The Mena weekly star., 1909-10-21

the cache and where the four men had turned back.
 After being informed of the boys narrative thus far, Commander Peary suggested series of questions to be put to the boys in regard 10 this trip from the land out and back to 1t.
 These questions and answers were as follows:
 Did they cross many open leads o- much open water curing this time Ans. None.
 Did they make any caches out os the ice? Ans. No.
 Did they kill any bear or seal whiis out on the Ice north of Cape Thonas Hubbard7 Ans. No.
 Did they kill or lose any Of thet dogs while out on the ncc2 Ans. No.
 With how many sIedses did they start? Ans. Two.
 How many dogs did they have7 Ans Did not remember exactly, but some thing over twenty.
 How many sIedges did they have when they got back to and7 Ans Two.
 Did they have any provisions left or their sIedges when they came back te Iand2 Ans. Yes; the sledges stiii iac about all they could carry, SC thes were able to take but a few things from the cache.
 From here they went southwest along the northwest coast of Heibera Land to point indicated on the mar (sverdrup's Cape Northwest). From here they went west across the ice, which was level and coveree with snow, offering good going, 10 2 low island which they had seen from the shore of Helhero Land at Cape Northwest. On this island they camped for one sleep.
 The size and position of this island as drawn by the first boy, was critI cised by the second boy as being toe large and too far to the west, the sec ond boy calling tho attention of the first to the fact that the position of the island was more nearly in tine with the point where they had iefl iieibeFg Land (csPe Northwest) and the channel between Amund Rinqnes Land and Ellet RIngnes Land.
 This criticism and correction was accepted by the first boy, who started to change the position of the island, but was stopped as Commander Peary had given instructions that no chsngea or erasures were 10 be made in the route as drawn by the Esklros on tho chart
 From this island they could see two lands beyond (sverdrup's Elief Ring. nes and Amund Rinanes Landsl. From the island they Iourneyed toward the left-hand one of these two lands (Amund Hinges Land), passing { small island which they did not visit.
 Arriving at the shore Of Anaurd RIngnes Land. the EakImos killed s deer as Indicated on the chart.
 The above portion of the state inert Of the Eskimo boys covers the period of time In which Or. Cook et-stttt1 t1 tt1fr G~ffI " tfS FRtE HftN back, and the entire time during rshich he could possibly have made any attempts 10 go to 1t.
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