▁most ▁knowledge ▁of ▁the ▁F alls ▁consisted ▁of ▁vague ▁accounts ▁by ▁n atives ▁and ▁Mc Le an ' s ▁journey ▁of ▁dec ades ▁earlier ; ▁Bry ant ' s ▁detailed ▁account ▁of ▁his ▁tre k ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁The ▁Century ▁Magazine ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 2 , ▁and ▁attract ed ▁w ides p read ▁attention . ▁The ▁Ge ographical ▁Society ▁of ▁Philadelphia ▁repr int ed ▁it ▁in ▁a ▁book ▁later ▁that ▁year . ▁ ▁Mount aine ering ▁As ▁Bry ant ▁was ▁expl oring ▁the ▁Grand ▁F alls , ▁another ▁expl orer , ▁Robert ▁Pe ary , ▁was ▁trav elling ▁in ▁Green land . ▁After ▁Pe ary ▁and ▁his ▁crew ▁had ▁not ▁returned ▁as ▁expected , ▁the ▁Philadelphia ▁Academy ▁of ▁Natural ▁Sciences ▁organized ▁a ▁relief ▁expedition ▁led ▁by ▁Ang elo ▁Heil pr in , ▁with ▁Bry ant ▁as ▁second - in - command . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 4 , ▁Pe ary ▁led ▁a ▁second ▁attempt ▁to ▁explore ▁the ▁northern ▁reaches ▁of ▁Green land . ▁Bry ant ▁served ▁on ▁the ▁auxili ary ▁crew , ▁which ▁tra ve led ▁north ▁from ▁St . ▁John ' s , ▁New found land , ▁to ▁bring ▁the ▁main ▁party ▁home , ▁which ▁they ▁successfully ▁accomplished . ▁His ▁account ▁of ▁the ▁trip ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 5 . ▁ ▁Bry ant ▁continued ▁to ▁explore ▁the ▁far ▁north ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 7 , ▁when ▁he ▁organized ▁and ▁led ▁and ▁expedition ▁to ▁the ▁area ▁around ▁Mount ▁Saint ▁E lias ▁on ▁the ▁Al aska -