A NEGRO EXPLORER AT THE NORTH POLE By Matthew A. Henson With A Foreword By Robert E. Peary Rear Admiral, U. S. N., Retired And An Introduction By Booker T. Washington CONTENTS 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 [x]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 [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 [xii]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 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 THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO By Booker T. Washington CONTENTS Chapter I. Page 3 First appearance of Negroes in America—Rapid increase—Conditions during Civil War—During the reconstruction. Chapter II. Page 16 Responsibility of the whole country for the Negro—Progress in the past—Same methods of education do not fit all cases—Proved in the case of the Southern Negro—Illustrations—Lack of money—Comparison between outlay for schools North and South—Duty of North to South.