Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-10


40 VAS a t'.- iitr ol our party he iirat
gear SIT sd nat an epidemic of scar
rlsh Lad a2t1d the settlements of
kockan ard Anofitok and said "You
awe only to let me know in case my
7"fYlces are = ''3 Ivy you. ] shall re-
11aiE here uni Nou leaye Saline unless
GOD" - ''' -'
received the (ol wing reply: ut is not
necessary Toy you 10 ASK FOR nrndicne IN
behalf of the llsEimos. Amy medicine that
can spare will be sent just as quickly II
you say outright that you want it for
yourself / will relieve your anxiety about
Ahmadagibsu by saying that | am not
likely to press kim into service, and yor
therefore will not he under the necessity
of seeking new host. / am not interest.
ed in your movements as long as you keer
completely away from me and my sta.
tons"
Rather than accept my medical services
for his ESkimoS, although within a stones
throw of his door were the graves OF
seven Of his party who had died within n
couple of months of his refusing my med
ical services at lItah, Mr.. Peary refused
to send any notice to me when this mar
was afterward critically i'll in his service.
Jan. 20 | wrote. 81 will ask you to sell
me 70 pounds of biscuit, II cans of milk. Il
pounds of coffee, pounds of tea. pounds
of bacon. small bag of salt and few Jars
of beef extract. Cut list or omit II coffee
can be spared and not sugar. then coffee
alone The reply came, II regret that ]
have no provisions to spare" He sent me
some salt and four two ounce Jars of beef
extract. l returned these with a note
You seem to have 10 figure very close or
provisions. | return the salt. You may
need it,"
March | went to Sabine from visit to
the lower settlements to ask for medicine
for dying Eskimos. Mr.. Peary had gone
north the day before. The steward re-
fused the medicine and would not allow
two natives i'll at headquarters to be
treated one of whom died a little later,
saying he was under orders. | sledged ABB
miles, the entire trip and returned to find
one native dead. and another died next
day. From getting slightly wet on the
journey during a forced march in storm
I went to bed i'll. Diarrhea ensued, last
ing three months. until 1 got change OF
food from the whalers. / had same trou-
BILE two months in the fall.
Was Told to Leave Soon.
May 20 went to Sabine to complete the
removal of my effects Mr. Peary had re-
turned. + was offered no entertainment,
but directed to leave just as soon as possi-
ble which l did without sleeping.
l felt that my responsibility to stay at
Anoritok had ended ] went go miles to
Cape York, hoping to get mail via wlu!-
ers. They gave me generous supplies |
was brought mail by the v indHard AUG
g. L was given no supplies. t!ef reen4n ON
Aug. IS was grateful, as tHic3 previously
she had been frozen in and ~. aimed ai!
winter. I lived the year IA E1.Ino h'itS.
eating their course, ultrlii1.y toafi. MI
returned to civil i'm a'3N 1itanorad
with the arctic and III .pcA health and
fine spirits.
JNt,r no fort " Il 4 th,s ttiDOpl
the tribe, so thet only remain. One
man was nlurd rcd, h''n'y suspected of
witchcraft. and enc bG' ''as killed by =
man suffering from de.i!iu10 or mania.
Another boy was Badly stabbed in the
arm and side from san cause. A number
of children were strnnG!ed upon the death
of their mother. In a case of twins both
met the same fate because of supersti-
tious fears.
My motives for remaining north were as
pure as the driven snow, rs plain as A, E,
C, and as noble as God ever gave to man.
They were simply that ! would not leave
men in the arctic without a chance for
medical aid.
The animosity exhibited in the endeavor
to brand me and bring me into disrcpute,
the refusing my unpaid salary on such
technical grounds Mr.. Peary's almost in
human treatment of me without provoca-
ton during the last year and his threat to
maroon me for fifth year on the side of
the channel uninhabited by Eskimos at
the expedition vessel taking final leave II
was on the headquarters side of the
channel when the ship arrived make rea-
sons for my resignation unnecessary. a
discriminating public can imagine tina,
they would exist. They would entail
long and to me shameful story. and
shall never undergo the modification OF
repeating them If | can avoid ii.