New-York tribune., 1901-09-22
VESSELS NET AT ETAH.

VESSELS NET AT ETAH.
| "Dr. Dedrick went north on the Hope on July
q 1898. The Hope was followed by the Wind
| ward on August Il next following The two
vessels met al Etah whence they sailed to Cape
| Prescott where the Windwar6 remained The
Hope returned to Port Conger. where DIR. Ded-
| rick treated Pearys frozen toes. afterward re-
| turning TO the Windward. We on the relief
| ship. the Diana. met the Windward in 1899 at
| Etah. whence returned leaving Peary Matt
| Henson, Peary's colored man. and DR.. Dedrick
| In the spring of 1900 they went north TO Port
| Copger which Perry has made immortal as be-
| Ing the most northerly point ever reached.
They remained there during the winter of
| 1goo01. after which Peary and Henson started
| for the Pole leaving the doctor to find a relief
| ship. After week Peary and Henson re-
turned. and found the doctor still at Port
Conger. The doctor said he had been unable to
| travel south. on May the Windward met
them az Lake Sabine where they had travelled.
| Dr. Dedrick was sent TO Cape Louis Napoleon
| To do some sedging, and July the Wind
ward broke through the ice and came TO Whale
| Sound. where killed 125 walrus. which
| carried 70 Etah, all meeting there on August G.
| The Erik there. and Peary took command
| of her while l board the Windward.
! Dr. Dedrick was on board the Erik.
There had been some friction between Dr.
about do not know. There some circum-
| stances of which IL is advisa BILE be ignorant
and this one of them. ! never asked what
| the trouble was and never heard DR.. Dedrick
| had resigned three times and had been rein
| stated each time on August Il he resigned
| again. This time Peary told him to consider
| carefully what he doing because the action
| that would be taken if he insisted would this
| time be irrevocable. He insisted that his resig
1 he ted to Ike
! effect when the Erik should reach New-York.
| This did not satisfy the doctor. who wished it
| to be accepted at once. ON September "A he
| took his rifle and went ashore, saying, that he
| was going to shoot some hares. That night
| received q note from him saying that he would
! not return hut would stay where he was and
| await reer snip a whaler. do not think
! he gave any reason except that he had agreed
| to remain with the expedition while it was
| there. even after his resignation had been
| cepted.
| IF you can reconcile this statement with the
| facts and with DR.. Dedrick's actions you do
! more than can. | am simply telling you some
! thing Of what in his resignation. and you
| may judge from that if the mans mind was well
| balanced
| ARGUED WITH HIM FOR HOURS.
DR. Cook and Mr.. Wyckon who were with
the relief party, went ashore and argued with
him for two hours, urging him return to the
vessel and sail with to New-York. This he
stubbornly refused to do. They even told him
| that it possible that we would take him by
| would find some trouble In doing that because
| he was determined to remain at all cost DR..
! Dedrick always had some regard for my wishes
| and opinions. they urged him to come on
board and talk 1t over with me. He did come
| on board but only after he had exacted a pledge
| that he would be allowed TO return to the land.
| I used every argument that could conjure up
| to make him come home with us
| II am going to speak frankly to you SAID
| because this is no time for mncing words. You
may think l am unduly frank. but thnk tne
exigency of the occasion demands il. He told
me 10 talk frankly that he would not mind wnat
! | said because he was certain that meant II all
for his good. After | had argued with him
! long time / told him that sa" IL was no use
| that his mind was made up to do this thing
| whether 81 right ar not He told me 10 talk
| away and / continued for long time further.
| II was no use 1t just like talking 10 a stone
| image Finally. told him to go back. that 1t
was the only thing saw for him 70 do. Then l
| tried TO get DIR Cook to declare him insane so
! that we would be released from our pledge and
| could put him in irons and take him anyway
This DR.. Cook refused to do. because Dedrick
| was not violent, and to bring him home as an
| insane man might ruin his life.
he went ashore armed him well,
| and I asked him where would find him when
| we returned He said Somewhere about here
| That | pointed out. was not sufficient. He said,
| 81 last that he would go to AnoritOk the next
| 6av where thsre were fifteen twenty native
| families and where me would be not 10
| suffer for food clothes, and that he would be
| at Etah when we returned. His manner while
| we were talking peculiar. He logical
| too logical. He carried everything to an absurd
| conclusion His very resignation. of which ]
| have COPY shows irrational mind. 1T is
| icnr and verbose and shows some very peculiar
| ratocinations. The acceptance or Lieutenant
| Peary is just the opposite. Ii is a document
that would naturally be expected rom navy
| ticns nor to any trouble that had occurred
THINKS HE WILL BE ALL RIGHT
| "Dr Dedrick am sure. will be all right In
| ,,-ba, Wiptw1Yd UndS