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Lieut.. Peary's Feet Severely
Frost Bitten While Out
Sledging.
THE WINDXARD ARRIVES
The Explorer Has Gaine ed Much
Geographical knowledge by Trav-
cling over 1900 NJ lies on sIedses
Found Gresley's Records.

John Bartlett from Etah, North Green
land August 26 arrived here to-day re-
porting all well on board She will be fol-
lowed in a week by the Peary Arctic
Clubs steamer Diana, Captain Samuel
w. Bartlett, also from Etah The Wind
ward reports that all board the Diana were
well at the time the vessels separated.
The two steamers met at Etah on
August II and worked in company under
the personal direction of Lieut.. Peary in
collecting supplies for the winter and the
equipment for next springs campaign.
The Windward was ice bound in Altman
Bay on the west side of Kane Basin, west
80 miles north of Cape Sabine, from
August is, 1898 to August 2, 1899, being in
sort of eddy undisturbed by wind or
current The season was one OF contlnu-
Gus calm with very little snow, the
minimum temperature at the ship being
20 degrees below zero. All the WindWarI
company including the ten EsquimauX,
were exempt from illness, accident or
casualty of any kind
| Lieut. Peary and the sledSc parties were
in the field almost continuously from Oc-
tober 1898 to August of this year, and
| have effected an extraordinary amount OF
inSortant work, not only bearing on the
future of his own expedition but addlug
much to the geographical knowledge Of
the coast line and the interior of Files
| mere Land, the southern portion of Grim
| nell Land. His sedging journeys aggre-
gated more than 1890 miles, not inciuding
several trips repeated over portions of the
track.
AS soon as the young ice could bear n |
slcdEe, Lieut. Peary male careful re-
coinnoissance of the coast line southwest
OF Altman Bay and cal etully defined the
lands and water between that point and
Cape Sabine. The coast line Of Princess
Marie Bay and Buchanan strait hereto
fore unknown, was accurately defined and
Hayes Sound was demonstrated to be
myth
This work completed, Lieut. Peary next
= made several successful hunting trips and
laid III ample supply of fresh meat including
musk oxen, seal and birds for the winter
Utilizing the December moon, he siedged
along the ice foot $50 miles north over al
t most impossible ice to Fort CoOger, the
l headquarters of the Greedy expedition. He
l had the misfortune to have both feet fcost
bitten which necesita ted six weeks delay
and confinement, until he could make the
[ return trip. Lashed to sledge he was
v hauled all the way to the Windward
where several toes were amputated Com
v plete recovery followed rapidly and he now
r walks as well as ever
q Lieut. Peary found Fort Conger exactly
n as CCeely left it. The table standing
l. from the last meal and all the other APP
j. pointments had remained undisturbtd for
r. 16 years. The buildings were in fair condi-
Is ton though some of them would not be
v servicea hle much longer. He took posses
Y sion of all the property real and personal
in the name of tie United States govern
d ment and posted notices to that effect. He
d brought away and is sending homo the or
s. iginal Greeley records, the sextant Of
It Lieut.. Beaumont. r. N, of the Mares
% Markham expedition of 1868, recovered
is by Lieut.. Lockwood and many private let
G. tiers and papers of msmbers of Greeley S
r. party all of which are to be forwarded TO
1t the Peary Arctic club Of New York. a
IS considerable quantity of provisions was
also found and cd for furt r.
r. genCy.
He also pushed a reconnaissance beyond
T. Fort Conger to Cape Beechy, finding
r practically the same conditions Of ice anC
is snow as far south of he former point
N Subsequently he made a second trip tC
D. Fort Conger and n all, foIr Tarties from
&c the Windward reached that qoin. and re-
ID turned without other accident than tina
n to Lieut.. Peary himself rs result OF the
lie winters work
Four tons of provisions. two at Congel
and the others distributed between Cap'
- Sabine, Durville, Louis Napoleon, Fraze
and other points not more than 50 mite
10 apart, have been deposited ard both ma
O, tiVes and whites engaged l. the work nav
ne been made so familiar with the route an,
II. the caches that all risk Of l,fe and illTl
- along this patch is practically ended
TT beat is also cached at Cape Louis Ma
d. poleon.
nd the winter quarters of the Wndward
he completely crossing Ellesmere Land an
he connecting his work with that Of Lieut.
i'll Lockwood of the Greeley expedition q
e. the Fiord bearing the latter's name on tn
MT western slope Elesmere Land was foam
ng practically ice free and to contain niue
1t, game, The water to the west Of the coas
be as far could be seen. was also com
he paratvey clear of ice.
mt His winter headquarters, Lieut.. Pear
"a has pSta hi she Utah of the e1igibl
N: points on the east side of Smith SounC
ne, 1t is mile or so north of Hayes winte
quarters in 1861 five miles south of III
m boat cove, In which the Polaris wintere
W and six miles north Of Cape Alexander
lr- Ample supplies for the remainder of tn
coo time of the expediton-not less than fit
to tons-have been landed, 10 tons of whio
went by the Peary Arctic Clubs steame
Diana, and the sloop yacht Sonta, tn
. gift of Mr. BENJAMIN Hoppin. of Bac
deck, C. b.. to Lieut.. Peary, is anchore
in the bay, but will be hauled up befoI
!, winter sets in.
| He has built a commodious living an
| working room for himself and his con
| panions. in which they will be thorough
| | ~ comfortable during the winter. n
winter will be spent in rest and workir
y un the results of last year. In FebruaI
an assemhlage of the natives will be he
4. when the dog teams for the northern TT
W will he secured. The picked natives
ne PcHry during the winter at Etah.
40 The Fran wintered near Cooked Ha
Island ten miles west of Cape Sabir
'e, where Surgeon Bornson died. She got OF
nd of the ice about August ! and reachf
tn Etah August IL and left the same day tt
nv Cape Sabine. 1t is reported that she vi
3 go to Jones Sound for the winter unle!
she succeeds in getting beyond kennco
on channel and landing Capt. Otto Svordrt
e a for a sledging trip across or around II
i northern end of Greenland to be picked |
~ on the east coast by the ship WindWar
lot The Perry Arctic club expedition,
I'd, command of Mr.. Herbert l.. Bridsema
secretary of the club was at Etah on A
gust 81 All were well and expected
-. leave for home on August "a
80" The Steam party was successfully lam
asst ed on August 3 at point of Its own $
., lection, Payer Harbor, one mile south
va Cape Sabine, whore the members eXpe
~ to winter.
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