Arizona republican., 1909-10-13

information was not obtained from the two Eskimo boys, but from the
 six men who returned and from
 Francke himself. and was known to
 us in the summer of 1908. when the Roosevelt arrived at Etah The in- | formation is inserted here as supple
 mentary to the narrative of both boys.
 Supplementary Information. After sleeping at the camp where
 the last two Eskimos turned back, Dr. ! Cook went in a northerly direction or I northwesterly direction with two | sledges and twenty odd dogs, one | more march, when they encountered rough ice and a lead of open water They did not enter the ice nor cross the lead, but turned westward or ! southward and returned to Heiberg- land at a point west of where they had left the caches. and where the four men had turned back. Here they remained four or five sleeps. and dur ing this time Shoe went back to the cache and got his gun, which he had there and few items of supplies.
 When asked why only few sup plies were taken from the cache the boys replied that only a small amount of provisions had been used in the few days since they had left the cache and their sledges held all they could carry, so they could not take more.
 After being informed of the boys narrative so far Commander Peary suggested q series of questions to the boys in regard to this trip from the lard and back to it. These questions and answers were as fellows:
 Questionable they cross much open leads or much open water during this time?
 Answer-None
 Q.-Did they make any caches out on the ice?
 A. None.
 Q.-Did they kill any bear or seal while out on the ice north of Cape Thomas Hubbard?
 A-No.
 Q-Did they kill or lose any of their dogs while out on the ice?
 A.-No.
 Q.-with how many sledges did they start?
 A.-IWO-
 Q.-How many dogs did they have?
 A.-Did not remember exactly. but | under twenty.
 Q.-How many sledges did they | have when they got back to land?
 A-Two.
 Q.-Did they have any provisions | left on their sledges when they got ] back to land?
 A.-Yes. the sledges still had about | all they could carry. so they were | able to take but a few things from | the caches.
 From here they went southwest | along the north coast of Heibergland l to a point indicated on the map as Sverdrup's Cape Northwest.
 From here they went across the ice, which was level and covered with snow. offering good going. to a low sland which they had seen from the shore of Heibergland at Cape North west On this island they camped for )ne sleep.
 One Boy Offered Correction.
 The size and position of this island IS drawn by the first boy was criti- .ized by the second boy as being too arge and too far to the west. the econd boy calling the attention of the irst to the fact that the position of he island was more neary in line with the point where they had left Cape Northwest) and the hannel between Amundringnesland nd Ellef Ringnesland. This criticism nd correction was accepted by the irst boy. who started to change the osition of the islands. but was topped. as Commander Peary said O more changes or ensures were to c made in the route as drawn on the nap by the Eskimos.
 From this island they could see two ands beyond Sverdrup's Ellef Ringnes md and Amund Ringnes land. |, From the island they journeyed to- ,ard the lefthand one of these lands Amund Ringnes land), passing mall island, which they did not visit. Arriving at the shore of Amund .ingnes land the Eskimos killed ger. as indicated on the chart. The answers of the Eskimo boys to Peary's series of inde- endent questions show that they filed no game. made no caches. lost O dogs. and returned to the land -ith loaded sledges. This makes the ttainment of the pole on the trip |, orth of Cape Hubbard a physical 1, nd mathematical impossibility. as 1t :, ould demand the subsistence of three len and twenty dogs during. jour ey of ten hundred and forty geo. raphical miles on less than two edge loads of supplies.
 Cook May Have Been Mixed. If it is suggested that perhaps Dr. ook got mixed and that he reached le pole. or thought he did, between ,e time of leaving the northwest ! past of Heibergland and Cape North est. and his arrival at Ringnesland. !