The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-13
PEARY NOT DAUNTED
DETERMINED TO REACH THE NORTH
POLE NEXT YEAR, If POSSIBLE.
He Is Said, However, to Feel Keenly
the Loss of His TOes-Cruise of the
Diana-New Names on Maps.

SIDNEY, c. B., Sept. 12.-The Peary
Arctic Clubs steamer Diana arrived here
to-day from Etah, North Greenland, Aug.
g. with all we'll on board. Lieutenant
Peary and his two companions, with ma
tive allies, were left in excellent health and
spirits, comfortably housed for the winter,
with provisions for two years and an ample
supply of dog food, Ill walrus having been
killed since August for that purpose. Peary
will remain at Etah until February, when.
with sporting party of natives, he will
go to Fort Conger and thence begin his
journey to the pole, either by the Greenland
coast or from Cape >Hella, as conditions
may determine. Secretary Herbert l..
Bridgman, of the Peary Club, in command
of the Diana expedition. leaves for New
York tomorrow morning, taking Pearys
full reports of his last years work and
maps of his discoveries.
In his nomenclature Peary has bestowed
names of Peary Arctic Club members. In
his farthest north land, beyond Greedy
ford, is named Jessup Land, in honor OF
President Morris *. Jessup. Of the club.
A bay, fifty miles In extent, with deep
opening south of the ford, was named Cam
non bay, and a mountain AGO feet high
near its head Mount Bridgman, for the
treasurer and secretary of the club re-
spectively, while in the east side OF Grim
mel Land are Benedict, Sands and Parrith
glaciers, Harmsworth hill and Flagler bay.
Mr.. Bridgman also brings the Greedy ex-
petition scientific records and private pa
pers of members of that party and SEX
tant left at Repulse harbor in 1876 by Lieu
tenant now admiraD Beaumont of the
English expedition, brought by Lieutenant
Wood to Cape Conger and recovered by
Peary last May. Records of English cairns
on Norman Lockyer and Washington Irving
islands are also sent by Peary to the club
The Diana's cruise occupied fifty-two
days and over 5000 miles of steaming, OF
which twenty-eight days and LEO miles were
north of Cape York. without detention Of
any kind by ice. She carried the stars and
stripes TO 1910 degrees: farther north than
any other American ship since Hall S
Polaris in 1871 She will return Immediately
to St JOINS Newfoundland, her home port
and go out of commission. The Fran was
last seen Aug. IS, ten miles off Etah, fast
in the ice and heading north.
NOrweginns Disappointed.
NEW YORK, Sept. ia special to the
Herald from ST. johns says: THE Wind
wards people say that Lieutenant Peary
feels keenly the accident to his feet and
is much broken in spirits owing thereto.
Though he plans a northern advance for
next season on q somewha. changed basis
they do not believe that he will ever be
able to carry it out, because of the FROST
ing of his feet and the amputation of the
toes. His withdrawal TO Etah they attrib-
ute to an increasing dependency on the
Esouimaux, whom he will endeavor to have
replace him in much of the work. His in
creasing years will also tell upon him for
Arctic work.
THE Norwegians IN the Fran, who fore
gathered with Pearys- hunting party in
Nav. are very much depressed over their
i'll fortune especially the death of their
surgeon, Svensen: Though the Fran did
so well i'm her last cruise she has failed TO
realize expectations in this. The ice in the
Greenland seas is much more dihicuit TO
navigate than In the open polar ocean
north of Franz Josef Land. In the former
huge bergs add to the dangers of naviga-
ton and her peculiar build proved no adj
vantage to her in coping with them The
NorWegians are disappointed most over
their failure to Guido Peary, ADDED TO wnicn
is the very meager result of their scientific
work. They had not even the satisfaction
of working north to the confines of hitherto
explored regions, as Peary had, and their
time and stores have been expended on
work which is really but the subject for
to get far north this season 1t is believed
the Fran will abandon her proposed expedi-
ton next spring.
Prof NathOrst's Discoveries.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 12.-Prof. A. G.
Nathorst's expedition on the steamer An
xyh;ch Uac spokap off