The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-16
4 WOMAN'S LONG VOYAGE
Mrs. Peary Goes to The Arctic to
Join Her Husband.
Accompanied by Her Daughter,
Marie, Who Was horn in the
FrlEid Zone Seven Years AgO--Mny
Spend the Winter in Greenland
Hopes to Find the Lieutenant Well

Mrs. r. E. Peary, wife OF the explorer.
will sail from Sidney. Cape Bretoa, today.
on the Windward. to join her hu, biud
somewhere in the Arctic Circle. She ieft
Washington last week. act ompanied by her
daughter, Marie, who was born in the Arc
tic regions seven years ago.
Mrs. Peary's objective point is Etah.
Greenland, where Lieutenant Peary has lis
winter headquarters. 1t will. take her al on.
three weeks to make the Journey. X her
| husband has been successful in his exped.-
ton, he will probably be there waiting for
The Windward. II he has rot yet returned
| from those dim, dark regions to the Forth
which he is striving with such intrepid
| spirit to penetrate, she will wait for him.
! II his coming should be delayed some
| weeks, they probably will not be able to
| get out Of those ice bound oseas, and, will
have to remain there all winter. In Csc
he has net reached Etah By the end Of
August. his brave wife must kEow that she
will probably never see his face again.
With that dreadful knowledge upon her,
she must face the long Arctic winter as
best she can. Her mother and sister here
in Washington are praying that the last CT
September may see the Windward In At
lantic waters once more, and the lieutenant
and his wife safe aboard her. Ctherwse,
they must endure, with what patience they
can. long year Of silence and the far
within them that the bold explorer is dead.
Mrs. Peary is woman who will have
her way. Arguments and entreaties have
been poweriess to dissaude her from at
tempting the journey. She knows that
her husband expects her to meet him, for /,
she promised him. two years ago, when /!
he went away, that IL she were alive she I
would make the attempt. Nothing could |
prevent her from keeping her word. She |
is fathoms deep in love with him, and |
she says she would follow him to tie ends |
of the earth. She has proved her faith |
by doing 1t on three previous occasions.
They are so devoted to each other"
said Mrs. Diebitch, Mrs. Peary's mother. |
that they think nothing that they can do |
for each other sacrifice. My daughter I
is a fearless woman. The only thing that
ever seems to make her afraid is the |
thought OF losing her child. She would
not leave her behind, and as Marie vas
born in Greenland. and is large, strong
girl. and was always perfectly well in the
Arctic regions, there is no reason why she
should not go to meet her father. whom
she talks OF constantly. My daughter is
strong, healthy woman, and her husband
is man OF magnificent physique. He
makes one think of those great Maine
woods where he was reared. To their
splendid health those two probably owe
much of their courage and persistence.
When my daughter was a girl she had
excessive fear of firearms. and would run
out of the room with scream il she
found her brother cleaning his gun. Now
she is an excellent shot, and handles all
kinds OF weapons fesrlessly. She learned
the use of them in orde: that she might
defend herself when left alone in the far
north
the three expeditions in whisn Mrs.
Peary has already taken part the second
was the most notable.
The house that the Peary's with the
dozen men Of the expedition, occupied at
that time, was bestowed when they left
on some Eskimos who had been useful
to them during their, stay. With the Eski-
most as tenants, it caught fire and was
burned to the ground. When Lieutenant
and Mrs. Peary took their child back on
their next expedition to see her birthplace
they found only heap of ashes.
This is probably Lieutenant Peary's last
journey to the Arctic regions, for he has
only five years leave from the Navy De-
partment. These expeditions are private
into which he put all his money
years ago. Since then he has drawn on the
resources OF the Arctic Club.
Since he left Washington, two years ago,
Lieutenant Peary has been heard fIom
,nce. Mr.. Bridgeman. of Brooklyn, Sscre-
larry OF the Arctic Club, conducted an ex-
osditicn to Etah last summer. He re-
NAMED there about three weeks and re- I
urned last September with letters, mes .
ages, and reports from Lieutenant Perry. ,
rhe latter had been unable to carry out his
Ian OF exploration to the north turing tie
wiz .ou ha had
O Conger a station about $50 miles farther p
iorth, where he has the headquarters left p
here by the Greedy expedition. In at
empting to push on from there with his
wo companions the surgeon Of the eXpedi- :
ion and his servant, he froze his feet so
hat seven OF his toes had to be ampu;aed.
was necessary for him to return 10 Etah,
s the surgeon had none OF the instruments
With him with which to perform the opera v
ion. In spite of the loss of his toes, Mr..
,ridgeman says that ne is in nowise Grip
led and climbs lofty hummocks of ice
With as much ease as ever. He spent the a
est of the winter OF 1899 making surveys =
4 his environment. AS the result of his .
sbors the map OF those far-away reg -ons
las taken on different aspect.
The attempt to proceed farther north was
o begin this year in February, and, il sue
essful. Lieutenant Peary should. by this
Il
I his faithful wife. Even should they b.
o fortunate as to meet in the next few
ieeks and never part again. that meeting l
ill be sad one. Lieutenant Peary Is ex-
Getting to see Tot only the wife ard chi d |
e knows and loves so we'll but also an |
Their child whom he has never SEEN and l
ever will see The little one was born |
fter he sailed away and died last summer,
My "a few weeks after Mr.. Bridgeman
;ent to Greenland with a picture Of her
Seet self for the father.