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THE JEANNETTE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. 



putting up a house ; and at this place he left Master Putnam 

 in command of a party, consisting of Surgeon Jones, Pay- 

 Clerk Gilder, Petersen, Melms, and Constantine Taternoff. 

 The party was fully supplied with Arctic clothing and pro- 

 visions for one year, besides a large quantity of pemmican. 

 They had also a boat and a supply of dogs and sledges, with 

 which they were expected to make journeys westward along 

 the shore of the Arctic Ocean. Lieutenant Berry and the 

 balance of the officers and crew left Putnam's winter camp 

 October 8th, and steamed southeasterly to St. Lawrence 

 Bay, experiencing stormy and thick weather throughout the 

 voyage, and a violent gale from the westward on the 13th 

 and 14th. In a letter to the Secretary of the Navy, written 

 at St. Lawrence Bay, October 16th, 1881, Lieutenant Berry 

 said : 



" I shall now proceed to put the ship into winter quarters 

 here, and render all as comfortable as possible. Our provi- 

 sions have all proved to be of excellent quality, and we are 

 in every respect well provided for the winter. All well on 

 board." 



