The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-22
FEAR FOR EXPLORERS
Dangers to Which the New
York Party Are Exposed
NOTHING HEARD FROM IT
Wife of Hubbard Is Not the
Least Bit Worried.


from I.abra Dor brings no news of the eX-
pedition to explore the interior of Labra-
der headed by Leonidas Hubbard, Jr., OF
New York. which started from Rigolet.
Labrador. August ].
All the settlers believe the party per-
fshed. \ tribe Of AIontagnais Indians,
which has been trapping in the interior.
recently visited the coast and said they
saw nothing of the Hubbard expedition,
though the Indians went $50 miles inland.
The dispatch from St. Johns, n f.,
strengthens the belief that the Outing
expedition has been lost in the wids OF
Ungava. the land Of the Nascaupee Il
dians.
Caspar Whieney. the editor of Outing,
who has unbounded confidence in the re-
sourcefuness Of l.eonidas Hubbard, Jr..
the young explorer, believes that there IS
stM hope. although a relief expedition is
being talked of
NJ white man has ever Yet returned
from the wilds Of the north Of Labrador
to tell Of that wonderful tribe of Indians
the last to maintain their independence
and the most daring traders OF the
Hudson Bay Company know only by
hearsay of the habits of the red men who
never come south into the domain Of civ
iization.
Tho steamer that arrived yesterday at
ST Johns had stopped at many points
along the Iabrodor coast at all Of which
Inquiries were made for the little parity,
but everywhere the inquiries were met
with the rep: that the explorers had
probably met their death in the frozen
north
Some members of the tribe Of Montag-
uais Indians the nearest noighbors of
the Nascaupees had reached one of the
ports at which the mail steamer had
touched. but they had heard or seen moth
ing Of the Hubbard party and gave little
hope for the safety of its members
Mr. Hubbard and his two companions
could scarcely die Of hunger, for the
country which they started to pierce is
filled with game and fish, and the fall
hunt Of the caribou which they hoped
to witness supplies the Indians with meat
ana clothes for the wincer. The streams
abound IN fish, and it is feared by some
that only accident or the vengeance Of
the primitive tribe into whose haunts the
fearless men undertook to penetrate could
account for their failure to return in
tine
Although the party expected to return
b. this time it was planned that in the
event Of failure 10 rctrace their path TO
Rigolet on the Labrador coast they We're
10 descend ny the Michikamau or some
other of the several rivers to the Gulf
OF st Lawrence and thence to the near
est port They may now be hobnObbing
with the red men of the Ungava. record
ing the haolts and the history of one of
tile most interesting of all the tribes OF
American Indians. or they may be work
Ing their way against many difficulties
toword the great stream that would bear
them safely homeward
Mir Hubbard lebt New York in July last
accompanied by his wife, y u. Wallace,
a lawyer. and George Elsen. Cree in
dian. They went to R1goiet. on the Lab
rador coast and there Mrs. Hubbard left
them Thence they were 20 make their
way in canoe along the Northwest
river to Lake Michikamau, the furthest
point reached by the white traders. From
there tlloy were 10 make their way up
the Foerge river TO the great hunting
grounds. the wonders OF which have new
e. been recorded from The observation Of
white men.
There. in the fan, the caribou are SAID
10 gather in great herds, and there. too
gather the Indians 700 miles from the
nearest trading post. The explorers We're
provided with a canoe small enough to be
carried over The many fords ana which
could contain but comparatively little
food and equipments. Guns. tackles and
cameras took mp much o. the little room
and made the food-carrying capacity
very small indeed
Elscn. the cree Indian was recon-
mended to Mr. Hubbard as a trustworthy
guide. and the most likely one TO take
him safely 20 the land Of the strange
Nascaupees Elsen had come to New
York for the first thine in June i'm order
10 complete arrangements with the ex-
plorer ana had spent Il wonderful fart-
night ia the marvellous city.
Many were tn volunteers who wanted
70 accompany AIr. Hubbard on his dar-
Ing trim. but he finally selected his friend
Mir. Wallace. "a lawyer OF g William
street Hubbard himself was used TO the
danger of The wilderness. COLLEGE
GRADUATE. he had early in lite distin-
guiShed himself by his interesting ac-
counts of hunting adventures and was
finally made associate editor with Mr..
Whitney on Outing
A man Who had faced many dangers
n his hunting trips. IT remained Tor him
10 Zoe snatched from the Jaws Of death by
fever through tha devotion OF 4: trained
3lurSe and it was quite IN keeping with
thiuss that they were married They
have a charming home I'm Congers. y.
ana Mrs. Hubbard mas acco,npan.ed
her husband on many trius She is IN