The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-11
THB PEARY EXPEDITION
Amply Provisioned For the Coming
! Winter Season.
AOoIDENTTO LIEUTENANT PEARY

Having His Feet PROSTITUTION, He Was
Obliged to Have Several Toes Ampu.
tated-wll Be Ready to Take the
Field Again In February.
Brigus, N. F., Sept. 1.-THE Peary-
Harmsworth steamer Windward, Cap
tain John Bartlett. from Etah, North
Greenland, Aug rs, arrived here yes
terday, reporting all well on board. She
will be followed il week by the Peary
Arctic clubs steamer Diana, Captain
s. W. Bartlett. also from Etah. The
Windward reports that all on board the
Diana were we'll at the time the ves-
sells separated.
The two steamers met at Etah on
Aug. - and worked in company under
the personal direction of Lieutenant
Peary in collecting supplies for the
winter and the equipment for the next
spring campaign. The Windward was
ice bound in All Man bay, on the west
side of Kane basin, about SO miles
north of Cape Sabine, from Aug. IL,
1898, to Aug. 2, 1899, being in sort of
eddy undisturbed by wind or current.
The season was one Of continuous
calm, with very little snow, the mini
mum temperature at the ship being 70
degrees below zero. All the Wind
wards company, including ten Esqui-
maux, were exempt from illness, acct
dent or casualty of any kind.
Lieutenant Peary and the sledge par
ties we're in the field almost continu-
ously from October, 1898, to August OF
this year, and have effected an extra
ordinary amount of important work.
His sledging journeys aggregated over
1000 miles.
As soon as the young ice could bear
a sledge Lieutenant Peary made a care
full reconnaissance of the coast line
southwest of All Man bay and care
fully defined the lands and water be-
tween that point and Cape Sabine. The
coast line of Princess Marie bay and
Buchanan strait, heretofore unknown,
was accurately defined, and Hayes
sound was demonstrated to be myth.
This work completed, Lieutenant
Peary next made several successful
hunting trips and laid in an ample
supply of fresh meat, including musk
oxen, seals and birds, for the winter.
Utilizing the December moon. he
sledged along the ice for $50 miles,
over almost impossible ice, to Fort
Conger, the headquarters of the Greedy
expedition. He had the misfortune
to have both feet frostbitten, which
necessitated six weeks delay and con-
fnement until he could make the re-
turn trip. Lashed to a sledge, he was
hauled all the way to the Windward
where several of his toes were ampu-
tated. Complete recovery followed
rapidly, and he now walks as well as
ever
Lieutenant Peary found Fort Con-
ger exactly as Greedy left it. The table
was standing from the last meal, and
all the other appointments had remain
ed undisturbed for Is years. The build
| ings were in fair condition, though
some of them would not be serviceable
| much longer. He took possession of
| all the property, real and personal, in
| the name of the United States govern
ment and posted notices to that effect.
| He brought away. and is sending home,
| the original Greedy records, the SEX
tant of Lieutenant Beaumont, r. NJ,
of the Hares- Markham expedition of
| 1S7G-S, recovered by Lieutenant Lock-
wood, and many private letters and
! papers of members of Greely's party,
| all of which are to be forwarded to the
Peary Arctic club. of New York.
He also pushed reconnaissance be-
yond Fort Conger to Cape Beechy
finding practically the same conditions
of ice and sea as south of the former
point Subsequently he made second
trip to Fort Conger, and in all -four
parties from the Windward reached
that point and returned without other
accident than that to Lieutenant Peary
himself as a result of the winter work
Four tons of provisions, two at Con.
ger and the others distributed between
Cape Sabine, Durville, Louis Napoleon
Frazer and other points not more thar
so miles apart, have been deposited
and both natives and whites engaged il
the work have been made so familiar
with the route and the caches that al
risk to life and limb along this patti
is practically ended.
His winter headquarters Lieutenan
Peary has established at Etah, one o
the eligible points on the east side o
Smith sound. Ample supplies for thu
remainder of the time of the expedi
ton, not less than SO tons, have bee!
landed. He has built a commodiuu
living and working room for himsel
and his companions, in which the!
will be thoroughly comfortable durni
the winter. and he has nearly Is wal
rus for native and dog commissar.
| G. t,,I, IHnJ,,,
The winter will be spent in rest AM
working up the results of last year
In February a reunion of the native
will be held. when the dog teams 70
the northern trip will be selected.