The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-03-23

aftcrward placed &c. It was useless TO try TO
get nearer, as there WAS no cover. and | hred
al the bull and could see b" was hit by the way
he staggered as he jumped up and tried to run.
The COW jumped up also and stood Flili broad
side on aud when ! fired ut her ! could hear
the bullet strike very plainly. Though 1t did
not knock her down, She seemed unable To run,
and another shot put her out Of her misery.
While sim at this pond the two Eskimo hunt
crg with whom Whitney started out chased u
cow and calf on the run right past us. hii the
COW in the side AZ The third shot and the calf
stopped and was killed by one OF tho Eskimo.
We now had six CaribOu-a fair supply OF
mcat-and two extra men TO help carry It in.
AS the other party had had no luck So ! left
them to bring In what they could and started
for camp alone. On the way killed the biggest
bull Of all He was alone on n hillside and |
got within range without much difficulty. Whit.
ncy was in camp and said he had seen no carl
bou and horton came in couple OF hocrs later.
tired and disguised having shot a calf
Our second attempt nt warus hunting In
Whale sound was practically a failure. the
weather being unrayorabc. The Erik was head.
ed for EIah where We found the Roosevelt. At
Elnh the shore rises abruptly on both sides Of
tho hurbor and the sharp, rocky hills were dot.
ted with Arctic haros. They are white with
blackUppod ears all the year around and have
extremely long and powerful hind legs, often
running along almost upright for considerable
distances They were very shy when We ar.
rived. having been hunted for some days by
men from the Roosevelt
During the ten days spent nj Etah the Hooso.
Welt was making ready for her dash northward.
The two ships dashed together. transferred sup.
plies coal and the yilCsmcllinE whale meat,
which We had carried for so long aboard the
Erik. Coal and provisions were landed and the
day before the Roosevelt sailed was spent in
t.1r.v
where they had been put ashore, to the Roose.
vclls deck
Early in the afternoon OF the eighteenth Of
August the Roosevelt showed by signal that she
was ready TO start north. A. the time the Erik
was tied TO tho rocks, landing coal, and the
Roosevelt was anchored further up the bay The
captain, horton, Whitney and rowed over 70
her and commander Pcary invited US into his
cabin where we drank glass OF brandy Ia the
health Of all on board and to the success Of tho
expedition shook hands with everyone we could
find amid The hustle and preparation OF starting.
and rowcd back to the Erik. Whitney had de.
cidCd 10 winter nj Eiah, and we left him there
on the tWcnty-ilrst, dropping him astcru IN his
rowbu"t about an hours run out
Here SO" were homoward bound and not
sight had wc had of tho greatest and most dc
sired arctic game the white hear II was near
~ month later before we did see one. We
killed few more waIrus, arctic harcs and
birds ON our way south, visited the Greenland
Danish settlements NJ Upcrnayik, Disco and
llolstcnberg and crossed Davis strait, striking
the coast on the west side near the mouth Of
Cumberland gulf.
On the twcntysccond Of September. OF tho
Labrador coast we ran into an iceberg tho
shock breaking open the old Erik pretty well
back to the pavement Fortunately the damage
was about two feet above the water line; very
fortunately. ms none Of the boats hammered to
be IN q condition that would permit quick
launclinc. The crash came about eight o'clock
on bright. starlight evening, with the northern
lights shifting across the sky and probably blot
ting out the berg until 1t was too late TO escape
collision This accident seemed to take the life
right out Of the old ship. though she had with.
stood SO many dangers In the past. and it was
crippled old Erik with a badly smashed nose
that finally dropped anchor In Brgus harbor