Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-09-11
THE PEARY PARTY
Has Made a Number of
Valuable Discoveries.
LEADERS, FEET FROZEN
And He Had Several Toes Amputated
Fort C0nger Found Justas Lieut..
Greeley Left it--Prepared For
Further Exploration.

| Brigus. N. F.. Sept. 1.-THE Peary-
Harmsworth steamer Windward, Capt.
John Bartlett, from Etah, north Green
land, August 26, has arrived here. report
/ ing all well on board. She will be fol-
lowed in a week by the Peary Arctic
clubs steamer, Dianah. Capt. Samuel w.
/ Bartlett. also from Etah. The Windward
reports that all on board the Dianah were
we'll at the time the vessels separated.
| The two steamers met at Etah on August
II, and worked in company under the per-
sonal direction of Lieutenant Peary in
collecting supplies for the winter and the
equipment for next springs campaign.
The Windward was ice-bound in Altman
bay on the west side of Kane basin, about
SO miles north of Cape Sabine. from Aug
, ust Is. 1898, to August 2. 1899, being in a
/ sort of eddy undisturbed by wind or cur
rent. The season was one of continuous
calm, with very little snow, the minimum
temperature at the ship being 20 degrees
| below zero.
| Lieutenant Peary and the sledge par
ties We're in the field almost continuously
from October, 1898. to August of this year,
and have effected an extraordinary
amount of important work. not only bear
] ing on the future of his own expedition,
but adding much to the geographical
! knowledge of the coast line and the inter-
! ior of Ellesmereland, the southern por-
| tion of Grinneland His sleding journey
aggregated more than 1000 miles, not in
Guiding several trips repeated over por-
tons of the track.
AS soon as the young ice could bear a
sledge Lieutenant Peary made a careful
Reconnaissance of the coast line southwest
of Altman and Cape Sabine. This work
! completed, Lieutenant Peary next made
several successful hunting trips and laid
, in an ample supply of fresh meat includ-
ing musk oxen, seals and birds for the
winter. Utilizing the December moon he
sledged along the ice for $50 miles north,
over almost impossible ice to Fort Con-
ger. the headquarters of the Greedy expe-
dition.
He had the misfortune to have both
feet frost bitten, which necessitated six
weeks delay and confinement until he
could make the return trip Tied to a
sledge he was hauled all the way to the
w
putated. Complete recovery followed
rapidly, and he now walks as we'll as
ever.
Lieutenant Peary found Fort Conger
exactly as Greely left it, The table was
Estanding from the last meal. and all the
other appointments had remained undis-
turbed for 16 years. The buildings were
in fair condition. He took possession of
the property, real and personal, in the
name of the United States government,
and nosted notices to that effect. He
brought away and is sending home the
original Greedy records, the sextant of
| Lieutenant Beaumont, r. NJ. of the
| Hares Markham expedition of 1868, re-
/ covered by Lieutenant Lockwood, and
many private letters and papers of mem
bers of the Greely party. all of which arc
Ito be forwarded to the Peary Arctic club
Of New York. A considerable quantity OF
lprovisions were also found protected for
further emergency.
He also pushed a reconnaissance beyond
Fort Conger to Cape Barry, finding prac-
tically the same conditions of ice and sea
as south of the former point. Subse-
uuently he made a second trip to Fort
Conger and in all four parties from the
Windward at that point, and returned
without other accident than that of Lieu
tenant Peary himself as a result of the
winter work. Four tons of provisions
two at Conger and the other distributed
between Cape Sabine. Durville. Louis
Napoleon, Frazer and other points not
more than 80 miles apart have been de-
posted. and both natives and whites en-
gagged in the work have been made sc
familiar with the route and caches that
all risk to life and limb along this path is
practically ended. a boat is also cached
at Cape Louis Napoleon
Lieutenant Peary's sledge journey was
an overland exploration westward from
the winter quarters of the Windward
completely crossing Ellesmereland and
connecting his work with that Of Lien.
tenant Lockwood of the Greedy eXpedi-
ton at the ford bearing the latter's name
on the slope. Ellesmereland was found
practically ice free and to contain much
game The water to the west as far as
could be seen was apparently clear of ice
j His winter headquarters Lieutenant
peary has established at Etah. one ol
the eligible points on the east side o:
Smith sound. 1t is mile or so north o1
HAYES winter quarters in 1861, five miles
south of Lifeboat cove, in which the PO-
laris Winterad, and six miles north ol
Cape Alexander. Ample supplies for the
remainder of the time of the expedition
rot less than 80 tons have been landed. 4t
tons of which went by the Peary Arcti,
clubs steamer Dianah. The sloop yacht
: Sonta the gift of Benjamin Hoppin OF
Paddock. c. B., to Lieutenant Peary, is
anchored in the bay. but will be hauled
up before winter sets in. He has built a
commodious living and working room fo1
| himself and his company, in which they
/ thnr ,,of1 fort tlh1 1.pNi,1 a