FORWARD ! MARCH ! 
From the diary. 
February 28, 1909: A bright, clear morn- 
ing. Captain Bartlett and his crew, Ooqueah, 
Pooadloonah, and Harrigan; and George 
Borup and Karko, Seegloo, and Keshungwah, 
have set sail and are on their wav. 
Captain Bartlett made the trail and George 
Borup was the scout, and a rare *'01d Scout" 
he was. He kept up the going for three days 
and then came back to the land to start again 
with new loads of supplies. 
The party that stayed at Crane City until 
March 1, consisted of Commander Peary, Mac- 
Millan, Goodsell, Marvin, myself, and four- 
teen Equimos, whom you don't know, and 
ninety-eight dogs, that you may have heard 
about. 
The dogs were double-fed and we put a 
good meal inside ourselves before turning-in on 
the night of February 28, 1909. The next 
morning was to be our launching, and we went 
to sleep full of the thought of what was be- 
fore us. From now on it was keep on going, 
and keep on — and we kept on; sometimes in 
the face of storms of wind and snow that it is 
impossible for you to imagine. 
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