Putnam patriot., 1909-09-17
.PEARYS CONQUEST '0F THE FlR NORTH.
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 On Inc af February Bart. lot with las Eaeaaef GiS -ism,. aceHia= HliAAed thl- and bis 'l.TiaiDp go1 away date hofHH a1ef flf. iee H1 nanch 1. The remnlraer of tbe lsiri1 ect sway on Bafileti's tiail. and I followed i'll hour later.
 Tbe party new comprised ' members ef the expedition r Ezklmos. l33 ffpgs and ia sIesi9es One Eskimo and seven dogs had gone 10 pieces.
 4 strong easterlg wind. drifting SHOW and temperature in the minus marked our departure from the camp it Gnpe Columbia, which I had chys= tened Crane City. Rough Ice in the first march da amaged several sledges and smashed two beyond repair. the teams going i,ae to Columbia for other zledges in reserve there.
 We camped ten miles from Crane City. The easterly wind aud low tenn. pefature continued In the second march we passed the British record made by Markham Tn May. ls7G sg 2e
 and were stepped by open water. which hud been formed by the wind after Bartlett passed. In this march We ncgotinfed the lead and reached Bnrtlett's third camp Borup had gone bnek from here. hut missed his way. owing to the fnnitlng of the trail by the nasene1t of the lee.
 Mnrsin came back also fpr more fnei and alcohol fhe wind continued forming open water all about Us. Al the end nf the fourth marell We came upon Bartlett. WAo had been stopped by wide lake nf open water We re iHained here from March te March II N ho0n af March i the sun. red and shaped liie q feetball hy excess of reflection. Just raiscd itsclf above the fiBriz fer few minutes and then disappeared agnih II was the first time 1 had seen Il since oet.
 now besan ln feei Ii good deal of anxieie hecause there were no signs of Marvin and Berup who should have been there for two days Besides. they had the alcohol aud oil which were Indispensable fer us. We con. elnded that They had either lost the trall or were imprisoned on Ali island hy open water probably the latter
 Across Eighty fourth Parallel.
 Fortunately. an March l the lssd wns praetirabie. and. leaving nete fur Marvin atd Hofnp ta push on after IFS hs forced mpfeh hes, We proceeded norihward During thls march We crossed the eighty fourth parallel and traverred sus0cssinn of just frozen eads from a few hundred yards to Il mle in width.
 on the itth we got free of The leads and eamo on drecnt going. Willie We were making eaiup courier from Marvin came nua informed me he "as on the march in the rear. The ten lera atnre NHs Ha heloN
 The fellaWh,. marNlns, March II, senf Hansen @iih his dleisien north to pioneer trail for five marches, and pr GeodseIl. according ta the program. started hack ie Gane Columbia Al nj aH Nmffia md larup came spin. niag in With their mea and dogs stean- lMg ia the bitter alr like il squadron
 al r.alt ti.att inc of all anxiety as te our oil supply
 In inc morning | discovered that Ac NAlans feut was badly frosthitten Tho mishap had occurred two or three days hefoee. hat MeAillhn had sald nolhlng about it in tho hope tha, lt wtula eame aut all right \ giauec y the injury showed mr thai Inc only thing was te send him baek to cape Columbia at eafe. The arrieal of Mar Yin aud Rerup enabled ms ta spare sut''eienf men aud dogs to gu back with him
 This eariy loss ef MeMillan WAS SC riansly alsapppiaiing to me He had sleelae an ihe Nay from Cape Cemm hla. ana wlih his enthusiasm aud the powers aul physique If the trained athlete l had confidence la kina faf ai lcast the siehty- sixth parallel hui there w4s no alternative.
 The best slefls.s and dess were SC l,rtea and ihe sledge loaas brought up ~ the standard fhe sounding gave 2 depth If 235 tathoms Ne were over The continental shelf. and, as | had surmls.d. Ire successive leadS crossed in the nlih and sixth marsFts-s com passed the hig lead and marked the continental, shelf
 On leasiee thls camp the expedition comprised IT men. f- Sfedg~s snd tso dogs The next march was satisfae- tory as regards distance and character uf goine Ia the latter part there Nere pronounced movements tn the ies. both ylSihle and audihlc. Sssilse geads were crs4SSe,t. in 0ne af which Borup and his team teak bath. aud Mt ~eec fHally stepped by an hnlarac- tlcahle lead orentng in front es us
 We eaatpsd in temperatlfe of ssi below. At the end of two shnxs nsarvllr We came upon Haasen assi hts part, tn camn mendtag their slrSigss. We devoted the reaealnder ei the day to ovarhauling alsd nsendins slc,iges and breaking up our damaged aiieS for matcfial
 The next aefning l puf Marvin sa the lead io pioneer the tran. with In- slructians te make two ferced marches h bring np our average. Hhieh had been cut down hy the hast twe short ones Marvin carried out his tn ~trnctions implicitly \ considerable amount If sauag ice asSiStca in this