Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-10
MACMILLAN BACK
Continued from Paae Onel

uIeulS Oh the north, and rich cOllec-
lions of birds, fish, minerals and bot
'anical specimens for the Field Mu-
scum at Chicago.
After the family reunions which
await them at Christmas Cove the
expedition members will sail on Sat-
urday morning for Wiscasset, where
a more formal and public welcome
will be held.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, former
assistant secretary of the navy
Speaker William Tudor Gardiner, OF
the Maine House Of Representatives,
representing the governor, Dean Paul
Dixon of Bowdoin College, and off =
Gals of the town of Wiscasset and
the Portland Rotary Club win greet
the returning explorers.
The summers voyage took the two
schooners 1000 miles, extending SOC
miles beyond the Arctic Circle and
along uncharted shores A base was
established at Hopedale for further
explorations next year and Christ
mas presents distributed to children
and adults Of Eskimo villages.
One Of the most interested of those
who strained their eyes for the first
glimpse of the Maine coast was
Abram Bromfield, Eskimo interpreter
Of the expedition, a native of Labra-
dor. who under Commander MacMil-
lan's guardianship is to see all the
wonders of the white mans land
which Sc knows only by hearsay.
The voyage now being completed
simply paves the way for another in
vasion of the Arctic Circle next year
Macmillan said.
I'VE plan to leave in June and will
be gone Is months, devoting the en-
tire time to scientific research in
Baffin Land and Labrador"
While the two schooners were lying
in. the ll-sheltered harbor here, the
explorer and his companions were
enjoying complete rest. in marked
contrast to the turbulent seas which
marked their home coming at Mon
hogan Island a year ago.
1t was house cleaning day on both
ships and one of the hardest workers
among them was Kenneth Rawson,
young son Of Frederick H. Rawson,
a Chicago bank president, who tlnan-
ced the expedition. He went out as
cabin boy year ago, and now proud =
ly rates as bo'sun. Working shoulder
to shoulder with him is another Chi
cago youth, Joseph Field, grandson
of Marshall Field, whose parents are
to greet him at Christmas Cove to-
morrow.
Specimens collected at Scupper-
Token differed materially from those
which had previously been gathered,
in that they consisted of articles of
clothing worn by Greenland's hunt
ers and fishermen. towether with i'm
plements they used.
DR.. Macmillan brings back 10000
feet of film, made in climate and
locality where no other adventurous
artist has strayed.
The specimens for the Field Mu-
scum were gathered under direction
of Professors Hine and Weed of the
museum staff. and Professor Mar
tens of Cornell University
The schooners Bowdoin and
Sachem will be placed in winter
quarters week hence, the former
at Southport, and the latter at Wis
casset. Commander Macmillan spent
the day here very quietly. The first
person to greet him on American
soil was his nephew, DR.. Neil a.
Fogg of Rockland,
Commander Macmillan said that
Dor Lake, Cape Breton, Monday
morning. The expedition had gone
there Saturday by invitation of Gill
bert Grosvenor, president of the Ma
tional Geographic Society, to spend
Sunday with him at Red Head, for
mer home of Alexander Graham
Bell.
He said, I'VE had a dandy run
-,
a little rough weather off Halifax.
and the ships continued their voyage
at record speed"
They went first to Disko Island in
Northern Labrador, and after col
lecting specimens for the Field Mu-
scum, proceeded across to Baffin
Land. They found Cyrus Field Bay
practically full of walrus and the day
was spent there. each vessel taking
on one good specimen. The walrus
which figures in the Bowdoin's COL
lection, weighs 1900 pounds and is to
be mounted at the Field Museum.
There was a fast run from Cyrus
Field Bay to Nachvac, Northern
Labrador, and from there to Saegleh
Bay, collecting further specimens.
They found hundreds of fishing YES
sells going back to Newfoundland
without fares. Many of the resi-
dents Of Newfoundland are despon-
dent upon the summer catch and
much privation is expected there
this winter. 1t was one of the poor
est seasons for Goldfish that the Lab
rador coast ever has known.
"They kept inquiring of U.S." said
DR.. Macmillan, "if we knew where
they could get any fish. We told
them that there was plenty of fish
north of Nachvac, the traps simply
being loaded with fish. so many that
they could not be handled.
From there we went to the Eskimo
village of Hebron, principally to seek
the Moravian missionaries whom 1
had known for IS years. After leav-
ing Christmas presents for the kid
dies we went to the Moravian Eski-
mo village of Main, up through the
port of Manvers where few vessels
ever go. 1 had learned the trick with
a small boat years ago.
'From Main we went down through
the inside run to Jack Lanes Bay,
SO that Abram Bromfield, our Eskimo
could bid good by to his
parents and tell them that he was
going to the White Mans Land
Bromfield was born in Labrador and
had never seen horse. motor car or
train, until he had reached Sydney,
N. S. He is going to be my guest
until we go back in the Spring.
From Jack Lanes Bay we pro-
ceeded to Hopedale, where we left
surplus provisions for next years
voyage. We are collecting material
for big scientific station to be built
near Main next year. Two of our
regular ships boats were left there,
and here again we left presents for
the children, candy, dolls. etc.
1--WE are educating seven children
fbern and have also nraSapfad tho