The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-25
STORIES or PgARY'S CREW.
MEN CUT OFF ny STORM WROTE
..OUR FATHER" ~ THE SNOW.
kept Alive by Chewing strings Of waIrus
IMde-Wont sail to New York I'm the
roosevelt odd Traits Of Dogs and
EsuuImaux -Peary Due ON Wednesday.

She is booked to sail Thursday, November
~. Thanksgiving Day Members of her
Arctic crew, grouped in her forecastle this
morning, said that they would absolutely
decline to sail on her unless she were put
in drydock and thoroughly repaired.
An air of dissatisfaction was distinctly
noticeable in the forecastle where none Of
the officers was present.
we knows what that vessel is like, = one,
wearing a years gro with of whiskers. re-
marked in his New Foundland dialect.
sWe knows what she's like and we says by
all dis and dat we don't go Oh her without
she's fix good"
"Yes. it was bad enough coming down
by da mort said another. Going To
New York dis way, dat would be worse.
Why don't dey get a tug and tow her, says
l."
At this point a dark skinned face ap-
peared at the forecastle door, peering
through the glass with its inscriptions cut
with hard Greenland diamonds. The door
opened with a bang, and the whole crew
burst into an outlandish chorus of howls
of -Ho-o-o-Ah," which is the Esquimau
greeting to a long absent one
what dell said the n at the door,
lam to mug up. Hey, dar, amt yer saved
o mug up?"
"Ho-o-o-Ah."
Many times with derision was this re-
peated, followed by a volley Of questions
in Esduimau, in which the crew spoke
most Of the time while North.
Oats da boy dat had da time" an
nounced Henry Shortell, pointing to Clarke,
and fishing out a long rawhide card he
dangled il in Clarke's face. what dat,
Charlie2 Tell den what dat"
Go to the devil" snapped Clarke, dig
Ring faster than the Che sterfieldian speed
limit into his dinner.
Shortell laughed out, Dat what he eat
when him an Ryan get lost on da Ice
is dat right" Clarke was &sked. He
smiled and answered:
yep. dat's shore 'nough what we ct, datis
pure hipI er hide; da Esquimaux make
II for lines an whips an cord. OATS all
We had TO eat"
rs il palatable, Clarke?"
-No, for shore; dat's walrus hide
SBu is il eatable2"
a man1l eat anything, boys, when da's
notin' to eat-kep' alive. but stun l likes
better nor it,"
What we tink Of dat for breakfast, now
dat we're homer" asked Shortel, pointing
TO the table. There were bread and canned
butter, a pot OF boiled rice and some fish.
AN 'dat's great stuff beside that we had
for tree mont's mort of Hopedale. Oar we
only lived on walrus and other wild beasts
of da sea. II somebody say to me, 'Dere's
SIS a mont to come mort wild me l wouldn't
take it,"
Clarke. Of all the men, still bore some
signs Of terrible hardships, and. bending
over his chunks OF bread and butter, he
told something OF what it means to stare
right into the eyes Of death among the
Dat wasn't funny" Clarke began slowly.
Matt Ryan and me went mort from the
ship in da spring. 1t was spring for shore,
but dere wasn't no birds an flowers an
green grass. We went mort an mort,
an says Ryan to me, Aye. for shore we
get da pole by our lonesome and we laugh
Jolly as boys. Den il began to snow, an
we'll, we was lost. 1t snow for four days
an our grub gets all gone. Well, when
dere is no grub you eats anything, 50 we
ate da dogs, all OF dem, and by an by dey
ia all gone. Dog is good eattn'. 1t tastes
like rabbit. on'y tough. We gets hongry
an hongry an not tail to each oder. Den,
one day, | grabbed da hid harness and
me an Ryan lives on dat. 1t was tough
chewin' and tasted salty, but 1t kept us
from dyin'."
we got weaker an weaker an deaf
was coming fer shore. Den l got down in
da snow an writ our names. Den Ryan
says: pray an 1 started to write da
'Our Fader.' / couldn't fast. Den we
were picked up by da commander an got
back safe.
-Da prayer I .on'y wrote parts Of it. De
last was about Forgive us our trespasses.'"
No matter what the men have to say
about the h~ardships and dangers, they are
unanimous in their admiration and praise
Of Commander Peary, whom they designate
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feel bad at parting. Danger OF death
when shared together for many months,
binds men inexplicably, and IL is this o
that these men OF the Roosevelt's crew
feel now. That they will refuse to go to
New York seems definite, as Capt. Bartlett
is trying for a new crew.
Early to-day some Of the men had a
chunk Of walrus meat run up in the rigging
for the benefit of visitors, who approached
the vessel from all sides in all kinds OF craft,
but later it was cut down. The Roosevelt
shows many signs of her Arctic stay. Here
and there one sees a cast of Esquimau har-
ness or piece of walrus hide or deer skin,
and aft, on the quarterback, two woltish,
tumble over each other to make friends
with everybody. Their mother reclines
in the empty boat left by the Alert expedi-
ton and found by Peary. It is stored on
the beams in the Roosevelt.s hold, and
there are other dogs, wolflike brutes,
savage to all but Percy, their tender, who
crawIs among them while they jump all
over him and lick his face. The crew.
who never heard Of the call Of the wild"
say they have seen the dogs run away with
the wolves.
The forecastle still bears evidences OF
the presence Of Esquimaux. who had the
freedom of il during the winters stay in
the north. The crew describes how the
whole ship was covered with masses of
snow to a derth Of several feet.
When the long Arctic nights set in,
daTkening windows and portfolios and sky
lights, seventy ESquimaux were on board.
Members Of the crew say that Peary IL
taking dogs home with hin TO raise and
train, and that he will use Esquimaux only
for guides next time. The crew say hat
II was the presence of 40 many Esquimaux,
all big eaters, that depleted the provision
stock.
The Esquimau&, according to the crew,
are utterly savage, although they have
some knowledge Of an unseen power. They
have no ma rriage other than that OF choice
and force, and yet they instinctively oh
serve the laws OF blood relationship. The
natives PeaTy had with him this time are of
the most northerly tribes They have
fought against the intrusion Of missionaries.
declaring that they have heard of the
deterioration of the tribes Of Danish
Esquimaux over and around Briscoe, who