etah.
The Fran wintered near Cooked Hat
Island, ten miles west Of Cape Sabine
where Surgeon Borenson died
| She got out of the ice about August l,
reached Etah August 10 and left the
| the same day for Cape Sabine 1t is
reported she will go to Jones Sound
| for the winter, unless she succeeds in
| getting beyond Kennedy channel and
| landing Capt. Otto Sverdrup to make
a sedge trip across or around the nor
thern end of Greenland to be picked UP
/ on CT
| ward.
! The Peary Arctic Club, which is in
! command of Herbert L. Bridgman
| was at Etah August 81. All were well
| and expected to leave for home August
| a. The Sleain party was successfully
landed August 8, at point in Prayer
| harbor, one mile south of Cape Sabine