New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-15

p,.t supply Of air that in civilized countries
ord he deemed utterly inadequate for a single
~son No wonder that old Andrea one q
.ss ratriarchs of Upernavik. IS spoken Of as
~" -, old though not yet sixty. At Godhavn.
rbere tho houses are larger and 70 consid
erahle extent % wood, there are two brothers,
- ~ whom IS seventy and the other seventy
~ wears old II is TO be noted. however, that
.ssse are halfhreeds. probably more than three
quarters Danish.
V--o ~ nc three Esquimaus that IN 1897 accom-
..nis1 me from Ipernavik 10 the Wilcox Head
~ begged me earnestly 10 take them with
80 ~ Ellesmere Land. complaining that they
h.a uttlc % eat and no money 10 buy food.
"a ~ inform them, regretfully that my means
-. sufHced for my little party Of three With
- aS1ifi0ral $500. or even 500 should have
- -, enabled % secure the valuable aid those
600 eNDert hunters, hoatmen and dog drivers
would have afforded
.he startling information that our supply Of dogs
Sad been increased by a litter OF puppies. Soon
- entire force Of our party was asst mhed IN
~ hold on the coal. endeavoring 20 make the
mother and her offspring. eeven in number as
ec~~fortahle as possible. Though can hardly
sxrect that the youngsters Will be Of service %
~ next spring. we intend 70 keep them and. II
poss.be bring them to the United states
THE NEWS FROM PERRY AND svERDRUP
North Of Northumberland Island
Ingieheld Gulf Aug. +
The hunting party has Just been landed in
Ill ra,- AZ the northwest corner OF Northum-
sS+-ars Island We entered Foulke ford late in
80 evening 10 inspect the depot left there by the
fl1re last year Presently We saw a boat ar
-r-srhtrc and soon the captain exclaimed.
iWhv IS Matt" sure enough. the furcad fig
rye Of Matt Henson Mr.. Pearys colored man.
,,as siscov rcd at the helm. and every one was
IN ,ip-oes f'r the information he would bring.
Arrived NJ board. he was ClOseted with the COM
,-e~5a~ and the captain for while and YreS-
s,tiv The news was announced that the Wind
vari was a, cape Hawkes.. north Of Bache Isl
.7 ~ -r. west side IL Kane Basin. that peaTV
p frn
the winter he had established depOts of prov-
SONS along the coast all the way - Lady
rraaktn Bay and beyond; that The Windward
vas safe and the crew IN good condition.
Next came he startling ntelgen that Cap
tan Sverlrup. with the Fran. had Wintercd near
Cspe Sabine had been over the ice cap. and had
ssS. musk oxen IN Alexandra Haven. This had
heen learned a visit which he paid 10 tho
ViufVar5 last March. At first sight this intel
lgenc- seemed to dash ali the hopes Of an
flssmere Land party. \ corps Of trained eN-
florers sixteen IN number. have spent the VIM
ier and spring at the very spot where We wish 70
establish our base Of operations. The inference
seems be that they have left nothing for Us -
o. since their means are much ampler than
ours on questioning Matt. however. It was
found that he knew nothing more definite "a 10
tne work done by Sverdrup. Considering that
the foremost object u the Fran was to reach
high north as early as possible, 10 get
around Greenland. i seems reasonable 70 infer
that Sverlrup would not have prolonged his
lrps n Elesmere Land beyond the earliest mo-
mert a, which the ice might be expected to
break ~. and that by this time he may be far
On his way into Kane Basin. perhaps in Ken
re5y Channel requested TO be landed IN Jones
sound instead 4 a. Cape Sabine. but the cap
t-.n objected that would require too much
tine. After consultation with my companions.
!. was decided 20 adhere To our original plan. Or
e. any rate % make effort first 70 ascertain
what work Sverdrup had dore. No doubt he
las left a record near his winter quarters. and
4 may be possible 10 find this before the ship
leaves. Il seems impossible that Sver1rupS par
ties could have gone from their base in all a..
recii0ns. and thus something may stiI be left
tcr as
n Fou.ke Ford Is the famous Z. quirnau set
tlsment = Etah. associated with the memories Of
Kane. Hayes and the Polaris IL seems pros
porous just now. walrus are abundant oil
around Great masses of fresh walrus meat
we've lying about on the rocks. The people
boxed intelligent and cheerful and the children
we're positively pretty with their brown eyes set
OF ~ their clear rudy brown complexion They
e. know Peary and seem 70 revere him their
,uielary deity. \ number Of them came on
board the Diana having their kayaks alongside
D. Kann got into one OF the kayaks and 10
even ones surprise managed II al once with