The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-22

ne Wlnu 'DlcW all night and all next
day.
At this camp. in the morning, Bart
lett started to walk five or six miles to
the north to make sure OF reaching
the eishthy-eighth parallel. While he
was gone selected the 10 best dogs in
the outfit and had them doubled.
l picked out five Of the best sledges
and assigned them expressly to the
captains party. broke up the
seventh for material with which to re-
pair the others and set Eskimos at
this work.
Bartlett returned in time to take a
satisfactory observation for latitude
In clear weather. and obtained for our
position S7.4S. and that showed that
the continued north wind had robbed
us OF number of miles of hard
earned distance
Bartlett took the observation here,
rs had Marvin five camps back, partly
to save my eyes, but largely to give
an independent record and determine
ton OF our advance.
The observations completed and two
copies made. one for him and the
other for me. Bartlett started on the
back trail in command of my fourth
supporting party, with two Eskimos.
one sledge. and IS dogs.
BARTLETT DID GOOD WORK.
When he left felt for a moment
pangs OF regret as he disappeared in
the distance, but it was only momen-
tary. MY work was still ahead. not in
the rear.
Bartlett had done good work and
had been a great help to me. Circum.
stances had thrust the brunt of the
pioneering upon him instead Of divid-
ing it among several, as had planned.
He had reason to take pride in the
fact that he had oettered the Italian
record by a degree and quarter and
had covered a distance equal to the
entire distance of the Italian expedi-
ton from Franz Josef's land to Cagni's
farthest north.
had given Bartlett this position
and post OF honor in command of my
! fourth and last supporting party. and
! for two reasons: first. because OF his
magnificent handling of the Roos J.
| veit: second, because he Tad cheer
| fully stood between me and many
trifiing annoyances on the expeditions.
Then there was third reason. It
seemed to me appropriate. in view of
the magnificent British record of arc
tic work. covering three centuries.
J that 1t should be a British subject who
could boast that, next to an Ameri-
can. Re had been nearest to the pole.
With the disappearance OF Bart
!ett I turned to the problem before
me. This was that for which l had
worked for 80 years: for which had
| lived the simple life: for which had
conserved all my energy on the up
ward trip; for which l had trained
myself as for a race. crushing down
every worry about success.
In spite of my years, felt in trim
fit for the demands of the coming
days and eager to be on the trail.
As for my party. my equipment. and
my supplies was in shape beyond
my most sanguine dreams of earliest
years.
MY party might be regarded as ar
ideal. which had now come to realiza
tion-as loyal and responsive to my
will as the fingers of my right hand
PRAISES HIS MEN.
Four Of them possess the tech
nioue OF dogs, sledges. ice. ant
cold as their heritage. Two o
them. Hansen and Ootam, wer'
| INV companions to the farthest poin
three years before. Two others, Eg
inewuk and Sigloo. were in Clark's di
vision. which had such a narrow es
cape at that time, and now were will
ing to 70 anywhere with my immed1
ate party. and willing to risk them
selves again in any supporting party.
The fifth was young man who hat
. never served before in any expedition
but Who was. II possible. even NOR
willing and eager than the others TO
the princely gifts-a boat. rine.
, shotgun. ammunition, knives. etc
| which had promised to each OF then
. who reached the pole with me: for h
, knew that these riches would enabl
, him to wrest from q stubborn fathe
, the girl whose image filed his no
young heart.
AL FOLLOWED HIS LEAD.
J All had blind confidence 50 long .
: was with them, and gave no though
T for the morrow. sure that whateve
) happened should somehow get ther
: back to land. But dealt with tn
{ party equally. recognised that all 1t
j impetus centered in me, and that wha
: ever pace set it would make good
anyone was played out. I would sto
{ for q short time.
8 had no fault to md with the col
9 ditions. My dogs were the best, tn
D pick OF 122 with which we left Colun
/ bia. Almost all we're powerful males
hard AZ nails. in good flesh. but will
out superfuous ounce. without SUI
+ picion of fat anywhere: and. what Va
) better yet. they were all In goo
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