The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-09-16


When the last sledge came up
thought my Esltimos had gone crazy.
They yelled and called and danced
themselves helpless, As ootoh sat down
on his sledge he remarked. In Eskimo;
The devil IL asleep or having troubls
with his wife. or we never should have
come back so easily"
few hours later we arrived at
Crane city. under the bluffs OF Caps
Columbia. and after putting four
pounds OF pemmiCan into each OF the
faithful dogs to keep them quiet we
had. at last, our chance to sleep
LONG SLEEP WELCOME.
Never shall forget that sleep at Cape
Columbia II was sleep, sleep. then turn
over and sleep again. We slept glorious
ly. with never a thought Of the morrow
or having to walk and. too, with no
thought that there was to be never
| night more OF binding headache.
Cold water to parched throat In moth
! Ing compared with sleep TO numbcd.
| fatigued brain and body.
| Two days we spent here in sleeping and
| drying our clothes. Then for the ship
! our dogs like ourselves, had not been
| hungry when we arrived. but simply life
| less with fatigue. They were different
| animals now, and the better ones among
! them swept on with tightly curlcd tails
| and upllftcd heads and their hind legs
| trcadlng the snow with plstonlike regu-
| Arlty
MARVIN'S FATE LEARNED.
We reached Hccla in one march and
tho Roosevelt In another when wo
got to the Roosevelt | was staggered by
the news OF the fatal mlshap to Marvin.
lie had either been less cautious or less
| fortunate than the rest Of us and his
death emphasized the risk TO which we
| all had been subjected, for there was not
ono OF us but had been In the slcdgc at
some timo during the Journey
The big lead, cheated OF Its prey three
years before, had at last gained It's hui
! man victim.
The rest can he told quickly Mcmillan
| and Borup had started for tho Green
land coast to deposit caches FOR me. Be
fore | arrived flying EalimO courier
from me overlook them with instructions
that tho caches were no longer needed
and they were to concentrate their encr-
EIcs on the ideal observations, etc. Mt
cape Morris X. Jcsup ana north from
there.
ROOSEVELT STARTS BACK.
These instructions were carried out and
after their return In the latter part OF
May Mcmillan made some further tidal
observations at other points. Tho sup
plies remaining at the various caches
were brought In and on July N the
Roosevelt left its winter quarters and
was driven out into the channel back OF
Cape Mon.
1t fought its way south In the center
Of the channel and passed Cape Sabine
on August s, or % days earlier than In
1908. and 70 days earlier than tho British
expedition In 1S7G.
We picked up Whitney and his party
and stores at Etah. We Killed seventy
| 81 ,a1r far nv Tsgkl limos whom I
landed at their homes. We mot this
Jeanne of Saunders island and took over
It's coal and cleared from Cape York on
August 20. one month enrer than in
1906
ANNOUNCES HIS TRIUMPH.
on September we arrived ut Indian
Harbor. whence the message, stars and
stripes nailed to north pole" was sent
vibrating southwark through tho crisp
Labrador air.
The elimination OF long experience, a
thorough knowledge OF the conditions Of
the problem gained in the last expedition
these, together with new type OF
sirdge which reduced the work OF both
, dogs and driver. and new type OF camp
cooler which added to the comfort and
, lncrcascd the hours of sleep Of the
members Of the party. combined 10 make
the present expedition an agreeable TIM
| provomont upon the last In respect TO tho
/ rapidly and effectiveness OF Its work and
: tho lcssencd discomfort and strain upon
the members Of the party.
HIS CAPABLE AIDS.
As to the personnel. ! have again been
| particularly fortunate. Capt. Bartlett In
lust Bnrtlctt-tlreess. sleeplcss. enthhsi-
I | astIc whether on the bridge or In the
crows nest or nt the head OF a sledge
| division In the field.
| H. no nf the
dltion, not only looked after its health
and his own specially OF microscopes but
took his full share of the field work Of
. the expedition as well, and was always
. ready for any work.
Profs. Marvin and Mcmillan have So
cured mass Of scientific data. having
, made all the tidal and most OF the field
work. and their services were invaluable
| in every way
! BoRUP AND OTHERS PRAISED.
:. Borup not only made the record as ia
= the distance Travelled during tho jour
. ncy, hut 20 his assistance and his expert
: knowledge OF photography Is due what
. | believe to he the uncqualcd series of
j photographs taken by the expedition.
Henson in the field and Percy as
i, steward were the same as ever inval-
4 liable in their respective lines.
chief Engineer Wdrdwell also OF
Q the last expedition aided by his as
slstant Scott kept the machinery m
TO n high state OF efficiency and has
v given the Roosevelt sho force and pow
h or which enabled II to negotiate appar-
Q entity impracticablc ice.
a Mr. Gushue. the mate. who was in
}, charge nt the Roosevelt during the alb.
: sence OF Capt Bartlett and myself. and
Boatswaln Murphy. who WAS put In
v charge Of tho station at Etah for the
d relief of Cook. were both trustworthy
Il and reliable men. and / count myself
Il fortunate In having had them In my
n service.
HAD A WILLING CREW.
d The members OF the crew and the
d hremcn were n distinct Improvement
: over those Of our last expedition. Every
q one OF them was willing and anxious
to be Of service in every possible way.
Connors. who was promoted to b,
bosn in the absence OF Murphy, proved
. to he practically effective.
Barnes. seaman. and Wiseman ant
, Joyce. frcmen, not only assisted Mar,
=. win and Mcmillan in their tidal anC
u meteorological observations on thu