The Ordway new era., 1909-10-22
[RY REFUTES
.1HE CLAIMS OF
|. EXPLORER COOK
,EsL0NG PROMISED STATE.
MENT IN NORTH POLE
DISPUTE.
S STORY OF The EskIMos
statement 10 Signed by Peary,
artIett, Mcmillan. eorup and Hen.
Ln Of the Roosevelt Party-Eski.
y Boys Closely Questioned by All.

M Of the Roosevelt Party-EskI.
Boys Closely Questioned by All.
It.rsd according to Act OF Congress.
wear 1903. by the Peary Arctic Club.
once OF the Librarian OF Congress.
ashinEton. ID. C)
w York. Oct. IL. - The
wing statement OF Command
Robert Z. Peary. which he
lifted. together with the accom-.
ins map. to the Peary Arctic club
Import OF his contention that Dr.
did not reach the north pole.
w made public for the first time.
statement and map have been
bighted by the Peary Arctic club.
INTRODUCTION sY PEARY.
me Of my reasons for saying that
Cook did not go to the north pole
be understood by those who read
following statements OF the two
mo boys who went with him. and
told me and others OF my party
te he did 60. Several Eskimos
started with DR.. Cook from An.
bk In February. 1908. were at
when | arrived there In August.
They told me that DR.. Cook had
him. after they left. two Eskimo
or young men. two sledges and
twenty dogs. The boys were
hashoo and Ah.pe.lah. I had
IN them from their childhood.
was about eighteen and the other
nineteen years Of age.
my return from Cape Sheridan
at the very FIRST settlement I
bed tNerke. near Cape Chalon) in
sst 1909. and nine days before
hing Etah. the Eskimos told me.
general way. where DR.. Cook had
!; that he had wintered in Jones
pd, and that he had told the white
at Etah that he had been q long
north. but that the boys who were
him. l.took.n-shoo and, Ah.pe.lah.
that this was not SO. The Eski-
laughed at DR.. Cooks story. On
lhing Etah. talked with the Es-
ps there and with the two boys
asked them to describe DR.. Cooks
ney to members of my party and
elf. This they did In the manner
ID below.
hed) II. f. PEARY,
Ped Statement Of Peary, Bartlett.
tMiIian, eorup and Henson, In Re-
lrd to Testimony Of Cooks Two
Pkimo Boys.
e two Eskimo boys. I.took-a.shoo
Ah.pe-lah. who accompanied DR..
while he was away from Anora-
10 1908 and 1909. were questioned
rately and Independently. and
corroborated by Panikpah. the
er OF one OF them U-took.a.shoo).
was personally familiar with the
third and the last third Of their
ney. and who said that the route
'he remaining third. as shown by
was as described to him BY his
after his return with DR.. Cook.
60 more into details: One of
Boys was called in. and. with
on the table before him. was
to show where he had gone
Dr. Cook. This he did. pointing
With his finger on the map. but
nakins any marks upon 1t.
be went out. the other boy came
no was asked to show where he
gone with DR.. Cook. This he did.
Without making any marks. and
ated the same route and the
details as did the first boy.
men he was through. Panikpah.
ia'her Of I-took.a-shoo, q very in.
sent man. who was in the party
.skimos that came back from DR..
from the northern end of Nan.
strait. who is familiar as a hunt
!n the Jones Sound region, and
mas been in Commander Peary's
s expeditions for some fifteen
!. came In and indicated the same
''ues and details as the two boys.
zen the first boy was brought in
~ and with pencil he traced on
uap their route. members of our
writing upon the chart where
Jung to the boys statement, they
Killed deer. bear. some Of their
seal, walrus and musk oxen.
second boy was then called in
'oe two went over the chart to.
vi the second. boy suggesting
enanges as noted hereafter.
'hg the taking of this testimony.