The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-11-10
Lieutenant Passed Last Winter at
Etah, Near Doctor Hayrs's
Quarters in 1860.
IS PROBABLY NOW AT C0NGER
Had Feeling Said to Have Devel.
crcd Between the American
and Svcrdrup-Latter Re
garded as an Intruder.

Edinburgh Nov Sit now appears that
Doctor Leopold kann is the only member
Of his party Of Arctic scientific explora-
ton which arrived at Dundee yesterday on
the nhaler Eclipse from Davis Strait Doc
tor Robert Stein OF the United Sta.es
Geological Survey leci,Iad. at the elev ,n,i,
hour. not to come 10 :, and. but to avail:
the first opportunity oi t.. ng landed on the
American side. Doctor . muel Warmbat!l
Of Boston preferred to remain at Cape
Sabine for a time.
III an interview to-day, Doctor Kann save
some interesting details regarding the
Feary ard Sverdrup expeditions
Lieutenant Pearys party" he said,
passed TIE winter at Etah. on Smiths 5
Sound, near the sro; where Doctor Hayes
had his winter quarters In 1863, and not far
from the scene of the Greedy disaster. In
February and March cf this year. Fort
Magnesnia our winter house NJ Bedford, on
Pym Island was thrice visited by the men,
hers OF his expedition. On the first occa-
sion Mr.. Hansen's party came. on the sec
ond party under Doctor D.dcrick, and
later Lieutenant peary himself i'll command
OF a s.c1ging party.
He reported that about ten months pre-
viously he had met Sve-drup III the Kane
Basin, north Of Smiths Sound. From con-
versations l elected that some feeling had
been engendored between Lieutenant Peary
and Sverdrup, tn former Father resenting
what he considered the latters intrusion
into ground. which, for exploration pur-
poses, the American was inclined TO regard
as his own.
"SveTdIup's party had thoroughly explored
the Elesmere Hluterland, mapping out u
region that was hitherto a blank on the
charts. Many of Sverdrup's flags were seen
by us
In the course of our hunting expeditions
in this great tract of country quantities of
musk oxen were found on what seemed to
be old-established feeding grounds.
when the P.ary ana Sverdrup parties
separated. Sverdrups understood intention
was to explore the vast area of land and
water in and around JUness Sound. beyond
Cape Eden. | believe Syerarup. on the
Fran, is now win;ering in Innes's Sound.
an; my opinion. which ~ backed by that of
dundee whaicrs. is that it will be mpossi-
bic ior the Fran TO come home this year.
The autumn has been very tempestuous.
and the ice was such as to render navisa-
ton next to Impossible. The natives at
Petravlc reported that they had returned
from Fort Conger. whittier they had gone
TO victual the station.
Lieutenant P.ary had 200 dogs and 81
sledges. hut. having moderated the difficult
ties Of the journey and not having suf-
tciency cf food. most OF his dogs died. He
only kept natives at Fort Conger during the
summer season, ard the rest of the Es-
Guimaux with Lieutenant Psa:y returned -
the settlement In few days. $" that the
journey was extremely arduOuS and the
party suffered great hardShips
81 am certain that Lieutenant Peary is
now wintering at Fort Conger. When left
Cape York on the Eclipse. June % the
Wndward was expected to touch there
about the middle Of July. where orders
brought. were left with the EsquimauN.
Doctor Stein and myself discovered a
melancholy record Of the Sverdrup pxpedi-
ton near Fort Magnesia in the grave of
Doctor Syensdep. with the inscription. Died
June y, 1899, which was nearly two months
before the arrival of our party
Doctor kann will main in Dundee for
several days. going ,heu to London and
later ia Vienna