The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-10

| L would be at Sabine. The staying
| on this side is the next best thing
| l can do. 1 assure You of my honest
| intention to do my duty in this mat
| ter, and that is not to desert human
beings who came North expecting that
a physician would be with them If
remain at Anoritok, l shall call at
Sabine as soon as possible and renew
my offer of medical services"
| The matter was turned over by Mr..
| Peary to Mr.. Bridgman, commander
| OF the relief vessel, who, when he fail
| ed to move me in my purpose said:
You understand that you will not be
given one ounce of food from this Ship
| Nor was l. 1 was also told that the
Sl.S00 bonus which had been Acknowl-
| edged due me was now declared for
| feited
| excursionistS on the relief ship, fur
nished me with his own rifle and
| some cartridges.
Upon the ship sailing left Etah in
TWO days and went overland twenty
five miles to Anoritok. Jan. l cross
ed to Sabine in the dark with Eskimo
guides Thirty-two per cent. of the
party had died during the Fall-one-
half of the Eskimo men. Mr.. Peary
refused my services and ordered me
to take all my effects from Sabine and
not to come back again, saying: IF
you feel 1t your duty to remain North
that is an affair entirely your own"
Jan. IA 1 wrote to Peary from Cape
Sabine asking for medicine for an Es-
k11no, who was a member of our par
ty the first year. 1 stated that an
| epidemic of scarlet rash had attacked
the settleme nts of Kockan and Amor
itok, and said, You have only to let
me know in case my services are re-
quired by you. l shall remain here un-
til you leave Sabine unless driven
away by scarcity of natives or food
1 received the following reply: 1T is
not necessary for you to ask for med
icine in behalf of the Eskirllos. ANY
medicine that can spare will be sent
just as quickly if you say outright
that you want them for yourself L
will relieve your anxiety about Alma
dagibsu by saying that am not likely
to press him into service, and YOU
Therefore will not Ia under the neces-
sity of seeking a new host. am not
interested in your movements, as long
as you keep completely away from me
and my stations'
Rather than accept my medical serv-
ices for his Eskimos although within
a stones throw of his door were the
graves of seven Of his party who had
died within couple Of months of his
refusing my medical services at Etah).
Mr.. Peary never sent any notice to me
when this man was afterward critical
ly i'll in his service.
JAN rs wrote: 81 will ask you to
sell me rs pounds biscuit II cans milk
10 pounds coffee, pounds tea. 8
pounds bacon, small bag of salt, few
Jars of beef extract. Cut list or omit. If
coffee can be spared and not sugar.
then coffee alone" The reply came:
Il regret that have no provisions to
spare" He sent me some salt and four
2-ounce jars beef extracts. returned
this. with a. note: "You seem to have
to figure very close on provisions. /
return the salt. You may need it,
March z, 1 went to abine from a
visit to the lower settlements to ask
for medicine for dying Eskimos. Mr..
Peary had gone north the day before.
The steward refused the medicine and
would not allow two natives. i'll at
Headquarters, to be treat ted, Zone of
whom died little later. saying he was
under orders. 1 sledged 435 miles the
entire trip, and returned to find one
native dead and another died next
day. From getting slightly wet on
journey during a forced march in a
storm. I went to bed ill. Diarrhea
ensued, lasting three months, until l
got change Of food from the whalers
/ had same trouble two months in the
fall.
May 20, I went to Sabine to complete
the removal of my effects. Mr.. Peary
had returned. 1 was offered no enter
tainment, but directed to leave just as
soon as possible; which I did without
sleeping.
felt that my response billy to stay
at Anoritok had ended. l went $50
miles to Cape York hoping to get mail
ThAU
supplies. 1 was brought mail by the
Windward Aug. 8. l was given no
supplies. Her return on Aug % was
grateful, as twice previously she had
been frozen in and detained all winter.
/ lived the year in Eskimo huts, eat
ing their coarse. uncleanly food, but
returned to civilization still enamored
with the Arctic and in good health and
fine spirits During the year forty
five deaths thinned the tribe so that
only 1877 remain. One man was muir
dered, being suspected of witchcraft,
and one boy was killed by man suf-
fering from delirium or mania. An
other boy was badly sta bbed in arm
and side from same cause. number
of children were strangled upon the
death of their mother. In a case of
twins, both met the same fate, because
of superstitious fears
were as pure as the driven snow, as
plain as a B G, and as noble as God
ever gave to man. They were simply
that would not leave men in the Arc
tic without chance for medical aid.
The animosity exhibited in the en-
deavor to brand me and bring me in
to disrepute, the refusing my unpaid
salary on such technical grounds, Mr.
Peary's almost inhuman treatment of
me without provocation during the last
year, and his threat to maroon me for
a fifth year on the side of the channel
uninhabited by Eskimos at the expe-
dition vessel taking final leave If was
on the headquarters side of the chan
mel when the ship arrived, make rea-
sons for my resignation unnecessary
discriminating public can imagine that
they would exist. They would entail
long and to me shameful story, and
shall never undergo the nortifcatio
of repea ting them If can avoid 1t.