Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-18
LIEUT.. P[ARY Is HONE
Arrival at Sidney Of the Steamer
windward From the Frozen
North
LIEUT.. PEARY MAKES A REPORT
Interesting Details of the Expedition in
Search Of the North Pole-All of the
Party Return With the Windward-
Important Scientific Discoveries Are.
Made. !

Mades =
Sydney, N. S., Sept. 1s.-The Peary
Arctic steamer Windward. Captain
Samuel w. Bartlett, arrived here this
morning from Cape Sabine.
Lieutenant Peary said: Our expe-
.dition did not reach the north pole, but
we made most important scientific dis
.coveries. We are all well and glad to
get back to civilization"
Peary sent to the club the following
report of the operations of the expedi-
ton since Aug. 9. 1901:
Left at Erik harbor, on the Elles-
mere coast, on Aug %. The party
reached Payere harbor on Sept. 16,
crossing Roose bay partly by sledge,
partly by boat, and then walking across
Beford PIN. About Il week later my
Eskimos began to fall sick, not one es-
Gaping. BY Nov.r19 six adults and one
child were dead and nearly all the oth-
ers were very weak. but out OF danger.
Early in January the Eskimos came
across from Anvilak, bringing news OF
the ravages Of the fatal epidemic thru
the tribe. Word was sent back by these
scouts for as many. of the SURVIVORS as
could to come to me and by the end OF
the month they began arriving. IN
February a large depot Of dog food was
established near Cape Louis Napoleon.
some sixty miles north of Sabine. On
March my advance party OF SIX
sledees. In charge Of Hensen, !eft 1or
tGanger. On March s we started with
the main party Of eighteen sledges.
leaving Perry in charge ofsPayer Har-
5bor. Ganger was reached IN Twelve
marches. arriving within an hour or
two of the advance party. MY
sunnorting party of Eskimos returning
from Ganger brought Instruments
Ichronometers and the arctic libra
nv. Eight marches more took US
to Cape Hecla. The north end OF
Robinson channel was all open across
the Greenland coast, lakes of water ex-
tending northward as far as could pc
seen from Black Cape and Cape Ram
some. From Hecla another support
ing party returned. April = we
started northward over the polar sea
with Hensen, four Eskimos and SIX
sledees. The old foes were covered
deep with snow and intersected with
rubble ridges and lanes OF young Ice
were encountered from the moment we
left the ice foot. The same kind ol
travelling. except the lanes of young
Ice. was found by the English expe-
dition OF 1876 After six marches open
leads and foes In motion were en-
countered. Two natives were sent
hack. AS we advanced the foes be-
came smaller, the pressure ridges on
q grander scale. and open leads more
frequent. Each days march was more
perilous and our general course was
DETECTED west by the character OF the
ice. Finally at SALT N Lat, northwest
Of Hecla. the polar pack became i'm
practicable and further efforts to ad-
vance were given up. New leads and
pressure ridges with foggy weather
made our return in some prospects
more trying than the advance. Cape
Sabine was reached May 10Th and
few days later we went north as far
as Cape Louis Napelon after COM
plete survey of Bobbit bay. returning
the first Of June. The proposed trip
across Ellesmere land westward was
prevented by open water in Buchanan
bay.
THE ice broke up earlier than in 1901
and Payer llarbor was blOckaded al
most continuously. The Windward
bored her way thru the Ice and enter
ed the harbor on the morning of Aug.
5th, and got out again the same after
iyrY tnC n
SPARE before the harbor was closed by
ice. Forcing our way across Smith
sound my Eskimos with there belong
ings landed in Ughfield gulf. Several
Gays were devoted to hunting walrus,
then the Windward started south,
reaching and leaving Cape York Aug.
28. Calling at Godhoun. Greenland and
Cape Haven, Baffin Land. the Wind
ward arrived at Chateau bay, Labra-
dor, Sept. Ia and sent dispatches. The
summer voyage had been without mis-
hap and the Windward with her en-
gines has made as good time as the
larger and more powerful ships that
have been going north the last ten
years. The year at Payer harbor pass
ed comfortably, tho the anxious strain
caused by the ravages of disease
among my faithful people was not
light. Food was abundant and our
supply of musk OK and deer meat con-
tinued thruout the year. The north
ern sledge trip in the spring was ar
duous, but not marked by special ex-
posure, suffering or danger more than
necessarily incidental to serious arc
tic work.
'The equipment and personnel was
satisfactory and further advance We
toed by insuperable natural conditions.
The Windward has on board the in
struments chronometers and arctic
library abandoned by the Greedy expe-.
dition and numerous specimens of nat
sural history. The Fran left Goodhoun
about Aug 90, bound for home. She
has been seen in Soner sound. from
whence it is understood, explorations
were made to the northwest. The lit
tie schooner Forget Me Not which was
caught in the ice at Cape Haven last
wear is now on its way to st. John.
Peary will go to New York tomorrow.
The Windward will probably go to New
Foundland for the winter.
Funeral Of Nicholas Fish.
New York, Sept. 1s.-The funeral Of
Nicholas Fish. banker and diplomat,