The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-09-17

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when the last saeAgs cane ~ Z
thought my Esktmos III rome crasy,
They yelled ana called and danced
themselves helpless. A. Ootah sat AowA
on his sledge he remarked, In Eskimo:
The devil 10 asleep Or having trouble
with his wife. or We never should have
come back 81 easily"
A few hours later We arrived at
Crane City. under the bluffs % Cape
Columbia. and. after putting four
pounds OF pemmican into ach Of the
faithful dogs to keep them quiet, vo
had, at last. our chance to sleep.
Long Sleep Welcome.
Never shall I forget that sleep at Cape
Columbia, 1t was sleep. sleep. then turn
over and sleep again. We slept glorious
~. with never a thought OF the morrow
or havins to walk ana too. with no
thought that there way to be never Q
night more OF binding headache.
Cold water to a parched throat Is noth-
Ing compared with sleep to q numbed,
fatigued brain and body.
Two days we spent here in sleeping and
drying our clothes Then for the ship.
Our logs. like ourselves, had not been
hungry when we arrived. but simply lifs-
less with fatigue. They were different
animals now, and the better ones among
them swept on with tightly curled tails
and uplfted heads and their hind legs
treading the snow with pistonlike regu-
iarity.
Marvin's Fate Learned.
We reached Hecla in one march and
the Roosevelt in another. When we
got to the Roosevelt I was staggered BY
the news Of the fatal mishap to Marvin.
He had either been less cautious or less
fortunate than the rest of us, and his
~-x
all had been subjected, for there was not
one OF us but had been in the sledge at
some time during the Journey.
The big lead, cheated Of its prey three
years before, had at last gained its hui
man victim.
and Borup had started for the Green
land coast to deposit caches for me. Be-
fore I arrived . flying Eskimo courier
from me overlook them with instructions
that the caches were no longer needed
and they were to concentrate their ener-
gies on the ideal observations, ETC., at
Cape Morris X. Jesup and 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. The sup
plies remaining at the various caches
1 were DTCuKnt IN ana on July 10 tn0
Roosevelt left its winter quarters n
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 8, or 80 days earlier than in
1908, and 50 days earlier than the British
expedition in 1876.
We picked up whitney and his party
and stores at Etah. We killed seventy
odd walrua for my Eskimcs. whom I
landed at their homes. We met the
Jeanie of Saunders island and took over
its coal and cleared from Cape York on
August d. one month earlier than In
1906. =
Announces His Triumph. Y
On September s we arrived at Indian
Harbor, whence the message, Stars n
stripes nailed to north pole" was sent
vibrating southwark through the crisp
Labrador air.
The elimination OF long experience, q
thorough knowledge OF the conditions OF
the problem gained in the last expedition
these, together with a new type OF
sledge which reduced the work Of both
dogs and driver. and a new type OF camp
cooler which added to the comfort n
increased the hours Of sleep of the
members OF the party, combined to make
the present expedition an agreeable i'm
provement upon the last In respect to the
rapidity and effectiveness of its work and
the lessened discomfort and strain pon
the members Of the party. q
His Capable Aids. I
As to the personnel. l rave again bsen
particularly fortunate. Capt. Bartlett 10
just Bartlett-tireless, sleepless. enthusi-
astic. whether on the bridge or in the
crows nest or at the head OF . sledgo
division in the field.
DR.. Goodsell, the surgeon OF the expe-
dition, not only looked after It's health
and his own speciality Of microscopes but
took his full share of the field work OF
the expedition as we'll, and was always
ready for any work.
Profs. Marvin and Mcmillan have So
cured a mass Of scientific data, having
made all the tidal and most of the field
work. and their services were invaluable
In every way.
eorup and Others Praised.
Rorup not only made the record as to
the distance Travelled during the jour-
ney. but to his assistance and his expert
knowledge OF photography is due what
I believe to be the unequaled series Of
photographs taken bv the expedition.
Henson in the field and Percy a.
steward were the same as ever, inval-
liable in their respective lines.
Chief Engineer Wardwell. also OR
the last expedition. aided by his as
sistant. Scott, kept the machinery up
to a high state OF efficiency and has
given the Roosevelt the force and pow
err which enabled It to negotiate appar.
emily impracticable Ice.
Mr.. Gushuc. the mate, who was In
charge OF the Roosevelt during the alb.
sence OF Capt. Bartlett and myself, and
B~oatswain Murphy. who was put In
charge OF the station at Etah for the
relief OF Cook. were both trustworthy
and reliable men. and I count myself
fortunate In having had them In my
service.
Had . Willing Crew.
The members OF the crew and the
iremen were q distinct Improvement
over those OF our last expedition. Every
one OF them was willing and anxious
to he OF service In every possible way.
Connors. who was promoted to be
bos'n in the absence Of Murphy. proved
to be practically effective.
Barnes. sea m and WisemAn and
Joyce, fremen. not only assisted Mar
win and Mcmillan In their tidal and
meteorological O~bservattone on the