The San Francisco call., 1909-10-13
CHARGES ARE BASED
ON ESKIMOS' EVIDENCE
Natives Said to Have Testified That Cook
Failed in His Attempt to Reach the
Boreal Center


After Esmos returned Anorato
then proceeded Fs bay branch
OF Buchanan bay and crossed esnerand through ue Va pas -
ford the side Of Eesmerand
drups sound" and Nansep strait
way they and made caches arriving
eventually the west side Of Nansen strait h0Te Of ASs
cache was formed here and the four go beyond
point Two Others Koooongwah march
the boys helped build the snow o then
xeuned sleeping.
These two Eo brought Cook Fncke,
reoned the other four who had been
Anook arriving May This infor-
ion Eskimo but from the six
who himself the
bere supplementary of narrative OF both boys.
after sleeping phcre the last Esno turned back Doctor
Oob ncn nocIv northwcTy direction NTH edgc and 20
odd dogs they encountered rough and lead of
open Thy did this rough the lead but turned
neuard souHpd and returned Hbagnd point pest OF Uhae
Eeu left cache and Dhere the four had turned bach Here they
scrnd sleeps and during this time ShOO pen back TO the cache
got gum phich he had left there and fen items of supplies
When oed vhy only fem supplies aFen the cache. The
bows replied only provisions had been used fem
ors ey left cache and their sedge held all they could
shey could not take
ftsr being informed of the boys far Commander Peary
suggested series questions the boys regard this trip the land
out and back %
These questions and answer mere fOIOps:
Did they much open leads much Ddt during this inlc'
Ansper-NOnc
Did they maize caches out the ae'
l4nsper-Nonc
Did they hill any bear out pha north of Cape
Thomas HuBbad?.
Anspe7-No
Did they Kill or lose any of dogs Dhlc the
Ansvcr-No
With how many sledges did they start? Answer-Two.
How many dogs did they have? AnswerDd remember
exactly, but something under twenty.
many sedges did they have when they got back land?
Answer-Two.
Did they have any provisions sedges they
came back to land? Answer-Ye dges
they carry they able take but few things from
the caches
EXPLORER AND NATIVES TURN SOUTH
they then southwest along the north coast OF
Hebergand point indicated the map Sverdups Cape
Northwest.
From here they went across the ice which was level and COW
offering good going low island which they had
Hebergland Northwest On this
they camped for sleep
The size and position by boy
criticised by the second boy being large and too fa
to west boy calling the attention of the first
position the island nearly in line with
point they had left Heibergand (Cape Northwes
channel between Amund Ringne land and Ee Ringne land
criticism and correction accepted by the first boy
change position the island but stopped
Peay had given institutions that changes
be made in the route drawn by the Eskos
the chart.
From this island they beyond Sverdrups
Enef Rngnes Amund Rngnes lands.
they journeyed toward the left hand
(Amund Rngnes land), passing small which
they did visit.
Arriving shore of Aund Rngnes land the Eskinos
killed indicated the chart.
portion of of Eskimo
boys period
gone pole back and the entire time during which
could possibly have made any attempts to go to it.
SAYS TRIP WOULD BE LMPO SSIBLE
The of the Eskimo boys Commander Pearys
independent questions showing they killed game
caches, dogs returned the land with
sedges makes their attainment of the pole the trip north
Cape Thomas Hubbard physical mathematical mposbity,
would demand the subsistence three and dogs
during journey of hundred and forty geographical miles
less than sledge loads Of supplies
suggested that perhaps Doctor Cook mixed and tha
he reached the pole thought he did between the time of leaving
the northwest of Heibegand Cape Northwest hi
arrival Rngnes land where they killed the deer then
the date of Doctor Cooks
Thomas Hubbard the subsequent four pon
the number of days required march Thomas
Cape Northwest distance
which would advance his date of departure
the 25t of March,