The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-11
BOTH FEET BADLY FROZEN
SEVERAL WEEKS LOST OWING TO
THIS MISHAP TO THE
EXPLORER
LAST BASE OF OPERATIONS
Provided Along the
Route to Supply the Party Upon
the Return After the Attempt to
Reach the POIe-NO Hitch in the
Proposed Plan Has as Yet Devel-
oped-Valuable Work.

BRIGUS, N. F., Sept 10.-The Peary-
Harmsworth steamer Windward, Capt.
John Bartlett, from Etah, North Green
land, Aug. rs, arrived here today, re
porting all we'll on board. She will be
followed in week by the Peary Arctlc
clubs steamer Diana, also from Etah.
The Windward reports all on board well,
and that all on board the Diana were well
at the time the vessels separated. The
two steamers met at Etah on Aug. II,
and remained in camp, under the direc-
ton of Lieut. Peary, collecting supplies
for the winter and next springs cam
paign.
The Windward was ice-bound at Aboy,
about fifty miles north of Cape Saplne'
from Aug. 49, 1898, to Aug. 2, 1899, being IN
a sort of eddy undisturbed by wind or
current The season was one OF con-
tinuous calm, with very little snow the
minimum temperature at the ship being
70 degrees below zero. All the Wind
wards company, including ten Esqui-
maux. were exempt from illness, accident
or casualty of any kind.
Lieut.. Peary and the sledge parties were
October. 1898, to August Of this year, and
have effected an extraordinary amount OF
important work, not only bearing on the
future of his own expedition, but adding
much to the geographical knowledge OF
the coast and interior of Elsmere land,
the southern portion of Grinnell land. His
sledging journeys aggregated more than
10. 900 miles, not including several trips re-
peated over portions of the tracks
AS soon as the ice would bear sledge
Lieut.. Peary made a careful recon
noissance of the coast line southWard OF
Altman bay, and carefully surveyed the
lands and waters between that point and
Cape Sabine The coast line of Grinnell
land and Buchanan bay, heretofore un-
known, was closely surveyed, and Hayes
sound was demonstrated to be myth.
FEET FROsT-BITTEN.
This work CON pleted, Lieut.. Peary next
made several hunting trips ana laid IN
an ample supply of fresh meat, Including
musk oxen, seals and birds, for the VIM
ter Utilizing the December moon, he
sledged along the ice for 25C miles north,
over alnC st :rcpassable ice, tC Fort Con-
ger. the headquarters Of the Greedy eX-
ipedition He had the misfortune to have
both feet frost-btten, which necessitated
six weeks delay and confinement, until
he could make the return trip. Lashed
to a sledge he was hauled all the way 10
the Windward. where several toes We're
amputated. Complete recovery followed
rapidly and he now walks as we'll as ever.
Lieut. Peary found Fort Conger exactly
as Greedy left it. He brought away and
is sending home the original Greedy rec
crds, the sextant of Lieut.. Beaumont,
r. N, of the Markham expedition Of
tSS6-S8, recovered by Lieut.. Lockwood, and
many private letters and papers of MEM
bers of Greeiy's party, all of which are
to be forwarded to the Peary Arctic club,
of New York
Lieut. Peary also pushed q reconnois-
sance beyond Fort Conger to Cape
Beechy, finding practically the same con-
ditions of ice and sea as south of the
former point. Subsequently he made a
second trip to Fort Conger and in all
four parties from the Windward reached
that point and returned without any ac,
cident, except that to Lieut. Peary him.
self.
Four tens of provisions, two at Con-
ger and the others distributed between
Cape Sabine, Durville, Louis Napoleon,
Frazer and other points not more than
fifty miles apart, have been deposited
and both natives and whites engaged in
lil0 WOIh uc.Nt pteI IlldQo SO ldHlllldT
with the route and the caches that all
risk to life and limb along this path is
practically ended.
DASH TO THE POLE.
His winter headquarters Lieut.. Peary
has established. at Etah, one of the eli
gible points on the west side of Smith
sound 1t is a mile or so north of Hayes
winter quarters in 1861; five miles soutr
Of Life Boat cove, in which the Polaris
wintered, and six miles north of Cape
Alexander. Ample supplies, not less than
fifty tons, have been landed. Lieut. Peary
has built commodious working and liv-
ing room for himself and his companions.
in which they will be thoroughly comfort
able during the winter, and he has nearly
seventy-five walrus for the native anf
dog commissary, when the field is taken
in February.
The winter will be spent in rest and
in working up the result of last year.
In February reunion of the natives will
be held, when the dog teams for the