New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-06

nothing but a bleak solitude but even he reports
an abundance OF seals in Rice Strait, separating
Cape Sabine from the mainland UnfortunateIy,
the lack OF boats prevented him from getting
them.
CAMP TO BE ESTABLISHED
At the landing place the party will construct
two houses. a larger, TO serve as storehouse'
and a smaller, made as nearly coldproof ds pos
sible, to serve living room The latter Is
to be II feet long. feet wide and feet hieh
inside The walls floor and ceiling are to De
double with an air space between, filled with
magnesia sectional covering, Whlcn mas 49,.
found the best to prevent the escape OF neat
from steam boilers and pipes. Inc Walls, nIGI
and ceiling will be made as airtght as POSSIBLE
by means Of Fay manila building paper. AZ
for ventilation will be admitted by galNalt1et
iron pipe passing through the wall INTO sIee
iron drum surrounding the stove pipe, Hoin
which II will escape by valve at the top, mus
supplying constant stream OF lresh' warm g. Or,
while the foul air Is drawn IN by the FtoNe' re re
travelling by water the party VIII nave on -
foot dory and a cedar canoe covered WIFI car,
vas Two rubber boats have also been secured;
one 10 the other II feet long. Weighing % anu
40 pounds Each boat has three COMPARTMENTS
which can he inflated separately When lnilateo
one boat readily carries two men WIN Iheil
baggage and is practically unsinkapie' i.a
we'll known that the hard Ice or streets III "i 49, a.
does not iniure bicycle tires, ana hence ~ 30
hoped that these boats. inflated 70 iar i 'na
degree than tires. will resist the YOUNG i,e'
which
however they have never been tested III 'Iie
Arctic they are regarded rather DIS d" 'NpN
ment.
no r,1Nr, AN OUTLET TO THE WESTERN SEA
An soon as the house is built and the provisions
ere stored n accommodating trip VIII De Haue
westward by boat, 10 ascertain which Oh ''e
numerous ,nlets affords communication WIN the
western sea That such communication eAiS''
&c the op,nion OF Greedy. confirmed by Esqu'liiau
10
reports II there Is no STRAIT tne ZIP ~ mn nv,
west coast will have TO be made overland puI
tho tho time remaining before the beginning ol
the long winter night, trial trips VIII pe ma r
with sledge and dogs. Ten dogs VIII VII, We pu,
chased for this purpose at some Danlsh coiony
in Greenland The winter night VIII pe Spent
In taking observations. preparing anu nc, ia n,,,s
specimens and in writing the reColuS. III ~,
Of complete darkness Will be ABOUT three
When daylight reappears. about the ihlduIe Vi
February preparations VIII be Deeun lot i, ',, ne
main sledge trip westward Inc S,ai ~. "'.i ~
mm Inn NO Soiiowed along the land ice-that Is to
saw the piece OF ice which cings 70 the ial,a anu
after the rest has been broken on by "aHe anu I
tide The sledge trip Is TO last TWO iIo'i 80, ~
wlndlngs Of the unknown coast: Inc ~ ms tn,o
ambition Of the explorers will be fulhieu II Sape
Eden. lngleneds furthest POM POM, th m outline
sound Is reached. thus completing lhT ouo''..o
az Flesmere Land. The retreat WIZ oe
Manned as to bring the party back 10 'he s'"
ton early In May
NATT-RAI, HISTORY COllECl HUME
The following two months will be spent mainly
IN making natural history collections "i'hh d
radius OF. say fifty miles around the station.
In this work 1t is hoped the rubber ooa.s VIII
he OF special service. as they admit Oh easy
Transportation. Dredging will be carried Oh 10y Wy
means OF an outfit provided by the Hntioo'','','
RESTITUTION The marine fauna OF me lesoii, a.
cording to Professor Benedict. or thal HnstiN -
ton. is of unusual interest. as prol'is s,iesr,t
inc tnl<
supp 2oo'an Sorms An effort will be made TO
capture musk OK calves and bring the"i b pa' sst
the United States. These would De ti i,,,ino,
live specmens OF that animal 70 reacsi ~. ,ha
couptrv The Esqumau remains repoi'eu ny ~"
British expedition will present % funsmore
iects OF study. 1t is thought tha' 80 tho
Land at some former period was oie va VI,
-, bounts of that interesting race anu ~
focus from which they spread nortHN".' or,ina
ing the north cape Of Greenland ad,o ohndas
down on it's east side TO their Ple 80, The
" ~, e,do This conclusion IL drawn rom lne
Sact that the East Greenland EsqulnlauS9 a. a.
,eern 70 have borrowed any or theH a. 10. 30,
yIces from their kin on the west coas, Su. inn
tho arts of both appear to be uS''ii0'
ments from common source
NEW TRIBE OF EsQUIMAUs MAY BE rooND
r,oro 10 some reason to think that small
.,ha % Esouimaus will lbe found on the west
ooos, q, Ellesmere Land which has never Deeh III
contact with civilized men. DR.. Boas' WHO spe".
year among the Esquimaus of CumDerlanu "u'i
IN Rafin Land met an old woman IRON. a ~
naor Lancaster Sound who tolu MIN mo, or
nod once accompanied a party OF hsi PeoP'. o
q trim northward across Lancaster Sounu' 49,
land across North Devon. then across Smo
cound and along the coast or tmlns -'u 70
~ M,stny Land From the map she drew, Ut
VI - inforred that this MuskoX Land couid DE
no other than Ellesmere Land. AS the Esqui'iau
ons which he had occasion TO test were touhu
20 he surprisingly accurate he is inclined 10 re-
co I'd the old womans outline OF Elesinere Ldnu
ss correct According TO THIS. the SOUTH snoie ~
the west Of Ingefield and turthest cur 100 ~.
yyest TO North Kent, which Is NOT an lsiaiu, ~.
,ha end ~ a long and narrow peninsula through
,he narrow strait between this ana North
Dayon the tide rushes with great FORCE. 80 that
:, remains open all winter. In this open water
seaI and walrus abound. North or the PENN
sula the coast trends nortneastWaru win
5een bay and many outlying islands. This west
osst 10 low with abundant vegetation and
many reindeer and musk oxen, but the small
tribe OF Esquimaus OF the peninsula never visits
these rich grounds, because OF the great multi
tude OF bears along the coast
similar account given TO r. w. Bryan,
ostronomer 70 the Polars expedition, by the
Esquimaus near Polaris Harnor' Greenland
roeary's tribe) some OF whom stated that they
had rowed all around Elesmere Land. IL Is 10
he noted that Lieutenant Peary, who became
nersonally acquainted with every member or
that tribe states that he never heard OF such
report He did hear another story. however,
hardly less interesting. About thirty years ago
fen F,sduimaus came across Smith Sound from
Ellesmere Land who had travelled northward
along its east coast Whence they came orig
inally could not be ascertained. They were
larger and stronger than the men OF the Green
land tribe, building their houses out OF stones
which the Greenland men could not INT Ihelr
language was hard to understand. containing