Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-09-17
After Pushing His Little Party oil
Brave Americans By Forced
Marches Through The In
terminable Ice FlOeS.

New York Times the London Times
and the Chicago Tribune, on behalf Of
Commander Pcary.
NOTICE TO PUBLISHERS
The following account by Command
err Peary of his successful voyage to
the North Pole was issued on Sept. 9,
1909, by the New York Times company
at the request of Commander Peary,
and for his protection, as book, duly
copyrighted and exposed for sale be-
fore any part of 1t was reproduced by
any newspaper in the United States
or Europe, in order to obtain all the
protection OF the copyright laws. The
reproduction of this account, in any
form, without permission, is forbidden
The penalty for violation of this
form of copyright includes iInprison-
ment for any person aiding or abet-
ting such violation.
This article is copyrighted In Great
Britain by the London Times. Copy
right, 1909, by the New York Times
Company.
Report on. the discovery Of the
North Pole by Robert e. Peary. COM
mander, United States.
(Part TwoD
Copyright by the New York Times
Company.
BY Robert E. Peary.
Battle Harbor, Labrador (Via Mar.
conf Wireless, Cape Ray, N. F., Sept.
9.--The steamer Roosevelt, bearing
North polar expedition of the Peary
Arctic club, parted company with the
Erik and steamed out of Etah Ford
late in the afternoon of Aug. 10, 1908,
setting the usual course for Cape Sa.
bine. The weather was dirty, with
fresh southerly winds. We had on
board % Eskimo men, with seven wo.
men and 10 children, 226 dogs and
some 40 odd walrus. We encountered
the ice short distance from the
mouth Of the harbor, but it was not
closely packed and was negotiated by
the Roosevelt without serious Difficult,
ty. AS we neared Cape Sabine the
weather cleared somewhat and we
passed close by Three WORT island
and Cape Sabine easily making out
with the naked eye the house at
Haines Harbor, occupied by me in the
winter Of 19Ol-'O2.
From Cape Sabine north there was
10 much water that we thought of let.
ting the lug sail before the southerly
wind, but little later appearance OF
ice to the northward stopped this.
There was clear, open water to Cape
Alberta and from there scattered ice
to point about abreast OF Victoria
Head, thick weather and dense ice
bringing us some 10 or Is miles away
From here we drifted south somewhat
and then got slant to the northward
out of the currents. We worked lit
tie further north and stopped again
for some hours.
Reach Series OF Lakes.
~ Then we again worked westward
and northward until we reached q
series Of lakes, coming to stop few
miles south of the windward winter
quarters of Cape Durville. From here
after some delay, we slowly worked
way northward through fog and
broken Ice of medium thickness thru
one night and the forenoon of the mex,
day. only emerging into open water
and clear weather of Cape Frazer.
From this point we had clear ruI
through the middle Of Rodbeson chan
mel uninterrupted by either ice or fol
+ to Lady Franklin bay. Here we en-
countered both ice and fog, and while
working along in search Of a practi
cable opening were forced to The
Greenland coast at Thank God harbor
The fog lifted there and enabled u.
to make out our whereabouts and WI
]. steamed north through series q
4 leads past Cape Lupton, and theme.
3 southwark toward Cape Union. "a few
{ miles of that cape We were stopped
I by impracticable Ice, and we driftet
I back south to Cape Union, where N,
\ stopped again. III
His Old Stamping 0round.
We lay for some time In q lake d
4 water. and then. to prevent beinf
drifted south again took refuge unde
the north shore Of Lincoln bay, ii
+ nearly the identical place whore v,
had our unpleasant experiences tire,
years before. Here we remained 70
3 several days during period Of con
( slant and ct times violent northeast
Z erIy winds.
Twice We were forced aground b,
the heavy Ice, we had our port quartz
rail broken and hole stoys In til
bnlwArks and twice We pushed out Ii
"a attempt 70 20 north. hut Va wsr
forced back each time to our precar1
& Gus shelter ss
1aaliy q seDt. !. y ssu.sss'