Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-16
Explorer Reached North Pole
With Only One Eskimo
Z as Companion
FAST Time ON WAY BACK
Left Earth's Extremity April 7 and
Reached The Roosevelt in
| Twenty Days.

Battle Harb0r, Labrador, Sept. ID
The following details of Commando!
Peary's journey to the North pole
have been CLEANED from members OF
the expedition on board the steamer
Roosevelt:
The only men to reach the pole
were Commander Peary and one Es-
kimo. Esing Wah. The other white
members OF tine various parties that
left Cape Columbia were sent back
one by as Peary drew nearer daily
to his objective, Matthew Henson
and three llskimos, the only other
members OF the reduced party that
made the final dash, were left one
march south of the pole.
Captain Bartlett and George Borup
started Feb. - from Cape Columbia
with a number OF Flskimos and dogs
Oh the march across the ice. heading
north. ON March / Commander Pear
left Cape Columbia with his party
consisting of sevcn white men, seven
teen Eakimos ANA 1876 dogs. On March
4 peary cam" up with Bartlett, who
had pitched Ills camp at the side of a
lead Of watet which it was impossible
to cross.
No Progress for Seven Days.
The combined p2rtios had TO wait
until March II, seven days, boiore
further Wro-'os= was possible. The
sua was seen loi tie first time March
5 and an observation showed that the
explorers were 4 short way from the
S4th parallel. The supply OF alcohol
was running short and 8orup returned
to Cape Columbia for d fresh stock.
March IA Borup overlook Peary again
and brought a supply of oil and alco-
hol. The division under Professor
Ross G. Marvin joined peary the Same
day. Al this point Professor Ronald
B. Mcmillan was sent back. his feet
having been badly frozen. Borrp re-
turned to land from S5.23 with two
Eskimos.
The party now consisted of twelve
men, ten sledges ard eightv-five dogs.
Bartlett was still beating out the trail
two days ahead OF Peary. Marvin
took observations at S5.4S and then
started on his return march. On his
ncxt trip Bartlett made a record, coy
ering twenty miles. This brought him
to SOS.
2,rljctf a,uae. a., Datum, Tr;N
Tic party now consisted of Peary,
Bartlett. Matthew Henson, the col
ored man who has beer Peary's per-
sonal assistant on so many of his az
petitions. the iIskimos, seven sledges
and sixty dogs and the Journey north
ward was resumed. The ice was per-
fectly level as far as the eye could
see. Bartlett took the observation IN
the SSth parallal on April 2 and then
reluctantly returned. leaving Peary,
Henson and four IlsFimos. with pro
visions for forty days, to make the
final dash to the pole.
This reduced pdrty started the
morning Of April 3. The men walked
that day Tor ten hours and made
twenty niles. They dion slept near
the S9tn parallel. While crossing a
stretch OF gouns ice 500 yards wide
the sledse broke through. 1t was
saved. but two of the Eskimos had
narrow escapes from drowning.
The ice vas SUN good and the dog
were in rea shane. They made a
much as twenty-five miles a day.
Reached the Pole on April c.
The pole was reached April 6 an,
a series OF observations We're takel
at 90.
Peary deposited his figures an
hoisted the American flag. The ten
peraturc was 80 degrees below zero
Fahrenheit. The pole appeared as
frozen sea. peary tried to take
sounding, bun got no bottom at l,1C
fathoms.
Peary stayed at the pole for thirt
four hours and then started on h
return journey the afternoon of APP
Z.
On the return the marches we
continuous and Peary and the Esl
NOS suffered greatly from fatlgr
They had their first sleep at the e1
of the eighth march from the pole,
the igloos left by Bartlett. Here the
was a violent snow storm.
On April % the party reached t
vertical edge of the land ice, west
Cape Columbia. The Eskimos we
delighted to reach land and the pan
slept for two days, They repair
their sledges, rested their dogs al
resuming the journey, reached
Roosevelt April 81.