The sun., 1910-05-22
WORD FROM ERHIC PARTIES
ENPLORERS LAST LETTERS
we're WRITTEN IN OCTOBER.

NJ. Anaprsaa q Natural nIstSgy M.
ssum apeal . NasatA at ths asseh ~
Ihs IsulA-aIalA-llNed - VIVA aAeeP
and Rlras-GSl Many BEao,mens.
News has ben reoeivsd at the American
| M,as,im OF Natural History from DS.
R,adOlph N. AndsFsOn. biologist Ot the
munsum's expedition 70 tho Arctic COAST
og NORTH America, east and West Of the
Mackennie River. Letters from v. Sosfann-
, son and d. Anderson were prsvioualy
received az the museum IN April. he
tWo recsat lsttsTs from DF. Anderson are
/ dated at Herschsl Island. August n. and
Camp near TOksr Point. Arctic ooast.
October 10. and give q narrative OF the
explorers experiences during the pro-
coding months.
Dr. Andsrson writes that hs and Btat-
annson legt FlaHman Island on October %.
Roing in Opposite directions. Or. Ander-
coo started east with one sled and olght
doga. He Was accompanied By fouS
EskimOa. including HAVineTk. a gusoe'
and Wits. namayouk. and their boy.
Kioya. Who Joined the expedition a.
volunteer. ThSV followed TIE cot line
10 he mouth u The Hula-hula River.
about nlE miles west oe Barter loi@nd.
There they hxed q Vhalsboat cache.
1he explorers found two families q
nativnn livinR oA the Hula -hulns and hunted
With them during November. the entire
narty Killing eitsen sheep Flour end
sciviinpd rations" gave out early IN Mo-
vamhsr, and for the Hexs month the party
lived on eheep. With Iew mesnee OF ptar-
mlRan thrown IN. Willow pearmtgan
were common. but rock ptaEmlgan rare
IN the cresk valleys. Late n NovSsnosr anao.s'
1 the expedition joined forces with party
! on ave Eskimos. whom they had mst The
aimmeF before at Herschsl Island.
There s an immense territory south %
/ the Endicott Mountains and north Of ne
/ Yukon which white proapoctor9 have nos
! vet reached, except In q few places. 10
( ne knoWlpdRe of the Eskimo no white
/ man had ever croassd the mountains IN
/ this region. Dr. Anderson and party
with tsn dogs IN harness gncceedsd n
crossing the divide. and in midi -Doosmper.
! Just when rations were running loS' tney
struck herds Of caribou n the high loot
hills, Two porouplns and . great gray
owl we're addsd 10 their larder. In tho
lattar part Oi December they cav lares
harcia % caribou. at one time more tnan
one thousand. within rtfa ranee.
Late 10 January the party killed ak
teen caribou. and one mooae on February
T. This gave them provisicua enough
20 make The return journey, which was
ACCOMPLISHED without much dimloulty.
I a. the river was oovered with zoe. me
expedtion reached Flaxman Island. ateer
! rscroaainR the divide. on March y. having
/ heen On a straight meat ration tor four
| months.
or. Andarnnn found several Hsreohel
[ IalAnd boals near Flaxman leland. where
Ningnahuk. owner Of small eloop.
brought him with several dogs and bic
collection of specimens 70 Herschel 10
/ land. His collection contains a eoTioa
I Of eggs and neses, including Wh8tlmg
gwala. lAplADd lonRpur. red thrcated
Icon and willow ptaTniGan, American
EolAsH plovers and others from the Cot.
VILE delta
M. Aniersnn . aecond letter waa written
IN csn.p nAaE rol.er Point IN the Arctic
coaSt and mailed IN OctoheF. Ne aid
I that the exfediti0n had beft Herpchel
! Island on August "a with two whale bnats