Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-09-16
DETAILED STORY
OF PEARY'S TRIP
Explorer Reached North Pole
With Only One Eskimo
as Companion
FAST time ON WAY BACK
Left Earth's Extremity April I and
Reached the Roosevelt in
Twenty Days.
FAST TIME ON WAY BACK

Battle Harbor, Labrador, Sept. b.
The following details of Commander
Peary's journey to the North pole
have been CLEANED from members OF
the expedition on board the steamer
Roosevelt:
The only men to reach the pole
were Commander Peary and one Es-
klmo, Eging Wah. The other white
members of the various parties that
left Cape Columbia were sent back
one by one as Peary drew nearer daily
70 his objective Matthew Henson
and three Esllimos, the only other
members of the reduced party that
made the final dash, were left one
march south of the pole.
Captain Bartlett and George Borup
started Feb. % from Cape Columbia
with number of Eskimos and dogs
on the march across the ice, heading
north On March 1 Commander Peary
left Cape Columbia with his party,
consisting of seven white men, seven
teen Eskimos and 1876 dogs. On March
4 Peary came up with Bartlett, who
had pitched his camp at the side of a
lead of water which it was impossible
to cross.
No Progress for Seven Days.
The combined parties had to wait
until March IL, seven days, before
further progress was possible. The
sun was seen for the first time March
and an observation showed that the
explorers were a short way from the
saith parallel. The supply of alcohol
was running short and Borup returned
to Cape Columbia for fresh stock.
March Ia Borup overlook Peary again
and brought supply of oil and alco-
hol The division under Professor
Ross g. Marvin Joined Peary the same
day. At this point Professor Ronald
B. Mcmillan was sent back, his feet
having been badly frozen. Borup re-
turned to land from 1928 with two
Eskimos.
men, ten sledges and eighty-five dogs.
Bartlett was still beating out the trail
two days ahead of Peary. Marvin
took observations at s6.4S and then
started on his return march. On his
ncxt trip Bartlett made a record, COW
ering twenty miles. This brought him
to 1888.
4 Bartlett Leaves on Return Trip.
The party now consisted of Peary,
Bartlett, Matthew Henson, the col
ored man who has been Peary's per-
sonal assistant on so many of his ex-
petitions; the Eskimos, seven sledges
and sixty dogs and the journey north
ward was resumed. The ice was per-
fectly level as far as the eye could
see. Bartlett took the observation on
the SSth parallel on April and then
reluctantly returned, leaving Peary,
Henson and four Eskimos, with pro-
visions for forty days, to make the
final dash to the pole.
| This reduced party started the
morning of April 8. Tbs men walked
that day for ten hours and made
twenty miles. They then slept near
the S9th parallel. While crossing q
stretch of young ice 500 yards wide
the sledge broke through. 1t was
saved, but two of the Eskimos had
narrow escapes from drowning.
| The ice was still good and the dogs
were in great shape. They made as
much as twenty-five miles day.
Reached the Pole on April 6.
| The pole was reached April 6 and
. series of observations were taken
l Ar on