100 PEARY'S SUCCESSFUL VOYAGE 



Dave has been with him on each trip. His work was to boss the Eskimo 

 drivers and hunters. Dave speaks their native tongue with ease. 



The Roosevelt left its landing at the foot of East Twenty-fourth street on 

 the minute. It was pushed into the river by the Narkeeta, and such a din as 

 went up hasn't been heard in those parts for some time. A hearty-looking 

 ferryboat started the fun by tooting a regular salute of three short blasts. 

 This was taken up with a vim by a dozen yachts of the New York Yacht Club. 

 Then came the din of the crowd on the recreation pier, yelling itself hoarse 

 to the accompaniment of the whistles of numerous factories along the river 

 shores. 



Capt. Bartlett at first tried to acknowledge all the salutes, but they came so 

 fast that before proceeding with his task he ordered a chair and made himself 

 comfortable on deck with an improvised rope up to the whistle. He tooted 

 until the steam gave out and it was up to the Narkeeta to answer for awhile, 

 and the navy folks certainly did the thing up in style. No craft was too little 

 or too big or too squeaky to get a speedy acknowledgment. 



Possibly the greatest reception the little ship got was from the Mayflower, 

 the president's yacht, which was anchored ofif Whitestone, Long Island. The 

 ship was manned in a hurry, and after a salute was tooted the jackies set up 

 a cheer that brought Peary from the lower deck in a hurry. He doffed his hat 

 and waved his handkerchief like a good fellow, and was tickled clear down to 

 his shoes. To cap the climax, the Mayflower's occupants slowly dipped the 

 American flag aft. Peary himself answered- this by dropping his flag in the 

 same fashion. The incident stirred his navy blood and the veteran skipper 

 danced around like a boy. 



.The Roosevelt left Sydney, N. S., July 26. It was next reported at Dom- 

 ino, Labrador, July 29, from which point it crossed to Greenland. It passed 

 Cape York August 7, 1905, and reached Etah August 16 of that year. The 

 expedition's auxiliary steamer Erik, in the meantime, had visited various set- 

 tlements in Greenland and secured natives and dogs for the explorer and 

 turned them over to the Roosevelt. At Etah the Roosevelt overhauled its 

 machinery, took on board the last supply of coal from -the Erik and thence 

 proceeded north with Eskimos to the number of twenty-three on board and 

 about 200 dogs. 



Peary's start from Etah on the second stage of his journey into the far 

 north in search of the pole was described in a letter received in New York 

 October 8, 1908, from Capt. Samuel W. Bartlett. 



