Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-13
Honor Macmillan
fcontinued from Paae One)

river under power, swung ABOUT IN
shipshare manner and dropped an
Choir 800 yard. from the W;scasset
shore.
skipper Donald B. Macmillan was
at the wheel Is the "Bowdoin" hove
Ito and a moment later he was greet
ing a boat-Ioad Of Wi.casset friends
On deck. while the omnipresent
movie men lined the starboard rail
grinding fim Of the folks on shore
while the folks on shore snapped"
them.
Explorer Is Thinner
Or. Macmillan appeared thinner than
! when he left wiscasset - months ago
and his bronzed features were lined
| with the responsibilities the trip had
incurred upon him He was smiling
and happy. however. and mighty glad
| TO be home again" as he Iaughingly
expressed il
While the explorer and his party
were disappointed at their inability TO
navigate Hec-a-Fury strait, the expedi-
! ton On the whole was a great success.
II disproved the 3G0-year-old theory
that West Baftia Land was great
continent showing it 10 be rather g
narrow peninsula: It brought back e
treasure Of geological. botanical and
| pathological information for the en-
richment Of science; il charted prac-
tieally unknown territory, an6~made
| valuable magnetic observations. II
present plans raterislize. another trip
will be made next July 10 round out
the work begun
Gre" in Fine Shape
The "Bowdoin" LETT Booihbay at
about ll.45 A. NJ and il was lis P. II.
when she dropped her moorings in tie
Sheepscot. Aboard with DIR. Macmillan
were members Of the crew only. aside
from newspapermen and photograph
ers. The men looked in the pink Of
condition, tanned by exposure, lean and
hard as trained athletes. When the
ship had been anchored few moments
she was besieged by a good-natured.
curious crowd Of sightgeers eager TO
Chamber aboard and catch a glimpse of
the explorers 2 little ahead Of their
fellows ashore
Members Of the crew aboard as the
ship came TO rest included Jonathan c.
Small Of Provincetown; Cook Thomas
McCue Of NaryyiIle. Newfoundland;
r. P. Robinson Of Merrimac. Mass.
and Richard Goddard of Winthrop,
Mass. Dartmouth graduate.
Welcoming Party
Shortly after 2o'clock DR.. MacMiI-
Ian and his crew left the ship by
launch and were met at the pier by
Governor Percival 2. Baxter, Presi-
dent Kenneth c. NJ. Stills of Bow
dom college, Benjamin Blagdon. Sam
uel J. Sewall and other members Of
the welcoming COMMITTEE. Gov.
Baxter, Pres. Sills, and DR.. MacMil-
Ian in the car Of DR.. d. F. s. Day OF
Wiscasset joined parade through
the business section Of the village.
The line was headed by the Wiscasset
band led by Clarence Richards, and
following the Day car came a squad
of ex-service men from the American
legion, uniformed and with rifles
The procession marched to the first
CONGREGATIONAL church where DR..
Macmillan and his party walked
through a lane Of cheering admirers
to the church steps where they faced
about TO address the crowd.
Samuel j. Sewall was the first
speaker Of the afternoon, and he well
coined DR.. Macmillan and his crew
in behalf of the people of Wiscasset.
c. II. Blagdon Of Wiscasset then
presented DR.. Mac:;fiian and called
for three rousing cheers which were
given enthusiastically as the explorer
stepped TO the edge of the platform.
Donald B. Macmillan
1T Is with deep feeling of affec-
ton that / acknowledge this kind
welcome home, said DR.. Macmillan.
lon leaving here last year. the boys
of my crew talked, Of the kindness Of
the people OF Wiscasset, and they
have spoken of il many times since
we have been gone. We are all glad
to get back, and all the more so be-
cause Of the beauty or the place. and
the contrast between Maine and the
nortl1land."
I'm some ways our work was dis
lappointment--in that we did not nav
igate the Fury Hecla straits due to
shoal ground and rough Ice. but we
did discover that the may Of West
Baffin Land was all wrong. At one
time we sailed inland for Is miles
and for over so miles we sailed over
what had previously been charted as
Il part of the land"
Northwest Fox, an explorer living
500 years ago was the last man there.
His instruments were crude and
primitive, making accuracy impos-
sibie, and we discovered that what
he had charted as vast territory of
land was actually n narrow penin-
suIa"
while we did not pass through
Hecla-F Fury. we did make important
findings in the fields of botany, orni-
thology and geology. and discovered
that it is impossible to explore the
west coast Of Baffin land by a ship
following the coast. The only feas-
IDLE way of chartjng that land is to
go up the eastern shore deep into
Publisher Bay. then by dog teams
and canoes cross the land in summer
time. On the trip across one would
find vast lakes never before seen by a
white man
Governor PereivaI p. Baxter
Men like Donald z. Mac MILAN and
his associates who have the courage
to go into the far north and overcome
Natures obstacles are real men in
every sense Of the word" said Gov
ernor Baxter. I'VE are proud to have
them 60 out from Maine"
Il consider it an honor to take part