ON THE ROOSEVELT 
gone, I gave the boys full permission to turn 
in and eat all they wanted, and I also gave the 
dogs all they could stuff, and it was not until 
all of us had gorged ourselves to repletion that 
I gave the order to vamoose. We were loaded 
to capacity, outward and inward, and we saw 
a bountiful supply still lying there, but we 
could not pack another ounce. It was early 
in the morning of April 25 when Peary 
started for the ship; it was about four or five 
hours later, about noon, when I gave the word, 
and Ootah, Seegloo, Ooqueah, and myself left 
Crane City, Cape Columbia, Grant Land, for 
the last time. 
We overtook the Commander at Point Moss, 
and we traveled with him to Cape Colan, where 
we camped. Peary continued on to Sail Har- 
bor, and we stayed in our comfortable camp 
and rested. We again caught up with the 
Commander at Porter Bay, where we camped 
for a few hours. The following morning I 
rearranged the sledges and left two of them 
at Porter Bay. It was my intention to reach 
the ship on this evening. We made a short 
stop at Black Cliff Bay and had lunch, and 
without further interruption we traveled on 
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