The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-09-11
.TIIB PnADY EXPEDITION
Amply Provisioned For the Coming
Winter Season.
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Having Ills Feet Prostitution. IIc was
Obliged to Have several Toes Ampu-
tatcd-WM BE Ready to Take the
Field Again In February.
Brigus. N f., Sept. 1.-THE Peary-
Iiarmsworth steamer Windward, Cap
tain John Bartlett, from Etah. North
Greenland, Aug. 26. arrived here yes
terday, reporting all well on board She
will be followed in a week by the Peary
Arctic clubs steamer Diana. Captain
S. w. Bartlett. also from Etah The
Windward reports that all on board the
Diana were well at the time the yes
sells separated
The two steamers met at Etah on
Aug. 12 and worked in company under
the personal direction of Lieutenant
Peary in collecting supplies for the
winter and the equipment for the next
spring campaign. The Windward was
ice bound in All Man bay, on the west
side of Kane basin, about 80 miles
north of Cape Sabine from Aug. 1S,
1898, to Aug. 2. 1899, being in a sort Of
eddy undisturbed by wind or current.
The season was one of continuous
calm, with very little snow, the mini
mum temperature at the ship being 20
degrees below zero. All the Wind
wards company including ten Esqui-
mauX, were exempt from Illness, acci-
dent or casualty of any kind.
Lieutenant Peary and the sledge par
ties were in the field almost continu-
ously from October, 1898 to August Of
this year, and have effected an extra
ordinary amount of important work.,
His sledging journeys aggregated over
1000 miles.
As soon as the young ice could bear
a sledge Lieutenant Peary made n care
full reconnaissance of the coast line
southwest Of All Man bay and care
fully defined the lands and water be
tween that point and Cape Sabine. Tho
coast line of Princess Marie bay and
Buchanan strait. heretofore unknown,
was accurately defined. and Hayes
sound was demonstrated to be myth
This work completed, Lieutenant
Peary next made several successful
hunting trips and laid in an ample
supply of fresh meat, including musk
oxen, seals and birds. for the winter
Utilizing the December moon, he
sledged along the ice for $50 miles,
over almOa impossible ice, to Fort
COnger the headquarters of the Greedy
expedition. He had the misfortune
to have both feet frostbitten, which
necessitated six weeks delay and con-
finement until he could make the re-
turn trip. Lashed to a sledge. he was
hauled all the way to the Windward,
where several of his toes We're ampu-
tated. Complete recovery followed
rapidly, and he now walks as well as
ever
Lieutenant Peary found Fort Con-
ger exactly as Greedy lift it. The table
was standing from the last meal, and
all the other appointments had remain
ed undisturbed for 16 years. The build
ings were in fair condition, though
some of them would not be serviceable
much longer He took possession of
all the property, real and personal, in
the name of the United States govern
ment and posted notices to that effect.
He brought away, and is sending home,
the original Greedy records. the sex
taut of Lieutenant Beaumont, r. NJ,
of the Hares-Markham expedition of
1868, recovered by Lieutenant Lock-
wood, and many private letters and
papers of members of Greely's party,
all of which are to be forwarded to the
Peary Arctic club. of New York.
He also pushed a reconnaissance be-
yOnd Fort Conger to Cape Beechy,
finding practically the same conditions
of ice and sea as south of the former
point Subsequently he made second
trip to Fort Conger, and in all four
| parties from the Windward reached
that point and returned without other
accident than that to Lieutenant Peary
himself as result of the winter work.
-Four tons of provisions, two at Con-
ger and the others distributed between
Cape Sabine Durville, Louis Napoleon
Frazer and other points not more than
90 miles apart, have been deposited,
and both natives and whites engaged in
the work have been made so familiar
with the route and the caches that all
risk to life and limb along this path
| is practically ended.
His winter headquarters Lieutenant
Peary has established at Etah, one of
the eligible points on the east side OF
Smith sound. Ample supplies for the
remainder OF the time of the expedi-
tion, not less than so tons, have been
landed He has built a commodious
living and working room for himself
and his companions, In which they
will be thoroughly comfortable during
the winter. and he has nearly rs wal
rus for native and dog commissary
when the field is taken in February
The winter will be spent in rest and