Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-10-03
STAYED M FROZEN NORTH.
DIR. Dedrich Left seary Relief Expedition
Recalls Case of John verhoeff.

Inc BeAry Keller Expedltlon, unuQT
command of Herbert l.. Bridgman III
Brooklyn, which connected with LieuH
Peary in the Arctic region last summlet
and recently returned to Nav forE h,
was affected by distressing incideft.
Dr. 4. s. pearick, the physician VI
went North with Lieut.. Peary, wHs
left alone at tie Esqnimau settlements
of Etah on Smith Sound, where the
doctor went ashore when MIR. BridA 4.
mans ship, the Erik, stopped on heA}
homeward way. DIR. Dedrick had re-
signed from Lieut. Peary's expeditionV'
after vnricus disagreements or diff N
ferenoes with Lieut.. Peary Of a DatureH
not wholly disclosed. Mr.. Peary andfa
Mr.. Bridgman and all on the Erik be
lieved that the doctor was coming al III
the way home on their ship, when he, a3
suddenly left them aJ Etah and de VI
clared his intention there to remain, ~
defsing the members Of the Erik OK.
petition to remove him. k
1t is true, " said Mrs. Cora DedriclyF3
at her fathers home in Wasbington,E
ID. o., that my husband is now de, II
taohed from the peary Arctic Ey.~
pedition and that be expects to spsrd|
the winter at Etah in Greenland. HID
is there OF bis own free will and by I'll q
mutual consent of himself and Lieut..
Peary. lie was not put oil the shin at<
the dead Of night without food and
with only gun and some ammunition,
but is SO situated that he will be fairly
comfortable throughout the winter. |
am not in the least frightened ON
account OF the new arrangement and
am sure my husband will return whsn
the Windward comes down next sum
mer,"
DR.. Dedrick's plight recalls to many
who have followed the history OF Arctic
exploration the fate of another OF
| Lieut.. Peary's comrades in tho Arctic
ATTITUDES, the young geologist, John
Verhoeff, who accompanied tho Peary
expedition of 1892 and vanished In tta
frozen North. Lieut.. Peary was cen
| snred for having abandoned Verhoeff,
but 1T was shown by an official report
that Verhoef had taken his life 10 his
own hands and pushed off alore TO
seek, as it was concluded, fresh fields
of exploration where he might achieve
| personal glory.
Verhoeff, like DIR. Dedrick, de.
veloped personal resentment toward
the head OF the expedition, who re-
fused to permit the young geologist TO
| do things on his own hook, instead of
having to shine in the reflected light
of the chief explorer. Like DERRICK,
Verhoeff quit his companions in Augtut
and expressed his determination TO re.
main in the North. ne was last seen
alive en- august 18th, 1899, at the
head Of Mccormick Bay. He told
Langdon Gibson of the expedition that
| he was going to Kookern, an Esquimau
settlement score OF miles away, ard
when Gibson told him that the settle.
ment had been abandoned ne said that
he was going, nevertheless. Verhoeff
was known as great walker. Gibson
rowed him across an inlet and saw him
start off. He mad three days rations.
Nothing more was thought about his
departure until the length of his alb.
sence caused apprehension. Then u
searching party of 20 or % men set out
to make an extended search for the
young man. They continued it for
week, led by Gibson. They found some
meteorological specimens which. they
felt sure the young geologist had
dropped while bending over looking
Tor his knife or matchbox. That was
about 20 miles from the shore here
Gibson hid set Verhoeif down. There
were there also about so footprints;
but this was all the trace the searchers
found. 1t was decided that VeIhoeff
had fallen into orevasse. Some Of
the searching party were LET down into
orevasses. but they found no trace OF
| Verhoetf.
1t was told that Verhoeff had ASKED /.
Lieut.. Peary to allow him to remain in
Greenland SO that he might have his
wish of going "farthest north" after
the expedition IS departure If he could
not have it before. Tales arose that he
l ha6 lAkn ,st... -.
the Eskimos In the forecastle of the
Kite the wise ones had ooncccted q
romance that Verhoeff had fol- a fact
gone to join the Eskimos and that he
would some fine day come home on a
whaler with tales of exploration and
discovery to dim the renown OF the
head of the Kite expedition. They said
that Verhoef had shown great stub
bornness and that he had disappeared.
Prof. M. A. Heiprin OF PHILADELPHIA,
who represented the Academy of Natural
Sciences IN the Kites expedition, in
closing an official announcement of
Verhoeif' IS disappearance and the search
that was made for him. said: "Satis.
fed on the close of the seventh day
that nothing could he revealed through
a further search, the united parties
regretfully returned to Mccormack
Bay, on the northwest approach to
which on Cairn Point, on Cape Robert
son. cache OF supplies was left byY
Lieut.. Pesry." ~
Mr.. Verhoeff was nephew OF the
Rev. A. N. KeiRwin, d. D., pastor Of
West Presby Church, this city.
| rDr. keigwin, 10 discussing Verhpff'a
disappearance in 1892, said! F'Verhmff's
brother and sister have given him up.
know the dangers aud exigencies,
but ! would not be surprised yet il he
would turn up, on account Of his
peculiar disposition to'accomplish what
he set oat to do, if it took him all his
life. The whole of Peary q experience
up north indicates abundance of food;
so think, while hardly probable, yet
it is possible that Verhcaff ia alive. -
Verhetf's sister lives in Louisville,
ky., and brother in California. They
divided Johns estate in 1899. lie had
left his safe deposit box key with his
sister before be started for tbs North.
Or. keigwin does not think Peary
will find the North Pole, hut that the
Baldwin expedition, by reason of COM
plete equipment, will find it. He be-
lieves that a continent will be found
about the pole and that il will contain
everything necessary to sustain life.
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