Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1906-11-29

E. B. Baldwin, scientific observers; j.
w. Davidson, who had been Mr..
I eary's lecture manager; Frederick
w. Stokes, the artist, and the ever
faithful Henson.
On this, his second expedition,
Peary followed the trail he had blazed
into the frozen region two years be-
fore. In the autumn the Peary baby
was born in their hut on the west
Greenland shore. The ensuing spring
the northward march was begun, but
frightful storms beset them from the
start, and they had to retreat, after
struggling against the weather for
two weeks. Some of the party were
frosted and others were discouraged,
and nothing more was done but to
wait for the relief ship, which arrived
in 1894, commanded by Emil Diebitsch.
Mrs. Peary's brother.
Of all the party Peary, Lee and
Henson alone were u%ndismayed and
determined to make another attempt.
This they did early in 1895, and sue,
ceeded in the journey across the ica
cap, but from lack of food could go no
farther, for starvation had them al
deaths door. They escaped by eating
their dogs; out of 40 with which they
left they brought back only one.
Another Siege to the Pole.
In 1896 Peary tried to carry to New
York the great meteorite at Cape
York, the largest in the world, but his
ship was forced away from the Green.
land coast by ice and storm. He tried
again in 1897, and this time succeeded,
In 1895 he began a new siege of the
pc and in a long and toilsome march
was caught by a blizzard and held
helpless for two days and nights. The
little group killed a dog and ate it, but
Peary's feet had become frosted, and
DR.. DERRICK. then of his force, had to
amputate seven toes. To do this even
roughly they were forced to shelter
in Greely's deserted station, Fort Con,
ger. Lady Franklin bay, and there the
invalid lay helpless for six weeks.
Then he had to be dragged south for
$50 miles on a sledge, with the ten,
perature 90 degrees below zero, to his
ship, the Windward, for the operation
to be perfected, as the surgeon had no
proper instruments north. This in.
volved another six weeks illness. and
spoiled an advance toward the pole in
1899.
In 1900 Peary was well enough to
start again, and this time journeyed
to the northernmost tip of Greenland,
in SO degrees, 27 minutes, whence he
ventured on the foe and headed for
the pole. He reached SO degrees. so
minutes, where the ice was found too
open for safety, so he had to fall back
again. He utilized the reverse to de,
limit the whole northern coast line OF
Greenland. In 1901, an advance Owe
the same route being useless. be
started for Cape Hecla, the farthesi
point In Grinnell Land, west of Green,
land, and took his departure there.
from. But the fates were still unpro
pitious. The season was an unusual
ly open one and he had once more ia
retire bafied.
Near Pole with Neqro.
In 1902, Peary, Henson, and eight OF
ten Eskimos tried this trip again. He
had go dogs for his sledges and sc
tons of walrus meat for the CANNES
besides ample stores of food for the
humans. The party hurried forward
sending back the Eskimos one afte,
another as the stores were exhausted
until Peary and Henson-the white
and the black Americals-were left C
make the last stage of the iourne,
alone. In that journey Peary and Hen
son made their way as far as 81 de
grees, II minutes north latitude, north
west to Cape Hecla, the farthest point
of Grinnell Land, beyond which an ad
vance was found to be impossible. anC
the idea of further progress had to b,
reluctantly abandoned. PeSry planned
to be 60 days on this journey, 40 In ad
vancing and 20 in returning; but 1
occupied only 20 in all. Peary ther
made his way south to Cape Sabine
where a relief ship with Mrs. Pear,
on board, met him in August and con
veyed him back to New York.
Flnd Ancient Boat.
London.-While engaged in clearin,
out a deep bog in Somersetshire