Weekly journal-miner., 1909-10-20

Dr. Cook with the others, then proceeded up F1ager Bay branch of Buchanan Bay and crossed Eesmereand through the valley pass the head of Faget Bay indicated by Peary 1898, and utilized by Sverdrup in 1899 to the head of Sverdrups "Bayford up the coast of Els mereland
 Their route then lay out through this ford, thence north through Sverdrups "Heureka Sound and Nansen Strait On their way they killed musk and bear and made caches arriving eventually point the side of Nansen Strait Shore of Axehebergand of Sverdrup) south of Cape Thomas Hubbard.
 A cache formed here, and the four Eskimos did not go beyond this point. Two there KooloOtngwah and Imugho, went on march with Dr. Cook and the two boys helped to build the goo then returned with out sleeping. These two ks1mOS brought back letter from Dr. Cook FranCke dated the 17h of March The two rejoned the other four who had been left behind and the six returned to AnoraoX arriving May 7 This information obtained not from the two Eskimo boys but from the six men who returned and from rancke himself, and known to in the of l908 when the Roosevelt arrived Etah The information is inserted here supplementary to the narrative of both boys
 Afcr sleeping at the camp 7Uhere the last UO ESkimOS tvned back, Dr. Cook i northerly drecton or nOtk0eSerly direction h tOo SledgeS aud 2oodd dogs mdrch 9Ven ey encountered rough ice and lead Of open 7Oater They did not enter the ice the lead bm turned VeSt7Odrd S0MthVdrd aud retrned tO HeibergGnd at point 7oeSt Of 7vere they had left the caches and terc the fow had turned back. Here they remaned fOw fUe sleeps aud during this time Shoe 5veW back 10 the cache and gOt his g ch he had ere and feV items Of supplies.
 When asked 7uy only fe1U supplies taken from
 the cache, the boys replied that only small GmOlmt O pro- 5S0HS had been Sed u the fe7V days they had Jeff the cache and thci ledgcs held all they cod carry so They COuld HOt take more
 After being uformcd Of .thc boys uayratiae so far, COmandr PeGyy suggested series Of questions to the boys in regard to this tb from the land aud back to it. These questions and dHS7perS 70ere as follO70Ss
 Did they much open leads much open 7Gater during this time?
 AHS7per-NOHc.
 Did they make any caches ont OH the ice?
 Did they kill any bear or seal 7chc ont On the ice north of Cape ThOmaS Hubbard?
 Did they kill or lose any of their dogs ecIlc out OH the ice?
 WITH HOW MANY sLEDGEs DID THEY START?
 HOW MANY DOGS DID THEY HAVE?
 A.-DID NOT REMEMBER EXACTLY, BUTT SOMETHING UNDER TWENTY.
 HOW MANY SLEDGES DID THEY HAVE | WHEN THEY GOT BACK TO LAND?
 BID D! THEY TH: HAVE ANY PROVISIONS LEFT ON THEIR SLEDGES WHEN THEY GOT BACK TO LAND?
 AYES THE SLEDGEs STILL HAD ABOUT ALL THEY COULD CARRY, so THEY WERE ABLE CACHES.
 FROM HERE THEY WENT SOUTHWEST ALONG THE NORTH COAST OF HEIBERGLAND TO A POINT INDICATED ON THE MAP AS SVER- DRUP'S CAPE NORTHWEST.
 FROM HERE THEY WENT WEST ACROSS THE ICE WHICH WAS LEVEL AND COVERED WITH SNOW, OFFERING GOOD GOING, TO A LOW ISLAND WHICH THEY HAD SEEN FROM THE SHORE OF HEIBERGLAND. ON THIS ISLAND THEY CANPED FOR ONE SLEEP.
 THE SIZE AND POSITION OF THIS ISLAND AS E DRAWN BY THE FIRST BOY WAS CRITICISED | BY THE SECOND BOY AS BEING TOO LARGE AND TOO FAR TO THE WEST. THE SECOND BOY CALLING THE ATTENTION OF THE FIRST TO THE FACT THAT THE POSITION OF THE ISLAND WAS MORE NEARLY IN LINE WITH THE POINT WHERE THEY HAD LEFT HEIBERGLAND (CAPE NORTHWEST, AND THE CHANNEL BE TWEEN AMUNDRINGNES LAND AND ELLEF RINGNES LAND. THIS CRITICISM AND CORREC-