A Negro Explorer at the North Pole - Matthew Alexander Henson

R. E. Peary.

Washington, Dec., 1911.

	page
Foreword	[v]
Introduction	[xv]
CHAPTER I
The Early Years: Schoolboy, Cabin-Boy, Seaman, and Lieutenant Peary's Body-Servant—First Trips to the Arctic	[1]
CHAPTER II
Off for the Pole—How the Other Explorers Looked—The Lamb-Like Esquimos—Arrival at Etah	[15]
CHAPTER III
Finding of Rudolph Franke—Whitney Landed—Trading and Coaling—Fighting the Ice-packs	[26]
CHAPTER IV
Preparing for Winter at Cape Sheridan—The Arctic Library	[35]
CHAPTER V
Making Peary Sledges—Hunting in the Arctic Night—the Excitable Dogs and Their Habits	[40]
CHAPTER VI
The Peary Plan—a Rain of Rocks—My Friends, the Esquimos	[46]
CHAPTER VII
Sledging to Cape Columbia—Hot Soldering in Cold Weather	[52]
CHAPTER VIII
In Camp at Columbia—Literary Igloos—The Magnificent Desolation of the Arctic	[62]
CHAPTER IX
Ready for the Dash to the Pole—The Commander's Arrival	[70]
CHAPTER X
Forward! March!	[75]
CHAPTER XI
Fighting up the Polar Sea—Held up by the "Big Lead"	[78]
CHAPTER XII
Pioneering the Way—Breaking Sledges	[93]
CHAPTER XIII
The Supporting-Parties Begin to Turn Back	[103]
CHAPTER XIV
Bartlett's Farthest North—His Quiet Good-By	[116]
CHAPTER XV
The Pole!	[127]
CHAPTER XVI
The Fast Trek Back to Land	[140]
CHAPTER XVII
Safe on the Roosevelt—Poor Marvin	[145]
CHAPTER XVIII
After Musk-Oxen—The Doctor's Scientific Expedition	[153]
CHAPTER XIX
The Roosevelt Starts for Home—Esquimo Villages—New Dogs and New Dog Fights	[161]
CHAPTER XX
Two Narrow Escapes—Arrival at Etah—Harry Whitney—Dr. Cook's Claims	[170]
CHAPTER XXI
Etah to New York—Coming of Mail and Reporters—Home!	[180]
Appendix I—Notes on the Esquimos	[189]
Appendix II—List of Smith Sound Esquimos	[196]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

matthew a. henson	[Frontispiece]
nothing	facing page
robert e. peary in his north pole furs	[76]
the four north pole esquimos	[77]
camp morris k. jesup at the north pole	[122]
matthew a. henson immediately after the sledge journey to the pole and back	[123]
the "roosevelt" in winter quarters at cape sheridan	[138]
matthew a. henson in his north pole furs, taken after his return to civilization	[139]

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