Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-11
BRINGS NEWS FROM PEARY
Steamer Windward Reaches Brigus, N. F.,
From the Arctic
Explorer Last Season I'm the Frozen
North Was Fruitful In
Results.

| The Peary Harmsworth steamer wind-
| ward. Captain John Bartlett from Etah.
| North Greenland August u. arrived at
| Brigus. Newfoundland. yesterday report
| ing all well on board. She will be fol-
| lowed in a week by the Peary Arctic Clubs
| steamer Diana. Captain Samuel W. Bart
| lett. also from Etah. The Wndward re-
| ports that all on board the Diana were
| well at the time the vessels separated.
| The two steamers met at Etah on Au-
| gust II and worked in company under tho
| personal direction of Lieutenant Peary in
| collecting supplies for the winter and the
| equipment for next springs campaign. The
| Windward was ice bours. in All Man bay,
| on the west side of Kane BASIN about fifty
miles north of Cape Sabine. from August
| Is. 1898. to August > 1899. being in
| of eddy undisturbed by wind current.
The season was Of continuous calm,
| with very little snow. the minimum tenn
| perature at the ship being 20 degrees below
| zero. All the Windwards company. In
| GLIDING ten Eskimos. were exempt from ILL.,
| ness. accident or casualty of any kind
| Lieutenant Peary and the sledge parties
| We're in the field almost continuously from
| October, $685. to August of this year. and
| have effected an extraordinary amount of
! important work, not only bearing tie
| future of his own expedition but adding
| much to the geographical knowledge OF
| the coast line and the interior of Elles-
| mere Land, the southern portion of Grim
| nell Land. His sledging journeys aggre-
| gated more than 1000 miles. not including
| several trips repeated over portions OF the
| track.
| Important Survey Work.
| As soon as the young ice could bear
| sedge Lieutenant Peary made a careful
reconnaissance Of the coast line south
| west of All Man bay. and carefully defined
| the lands and water between that point
and Cape Sabine. The coast line of Prn-
| cess Marie bay and Buchanan strait here
| tofore unknown, was accurately defined.
| and Hayes sound was demonstrated to be
| a myth.
This work completed, Lieutenant Peary
| next made several successful hunting trips
| and laid in ample supply Of fresh meat,
| including musk oxen, seals and birds. for
| the winter. Utilizing the December moon.
| he sedged along the ice for $50 miles
| north, over almost impossible ice to Fort
Conger. the headquarters of the Greedy OK
| petition. He had the misfortune to have
| both feet frostbtten. which neeessitated
| six weeks delay and confinement. until
| he could make the return trip. dashed 10
| a sledge he was hauled all the way 10 the
| windward, where several toes were ampu-
| tated. Complete recovery followed rapidly,
and he walks Wei as ever.
Lieutenant Peary found Fort Conger ex-
actly as Greedy left it. The table was
standing from the last meal. and all the
| other appointments had remained undis-
turbed for sixteen years. The buildings
We're in fair condition. though some of them
would not be serviceable much longer. He
| took possession of all the properA. real
| and personal in the name of the United
States government, and posted notices 20
| that effect.
Greedy Relics Sent Home.
| He brought away and is sending home the
| original Greedy records, the sextant or
Lieut. Beaumont, r. N, of the Hares-
Markham expedition of 1S76-S, recovered
| by Lieut. Lockwood and many private let
! tiers and papers of members of Greelys
| party. all of which are to be forwarded to
| the Peary Arctic Cub of New York. A
| considerable quantity of provisions was also
| found and protected for further emergency.
He also pushed reconnaissance beyond
| Fort Conger to Cape Beechy, finding prac-
| tically the same conditions OF ice ana sea
| as south of the former point Subsequent
| " he made Il second trip to Fort tonger,
| and in all four parties from the Windward
| reached that point and returned without
! other accident than that to Lieut. Peary
| himself as the result of the winter work
| Four tons of provisions, two at Conger
| and the others distributed between cape
Sabine, Durviile, Louis Napoleon. Frazer
and other points not more than fifty miles
| arart have been deposited. and both ma
| tives and whites engaged in the work nave
| been made so familiar with the route and
| the caches that all risk to life and limb
along this path is practically ended. A
| boat is also cached at Cape Louis Napo-
| leon.
Game on EIlesmere Land.
Lieut.. Peary's last sedge journey was an
| overland exploration westward from the
winter quarters of the Windward, complete
| ly crossing E.llesmere Land and connecting
his work with that of Lieut.. Lockwood of
the Greedy expedition at the horu bearing
the latters name, on the western sope-
Ellesmere Land was found practically Ice
free and to contain much game The water
to the west of the coast as far as could be
seen was also comparatively clear of ice.
His winter headquarters Lieut.. Peary had
established at Etah. one OF the eligible
points on the east side of Smith sound. 1t
is mile or north of Hayes winter
quarters in 1861. five miles south of Life
Boat cove, in which the Polaris wntered,
and six miles north of Cape Alexander.
Ample supplies for the remainder of the
time of the expedition. not less than fifty
tons, have been landed, forty tons OF which
went by the Peary Arctic Clubs steamer
Diana. and the soop yacht Sonta, the gift OF
Benjamin Hoppin OF Braddock B. c., to
Lieut.. Peary, is anchored in the bay. but
will be hauled up before winter sets in. lie
has built a cOmmod5-Us living and working
room for himself and his companions in
which they VIII he thoroughly comfortable
during the winter. and he has nearly sew
enty-iIvt wdlrus for native and dog COM
missary when the leld is taken in Feb
ruary.
BANDITS LOOT EXPRESS CAR.