The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-09-17

whem the Io0t ole08e Came y
thought my Eskimos had gone Grassy.
They yelled and called and danosA
themselves helpless. As Ootah sat Aova
en- his sledEe he remarked. In Eskime:
The devil is asleep or having trouble
With his wife or never should have
come back easily"
A few hours later ne arrived -
Crane city. vnAer the bluffs % Cape
Columbia. ana. after putting four
pounds of pemmican into each Of eAS
faithful dogs to keep them quiet ~
had. at last. our chance to sleep.
Long Sleep Welcome.
Never shall forget that sleep at caps
Columbia. 1t vas sleep. sleep. then turn
over and sleep again We slept glorious
ly. with never thought Of the morrow
| or having to walk and. too. with ~
thought that there WAS to be never Q
night more of binding headache.
Cold water to parched throat 10 moth
Ing compared with sleep to a numbsd.
fatiGued brain and body.
Two days We spent here In sleeping ana
| drying our clothes Then for the ship
| Our dogs. like ourselves. had not been
hungry when arrived. but simply life
less with fatigue. They were different
animals nov. and the better among
them swept on with tightly curled tails
and uplifted heads and their hind legs
treading the snow with pistonike reGu-
iarity.
Marvin's Fate Learned.
| We reached Hecla In ono march and
| the Roosevelt in another. When We
| got TO the Roosevelt was staggered BY
the news of the fatal n.ishap TO Marvin.
| He had either been less cautious or less
fortunate than the rest of and his
death emphasized the risk to which we
| all had been subjected. for there was not
| one of us but had been in the sledgs at
| some time during the journey
The big lead, cheated of Its prey thrss
years before. had At last gained its hu-
man victim.
The rest can be told quickly McMiilaa
| 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 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. Tho sup
plies remaining at the various caches
| were brought In and July IL 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 sa bins
1898, and 81 days earlier than the British
| expedition in 1876
We picked up Whitney and his party
| and stores at Etah. We killed seventy
odd walrus for my Eskimos. whom I
landed at their homes. We met the
Jeanne Off Saunders island and took over
| It's coal and cleared from Cape York on
| August 26, one month earlier than In
1906.
| Announces His Triumph.
On September we arrived at Indian
Harbor. whence the message. Stars and
| stripes nailed to north pole" was sent
| vibrating southwark through the crisp
Labrador air.
| The elimination Of long experience. .
| thorough knowledge Of the conditions OF
| the problem gained In the last expedition
| these. together with 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 and
Increased the hours OF sleep of the
| members of the party, combined to make
the present expedition an agreeable Inn
| provement upon the last in respect to the
rapidity and effectiveness Of It's work and
the lessened discomfort and strain upon
the members Of the party.
His Capable Aids.
As to the personnel. have again been
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 = sledgs
| division In the field.
| DIR. Goodsell. the surgeon OF the expe-
| dition not only looked after Its health
| and his own specially Of microscopes but
took his full share of the field work of
| the expedition az well. and was aIways
| ready for any work.
| Profs Marvin and Mcmillan have ~
cured a mass Of scientific data, having
| made all the tidal and most OF the field
work. and their services were Invaluable
| in evcrv way.
eorup and Others Praised.
Borup not only made the record as to
| the distance Travelled during the jour
ney, but to his assistance and his expert
| knowledge of photography ~ 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 Of
| 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
| er which enabled it to negotiate appar-
| emily impracticable ice.
Mr.. Gushue, the mate, who waR II
| charge Of the Roosevelt during the alb
| sence of Capt Bartlett and myself. and
| Boatswain Murphy. who was put in
| charge of the station at Etah for the
and reliable men. and I count myself
| fortunate in having had them In my
| service.
Had = Willing Grew.
| The members of the crew and the
hremen were distinct improvement
| over those of our last expedition. Every
| one OF them was willing and anxious
| to be 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 seaman. and Wiseman and
Joyce. firemen. not only assisted Mar
win and Mcmillan in their tidal and
meteorological observations on the
| Roosevelt but Wiseman and BarneS
| went into the field with them on Their
| trips to Cape Columbia. and Condor
| and Cody covered 1000 miles hunting
and sledginE supplies.
Presents for Esklmos.
As for my faithful Eskimos. ] hevs
| left them with ample supplies of dark.