The gold leaf., 1909-09-23
Story of Peary's Dash.

Companions / ell Story of Ma
val Commanders Success
full Effort to Conquer North
Pole - Accompanied by
Only One Eskimo When
He Reached the Goal of His
Ambition - Because
Wanted the Honor Myself" "
is Reply Made When Asked
Why He Took No White
| Witness With Him.
Commander Peary is giving an ac-
count Of his Arctic travels and his
dash to the pole, which is being pub
lished in some Of the newspapers
But owing to the fact that this story
is tied up by copyright and it's publ
cation only permitted when the neces-
sary arrangement is made with the
copyrighters and a good sized fee
paid the other papers have to depend
on other sources for information on
the subject. According to an Asso-
ciated Press dispatch forom Battle
Harbor, Labrador, via wireless, dated
Sept. 18th, from members OF the
Peary Arctic expedition on board the
steamer Roosevelt q number of de-
tails OF the dash to the pole have
been CLEANED. The details are as fol-
lows:
The only men to reach the pole
were Commander Peary and one Es-
kimo, Eging Wah by name. The
other white members of the various
parties that left Cape Columbia were
sent back one by one as Peary drew
nearer daily to his objective. Mat
thew Henson, the negro servant who
had accompanied Pearv on previous
expeditions, and three Eskimos, the
only other members of the reduced
party that made the final dash, were
left one march south of the pole
Captain Robert A. Bartlett and
George Borup started February 27
from Cape Columbia. with a number
of Eskimos and dogs on the march
across the ice, heading north. On
March l Commander Peary left Cape
Columbia with his party, consisting
OF seven white men, II Eskimos and
1876 dogs.
On March 4 Peary came up with
Bartlett, who had pitched his camp
at the side Of a lead of water which it
was impossible to cross. The COM
bined parties had to wait until March
II, seven days, before further pro-
gress was possible. The sun was seen
for the first tine March s., and a
short way from the eighty-fourth
parallel. The supply of alcohol was
running short and Borup returned
to Cape Columbia for fresh stock.
March IA Borup overlook Peary
again and brought a supply of oil
and alcohol. The division under
Professor Ross G. Marvin joined
Peary the same day. At this point
Professor Donald B. Mcmillan was
sent back, his feet having been badly
frozen. Borup returned to land from
= 1923 with two Eskimos.
The party now consisted of II
men, ten sledges and So dogs. Bart
lett was still beating out the trail
, two days ahead of Peary. Marvin
took observations at 81. As and then
: started on his return march.
On the next march Bartlett made
. a record trip, covering 20 miles. This
brought him to S5.3S. The party
now consisted of Peary, Bartlett,
Matthew Henson, the Eskimos, seven
sledges and 60 dogs, and the journey
northward was resumed. The ice was
perfectly level as far as the eye could
see. Bartlett took the observations
e on the 9Sth parallel on April 2, and
! then reluctantly returned, leaving
+ Peary, Henson and three Eskimos
l with provisions for 40 days to make
the final dash for the pole. This
r reduced party started the morning
t of April 3. The men walked that day
e for ten hours and made 20 miles
e They then slept near the S9th paral
e lei. While crossing stretch ofyOung
ice 800 yards wide the sledge broke
through. 1t was saved, but two o.
b the Eskimos had narrow escapes
from drowning The ice was still
1good, and the dogs were in great
shape. They made as high as q
miles a day. The next observation
was made at 1925. The next two
D marches were made in a dense fog
The sun was sighted on the thirC
march and observations showed
n 1851.
# The pole was reached April 6 and G
{ series of observations we're taken al
90. Peary deposited his records anc
hoisted the American flag. The tenn
perature was 81 degrees below zero
r Fahernheit. The pole appeared as {
: frozen sea- Peary tried to take {
e sounding but got no bottom at /, SOC
:. fathOms
!. Peary stayed at the pole for B
a hours, and then started on his re
e turn journey the afternoon of Apri
}. 7th.
d On the return the marches wer,
s continuous and Peary and the Eski
: mos suffered greatly from fatigue
n They had their first sleep at the enc
!. of the eighth march from the pole, il
J. the igloos left by Bartlett. Here ther,
5 was violent snow storm.
d. On April 23 the party reached th'
n virtical edge of the land and ice ives
-, o. of Cape Columbia. The Eskimos wer
delighted to reach land and the part,
slept for two days They repaired
their sledges, rested the dogs, ant
= resuming the journey, reached tn
Roosevelt April 27.
III Marvin left Peary on the way VI
on Friday, March 26, to return to th
] ship. He had with him two Eskimo
| and II dogs. The story of the pro
/ fessor's death was obtained from on
/ of the Eskimos April 10 Marvin wa
! 45 miles from Cape Columbia. II
| started on that morning walkin,