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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  Harris 
  and 
  lowing 
  

  

  THE 
  PEARY 
  MEMORIAE 
  UNVEIEED 
  BY 
  THE 
  EXPEOREr'S 
  DAUGHTER 
  

  

  On 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  expeditions 
  to 
  the 
  Far 
  North 
  when 
  Mrs. 
  Peary 
  accompanied 
  her 
  

   husband, 
  Marie 
  Ahnighito 
  Peary, 
  affectionately 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  American 
  public 
  as 
  the 
  Snow 
  

   Baby 
  (now 
  Mrs. 
  Edward 
  Stafford), 
  was 
  born, 
  within 
  the 
  Arctic 
  Circle 
  and 
  nearer 
  the 
  North 
  

   Pole 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  white 
  child. 
  Her 
  brother, 
  Robert 
  E. 
  Peary, 
  Jr., 
  stands 
  at 
  her 
  left. 
  All 
  

   the 
  continents 
  are 
  carved 
  in 
  low 
  relief 
  on 
  the 
  granite 
  globe 
  (see 
  page 
  646). 
  

  

  neers. 
  The 
  fiery 
  French 
  imagination 
  

   from 
  one 
  side 
  and 
  Anglo-Saxon 
  firmness 
  

   from 
  the 
  other 
  were 
  blended 
  in 
  a 
  tem- 
  

   perament 
  well 
  suited 
  for 
  his 
  great 
  work. 
  

  

  "On 
  the 
  island, 
  which 
  he 
  owned, 
  Eagle 
  

   Island 
  in 
  Casco 
  Bay, 
  with 
  its 
  rugged 
  

   coast, 
  his 
  famous 
  ship 
  Roosevelt 
  was 
  

   planned. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  satisfaction 
  to 
  this 
  

   country 
  to 
  feel 
  that 
  this 
  Arctic 
  expedi- 
  

   tion, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  ship, 
  was 
  Amer- 
  

   ican. 
  The 
  Roosevelt 
  was 
  built 
  of 
  Amer- 
  

   ican 
  timber 
  and 
  metal, 
  in 
  an 
  American 
  

   ship-yard, 
  engineered 
  by 
  an 
  American 
  

   firm, 
  and 
  constructed 
  on 
  American 
  design. 
  

   Even 
  the 
  most 
  trivial 
  items 
  of 
  supplies 
  

   were 
  American, 
  although 
  Captain 
  'Bob' 
  

   Bartlett 
  and 
  the 
  crew 
  were 
  Newfound- 
  

   landers, 
  our 
  next-door 
  neighbors. 
  

  

  "The 
  ship 
  was 
  built 
  with 
  a 
  knowledge 
  

   of 
  the 
  requirements 
  of 
  Arctic 
  navigation 
  

   gained 
  by 
  experience 
  of 
  six 
  former 
  voy- 
  

   ages 
  into 
  the 
  frozen 
  North. 
  So 
  the 
  expe- 
  

   dition 
  went 
  north 
  in 
  an 
  American-built 
  

   ship, 
  by 
  the 
  American 
  route, 
  and 
  in 
  com- 
  

  

  mand 
  of 
  an 
  American, 
  to 
  win 
  an 
  Amer- 
  

   ican 
  trophy. 
  

  

  "Peary 
  tells 
  us, 
  'I 
  have 
  always 
  been 
  

   proud 
  that 
  I 
  was 
  born 
  an 
  American, 
  but 
  

   never 
  so 
  proud 
  as 
  when 
  in 
  that 
  biting, 
  

   sunlit 
  Arctic 
  day 
  I 
  saw 
  the 
  Stars 
  and 
  

   Stripes 
  waving 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  earth 
  

   and 
  told 
  myself 
  that 
  an 
  American 
  had 
  set 
  

   "Old 
  Glory" 
  there. 
  As 
  I 
  watched 
  it 
  flut- 
  

   tering 
  in 
  the 
  crisp 
  air 
  of 
  the 
  Pole, 
  I 
  

   thought 
  of 
  the 
  twenty-three 
  years 
  of 
  my 
  

   own 
  life 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  spent 
  in 
  laboring 
  

   toward 
  that 
  goal, 
  and 
  realized 
  that 
  at 
  last 
  

   I 
  had 
  made 
  good 
  ; 
  that 
  1 
  could 
  now 
  lay 
  at 
  

   the 
  feet 
  of 
  my 
  country 
  a 
  trophy 
  which 
  the 
  

   greatest 
  nations 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  had 
  been 
  

   struggling 
  to 
  attain 
  for 
  nearly 
  four 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  years.' 
  

  

  "At 
  this 
  time 
  Peary 
  would 
  not 
  like 
  us 
  

   to 
  forget 
  the 
  splendid 
  aid 
  of 
  the 
  twenty- 
  

   one 
  brave 
  and 
  patriotic 
  men 
  who 
  com- 
  

   posed 
  the 
  personnel 
  of 
  the 
  expedition. 
  

   Foremost 
  was 
  Captain 
  Robert 
  A. 
  Bartlett, 
  

   'Captain 
  Bob/ 
  as 
  he 
  was 
  affectionately 
  

  

  