THE STAUT FOK HOME 
a little later, Cape Sabine. At Cape Sabine 
was located Camp Clay, the starvation camp 
of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition of 
1881-1883, where the five survivors of the 
twenty-three members of the expedition were 
rescued. 
We entered Smith Sound. Instead of sail- 
ing on to Etah, Peary ordered the ship into 
Whale Sound, in order that walrus-hunting 
could be done, so that the Esquimos should 
have a plentiful supply of meat for the follow- 
ing winter. Three walrus were captured, 
when a storm sprang up with all of the sudden- 
ness of storms in this neighborhood, and the 
ship crossed over from Cape Alexander to 
Cape Chalon. Cape Chalon is a favorite re- 
sort of the Esquimos, and is known as Peter- 
ar-wick, on account of the walrus that are to 
be found here during the months of February 
and March. 
At Nerke, just below Cape Chalon, we 
found the three Esquimo families of Ahsayoo, 
Tungwingwah, and Teddylingwah, and it was 
from these people we first learned of Dr. 
Cook's safe return from Ellesmere Land. In 
spite of the fact that the Roosevelt was over- 
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