The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-17

the outlook being unsatisfactory. | went
back and put the Roosevelt into the
only opening in the foe being barred
close to the mouth Of the Sheridan riv-
er a little north of our position tbrea
years prior.
Put Up for Winter
The season was further advanced than
In 1913, there was more snow on the
ground and the new ice inside the foe
bergs was much thicker.
The work of dischargIng the ship was
! commenced at once and rushed to COM
pletion. The supplies and equipment we
| siedget across ice and sea and deposited
! on shore. A house and workshop were
built of board. covered with sails, and
htted with stoves, and the ship was
snug for winter In shoal water, where it
touched bottom at low tide
The settlement on the stormy shores OF
the Arctic ocean was christened Hub
bardvlle
Hunting parties were sent out on Sep
tember 10 and a bear was brought in on
the 18th and some deer a day or two
| later
Prepare for sedge Trip.
On September Is the 1ull work of trans
ferring supplies to Cape Columbia was
inaugurated. Marvin with DR.. Good
sail and Borup and the EskimOs. took IL
| Sledge loads Of supplies to Cape Belknap
and on the 9th the same party started
In loads to Porter bay.
| The work OF hunting and TRANSPORTING
supplies was prosecuted continuously by
the members of the party and the Esk-
mos until November 5. wIan the sup
plies for the spring sledge trip had been
removed from winter quarters and de-
posted at various places from Cape Co.
Ian to Cape Columbia
The latter part Of September the move
ment or the Ice subjected the ship to a
pressure which listed 1t to port some
eiSht or ten degrees, and it did not re-
cover till the following spring.
On october | went on hunt with two
hSkimos across the field and Pass bay
and the peninsula, made the circuit of
Ciemants Markham inlet. and returned
TO the ship in seven days with Is musk
oxen, bear and a deer.
Later in October l repeated the trip,
obtaining five musk oxen, and hunting |
parties secured some 40 deer.
Supplies Moved to Base.
IN the February moon Bartlett went to
cape Hecla. Goodsall moved some more
supplies from HeCla to Cape Coan. and
Borup went to Markham inlet on a hunt
Ing trip. On February Is Bartlett left
the Roosevelt with his division for Cape
Columbia and Parr bay
doodSat Borup, Macmillan and Han
sen followed on successive days with
their provisions. Marvin returned from
cape Bryant on February II and left for
cape Columbia on February q. brought
up the rear on February o.
Of
Roosevelt was seven members of the
party 5s Eskimos. l40 dogs and % sledges.
Make Ready for Dash.
by February u such of the Cape Colan
depot as was needed had been brought
up 10 cape Columbia. the dogs were
rested and double rationed and harnessed
and the sledges and other gear over
hauled
-Four months of northerly winds during
the fall and winter instead Of souther-
~ ones. as during the previous season.
ieu me 10 expect less open water than
oefore but great deal of rough ice, and
l was prepared TO hew a road through
lhe Jagged Ice for the first hundred miles
or SO. then cross the big lead.
Bartlett Leads the Way.
On the last day Of February Bartlett
with his pioneer division, ACCOMPLISHED
'hls' and his division got away due
nor'n over the Ice on March l. The rest
u the party got away on Bartlett's .
IRAN, and L followed an hour later ,
Inc party now comprised seven men, 9
oers OF the expedition, II Eskimos. 1873 +
logs and 10 sledges One Eskimo and
seven dogs had gone to pieces. 9
A strong easterly wind, drifting =
'how' and temperature in the minus
marked our departure from the camn At .
-ape Columbia. which l had christened 9
Srane City. Rough Ice in the first march :
iamaged several sledges and smashed
wo beyond repair, the teams going back
o Columbia for other sledges in reserve ,
here. .
Pass British Record.
We camped ten miles from Crane Ctty n
me easterly wind and low temperature I
ohunued' In the second march we p
'asseo the British record made by Mark /,
IAN IN May, B76-S2.2o-and were stopned c
y open water which had been formed
y wind after Bartlett passed.
In this march we negotiated tho Lad =.
nd reached Rartlett's third camn Rorun -
ad gone back from here, but missed his :,
ray. owing to the faulting Of the trail Il
y the movement Of the ice.
Marvin came back also for mora ruel +,
nd alcohol. The wind continued. form }q
lg open water all about US. At tha and n
/ the fourth march We came upon n
'artlett. who had been stopped by a e,
'ide lake Of open water. We remained it
ere from March to March II,
Gets Glimpse of Sun.
At noon Of March the sun. red and n
mapped like football by excessed re- a.
ection. just raised itself above tho hori
'n for few minutes and then disan- d.
cared again. 1t was the first time had
zen II since October l.
| now began to feel a good daa1 ~ 70
nXiety because there were no s,,ns h,
Marvin and Borup, who should have ro
cen there for two days. Besides ,ha,,
ad the alcohol and oil, which were in. tn
spensable for US. Or
We concluded that they had either lost ra
e trail or were imprisoned on an is- ar
nd by open water, probably the latter
fortunately on March II the lead was tn
acucable ana leaving note for Mar fc.
n ana Borup to push on after us nv ca
fced marches, we proceeded northward UT
ie sounding OF the lead gave no Cd
thomS ~
During this march we crossed the ~
Shty-fourth parallel and trayersed 7,
cceSsion OF just frozen leads from q 90
" hundred yards to a mile in width 81,
lis march was really simple. %
IN the fourteenth we got free of tha
Ids and came on decent going. While
were making camp a courier from
irwin came and informed me be was De