Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-17
TELLS OF :
JOURNEY NORTH
EXPLORER GIVES DETAILS OF
OBSERVATIONS
SAYS EsKIMos WEPT WHEN HE
STARTED HOME
Interesting Discussion at Battle Har-
Dor Brings Out Important Points
of Naval Officers AL
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lrontInned trnm Pnre one,

gold brick" This message had been
allowed to leak out. While he would
have preferred a moro elegant express
sion, he was willing now to let the
words stand, because they were at least
emphatic.
1t is rumored here that Commander
Peary's briefs will make sensational
statements and that a portion OF MS
document was prepared as long ago as
the early months of 1908, when the let
ters were received from DR.. Cook IN
Greenland, giving notice that he in
tended to make a dash for the pole.
Asked how Harry Whitney happened
to remain in the north, Commander
Peary said Whitney was one of Il
party of sportsmen who went aboard
as passengers on the steamer Erik.
At Etah, where it was determined
to land a party and leave supplies
for the relief of DR.. Cook, particularly
in view of the fact that Rudolph
Francke was being invalided home,
Whitney asked if he might remain on
the station to hunt walrus and polar
bear in the spring. This was decided on.
How He Did 1t
Asked how DIR. Cook had made his
way from Etah to South Greenland,
Peary replied that he probably Travelled
with dogs and sledges south and
across melville pay.
All the members of Commander
Peary's party agree that the far north
has a mysterious fascination for them
and say they would like to go back.
Professor Mcmillan declared today
that the Eskimo language probably
contained a thousand words at most.
He believes there is a great field here
for the ethnologists to determine where
the Eskimos came from.
~ 80 kI1a
expedition, is of the opinion that the
Japanese and Eskimos are of the same
racial stock. The Eskimos of Northern
Greenland are the most northerly peo-
pie Of the world. They are called
"Peary's tribe"
A census taken by Professor Nc
MILAN shows their numbers are in
creasing. Some years ago they were
threatened with extinction, but now
they number 21s.
Weep at Departure
When the Roosevelt left their shores,
no member of the expedition would
tell them that this was her last visit;
but they seemed to understand this
fact, inasmuch as the pole had been
reached and gathered on the shore they
wept at her departure and waved sig
nails as long as she was in sight.
An early dispatch from Battle Har-
Dor, sent by local correspondent,
said that Commander Peary was ac-
companied to the north pole by only
one man, an Eskimo.
A later dispatch from the same place
says that Matthew Henson, the negro
assistant of Commander Peary, to-
gether with four Eskimos, actually ac-
companied the explorer to the pole.
This apparent disagreement is thus
far unexplained, and inquiries have
been made for its elucidation.
Would Seek South Polo
Capt. Bartlett said he would like to
go to the south pole.
81 believe" said he today, that
Peary's methods would produce the
best results in the Antarctic. In fol-
lowing the commander over the polar
ice we regarded him with absolute
faith. Our determination and our cry
was He must get to the pole
After parting company with Peary
I did not Immediately turn back, but
continued onward for six miles to al
low for the ice movement. Then with
two Eskimos, one sled and eighteen
dogs, 1 turned south and started on the
homeward journey sad at heart that 1t
was not my fortune to be able to go
north"
Capt. Bartlett said that one of his
We'll Ol IOWdIu Tie pOl6 us
closed a depth of 1000 fathoms without
bottom. In another place sand from
the sea floor was brought UP at 1000
fathoms and will be subjected to
microscopic examination.
Asked at what point farthest north he
had seen the Bible, Capt. Bartlett said
that there may have been copy on
the Roosevelt, but divine service was
not held on board. No missionaries
were among the north Greenland tribes,
who, he said, have never been Chris
tianized and never heard of a Bible.
Prof Donald B. Mcmillan told of
wonderful trout lakes in the north, and
said musk oxen were there in thou
sands. According to the natives, they
had not shot musk oxen throughout the
winter, showing that they do not mi
CRATE. Mcmillan saw not fewer than
twenty-five different varieties of birds
north of the eighty-second parallel.