The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-09

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were spanned with Jump. Soon they
disappeared In the rush OF driving
snow. The crack OF the whips and
the rebound Of cheering voices were
the iust Which we heard OF the faithful
savage supporters. They had followed
not for pay, but for rea desire TO
be helpful. from the dark days OF the
ending of night TO The bright nights
of the coming double days. and their
pairing enforced a pang of Loneliness.
8a Another Slsep Before the Start.
4 With a snow charged blast in our
i faces II was quite impossible for us
IN start. so we withdrew TO the snow
igloo. entered our bags and slept a few
hnurs longer Al noon he horizon
cleared The wind veered to the south
west aud cauie with an endurahle
force. The dogs had been douhly fed
the night before They were not to
be fed again for two days, The 1000
pounds of freight were packed on our
sledS. and quickly we slipped around
deep grooves in the great poliocrystic
foes
The snow had been swept from the
ice BY the force of the preceding
storms. and the speed attained by the
dogs through even rough ice was such
that II was difficult to keep far enough
ahead to ret good course.
The crevasses and pressure lines gave
little. trouble at first. but the hard ir-
regularity of the barred ice offered Il
dangerous surface for the life of our
sIeds. passing through blue gorges
ice. On course slightly west OF
north we soon sank the bold hcadland
which raises the northern point OF
Heiberg island.
Camp Is Pitched.
After n run of twenty-six miles we
PITCHED camp on foe berg of unusual
height There were many big hum
mocks about. 10 the Ice of which were
great banks of hardened snow. Away
from land it is always more difficult
to find snow suitable for cutting build
ing blocks. buI here WAS an abundance
conveniently placed In the course OF
an hour Il comfortable palace OF crys-
tai was erected. and into it we crhpt
ont OF the piercing wind The first
days march over the cirrumpoiar sea
was closed with II good record.
The dogs curipd M and went TO sleep
without call, MS II they knew there
would be nO food until the morrow.
My wild companions covered their
faces with their convenient long hair
and sank quietly into a comfortable
siumbpr. bu, for me sleep was quite
impossible Letters must be written
The whole problem of our campaign
must be again carefully studied and
FINAL plans must be made not ouly to
reach our ultimate destination. but for
the returning parties and for the secu.
rity OF the things at Annootok.
impossible to ForeteII Return.
1t was difficult at this time to even
guess at the probable line of cur re-
turn to land Much depended upon
conditions encountered in the north
ward route Though we had left
caches of supplies. with the object OF
returning along hansen sound Int
Cannon ford aud over Arthur Land.
I entertained grave doubts of our ahl-
ity to return this way. If the lee
drifted strongly to the east we might
not be given the choice of working out
our own return. In that event we
would be carried perhaps helpIesslY to
Greenland and must seek return
either along the east coast or the west
coast
This drift did not offer a dangerous
hardship for the musk oxen would
keep us alive 10 the west. and to the
east II seemed possible 10 reach Shan
non island, whore the Bald win Xiegler
expedition had abandoned large
cache Of supplies, 1t appeared not i'm
probable also that a large land extern
sion might offer safe return much
farther west.
Franekes instructions.
Because Of this uncertainty Francke
was Instructed 10 wait until June 5,
1908. and if we dill not return he was
told to place KoofG0lihgwah in charge
aud 20 home either by the whaers or
by The Danish ships ia the south.
No relief which he could offer would
help us. and to wait for an indefinite
time alone would have Inflicted need
less hardship. This aud many otAer
Instructions ware prepared for ltoo-
lootingwah and lnugito to take back.
In the morning he frost IN crystals
had been swept from the air. but there
remained humid chill which pierced
20 the bones The temperature was
minus 80 f. A light air came from
the west. and the sun burned In a
freezing blue.
After few hours march the ice
changed In character The extensive
thick fields gave place to moderate
sized foes The foes were separated
by zones Of troublesome crushed Tee
thrown into high pressure lines. which
offered serious barriers. but with lie
ice az and Eskimo ingenuity we man.
aged to make fair progress.
The second run on The polar sea was
witt, twenty-one miles to our credit.