MUSK-OXEN 
observations. They rejoined the Roosevelt 
just before she left Cape Sheridan. A httle 
later in the month, Borup went to Clements 
Markham Inlet to hunt musk-oxen, and from 
there he went to Cape Columbia, where he 
erected the cairn containing the record of the 
last and successful expedition of the "Peary 
Arctic Club." The cairn was a substantial 
pile of rocks, surmounted by a strong oaken 
guide-post, with arms pointing "North 413 
miles to the Pole"; "East, to Cape Morris K. 
Jesup, 275 miles"; "West to Cape Thomas H. 
Hubbard, 225 miles"; while the southern arm 
pointed south, but to no particular geograph- 
ical spot; it was labeled "Cape Columbia." 
Underneath the arms of the guide-post, which 
had been made by Mate Gushue, was a small, 
glass-covered, box-like arrangement, in which 
was encased the record of Peary's successful 
journey to the Pole, and the roster of the ex- 
pedition, my name included. From the cross- 
bars, guys of galvanized wire were stretched 
and secured to heavy rocks, to help sustain the 
monument from the fury of the storms. 
Borup did good work, photographed the 
result, and the picture of the cairn, when ex- 
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