The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-03

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spent nearly a hundred dollars. pro-
pairing for the trip when started
from Nome. even with borrowing as
many things as / did. Most Of the
things l bought are useless. save for
"a trip. 1 had forty dollars
left out OF the thousand dollars the
night I arrived at Seattle. | have
made up my account and sent In To
the government for tsSS and some
cents. II Is costly, but on the whole.
considering the time III the
try, no one made any money out OF
Il. 1 have not gone into details OF
the official business matters At
tended to during the trip. M n would
take too much space, but Il was all
good work.
1 feel that I have done a lot OF
good In my talks to the people along
the way, and the recorded lnforma-
ton, as here set down. may be- OF
value TO the government, aud Il Ger.
tainly will be interesting to me In
future years. Getting out from
Nome II pleasant TO me In the pros
ont critical time In our history, both
from a national point Of view, and
because OF things that are taking
place at home In New Mexico. poll
tically. / am very grateful TO tho
attorney general and the president
Tor bringing me out. and hope tina,
the work they give me to do will
warrant the confidence they are
placing In ne. II happened That we
huI a.. nalI sH.uNNaU ltnVGUu a.. swau
and hat was pleasant. In "a rela-
i've sense. they ave had very little
snow In Alaska this season OF iSii-
~. Any way. people stay In road
houses, as "a usual thing. In Alaska,
In severe weather. and when ~
properly clad for u, 7 do not regard
Arctic mushing as the frightfui thing
Il is said TO be. l do not think that
all tho Polar expeditions, save IN n
few accidental cases. were such ter
riblc experiences as the average per-
son understand them TO be. / don't
think Amundsen's expedition to the
South Pole wat a bit harder than a
trip from Nome 10 Point Barrow In
winter would he. and ! am sure there
are In Nome who could make
trip.
Subsequent History og Captain
"Pctc."
After I left the captain at Fair
banks and started south on the sled
stage as stated. I tried hard TO get
some OF the north-gomg drummers
and miners TO hire him 20 lake them
ON his back trip TO Nome. or 30 some
intermediate point, but I failed. 7
was In wire communication with the
captain on the journey down almost
To Chltina. / heard nothing OF him
for months after that. but learned
from my assistant by cable TO Seat
tie. that he got n passenger back
from Fairbanks 10 Ruby. a woman
mining Spectator tthere are man
such In Alaska, who mush around
and option mines like men). 7 heard
nothing more OF the captain until I
went back to Nome on July eth.
1919. When we met. we surely had
a h~andshake. Also ] had a paw
shake with some of the dogs. nut.
alas. poor "Jim'' the leader, had
gone Savage" as they call II In
Alaska. and had TO be killed. I told
the captain ! would contribute TO a
monument for him, and hat the
tombstone inscription should be.
Jim. the greatest leader dog that
ever lived. who made five return
trips from Nome to Cordova and
Valdez. and who had as much
musking sense as any Sourdough.
and more than any Cheechako. ne
was owned by Captain Pierre Ber-
nard. musher and skipper OF the S.
S. Mary Sacks" But somehow the
captain never came after the contri-
button, for he soon got pretty busy
preparing for The greatest trip he
has eVer made In his life. when !
went up from Seattle To Nome last
July, StefanssOn and his party OF
scientists were on board. aud as we
were nearly eight days together. we
got well acquainted. when We got
TO Nome. Stefansson and his party
proceeded to purchase more stuff
and supplies than Nome had sold In
many IA day. and a Canadian govern
ment agent was along with a check
book to pay for everything. he
bought ships, sleds, furs. clothing.
provisions. gasoiene. oil, coal. boats.
kyaks and land knows what all. for
Nome Is the best place on earth TO
get such things. He bought moro
than a hundred and fifty dogs, and
q great supply Of dog feed. I saw
a chance To- do the captain a favor.
end | turned in and sold the cap
tain's ship, the Mary Sacks TO Ste
f%ansson. and then The captain hired
cut TO the expedition as a sort of
general superintendent OF every
thing. ships engines. dogs. mushing.
sailing, house building. etc, with the
prOviso that the third year he In To
have a stock OF goods "a trade WITH
on his own and the privii-
oge of buying back kis ship at the
end of the expedition FOR one-third
the price he sold II for. So Captain
Pete" In now somewhere east Of
Point Barrow and north OF the
mouth OF the Mackenzie river, and
may be "a North Pole hero before
civilization hears OF him again. I
sincerely hope he succeeds. and
comes back covered with glory. Hts
wife has one back to New Hamp-
shire to their daughter, until he re-
turns.