The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-10-20

kiniey. This point was within sight
of us at the time. DR.. Cook stated
at this time and place that the same
condition existed there as did exist on
the top of Mount Mckinley and di-
rected me to stop my diary until fur
ther orders. At this time he had been
to the top Of point claimed by the
doctor as the top of the mountain and
the doctor had taken photograph OF
the point with me standing on the
top thereof. with the American flag
In my hand. The photograph to which
refer Is shown opposite page 227 Of
the doctors book. entitled "To tho
Top Of the Continent, before men,
toned. The Jagged marks on the
apex of the snow in that picture,
and shown from the bottom Of the
picture up to the granite rock form
ing the top Of the point are my foot
marks and those of DR.. Cook. Ny
best recollections OF this are as fol-
lows: DIR. Cook and I went to the top
OF this point together and he said,
We will go back down and get a pic
sure Of this We did not take our
bags with Us to the top of the point,
having left them down in the saddle
above the glacier. We then both went
down from the point to where our
bags and had been left. The doctor
took the American flag out Of one of
the bags and handed 1t to me and
sent me back to the top Of the point,
and tcld me to hold 1t here on end Of
the Ice axe. which did.
'The doctor then with his camera
took the picture shown opposite page
227. which picture is there designated
as The Summit of Mount Mckinley
in his work. To the Top of the Con-
tinert' The truth being that the sum-
init of Mount Mckinley was over 20
miles distant In an air line from the
point where my picture was so taken,
according to the scale on DR.. Cooks
map shown between pages 1862 and
1853 In the book referred to above.
then came down with the flag to
where DR.. Cook was standing with his
camera. and made the remark that
the eight peaks on the other side Of
point where I had been photographed
would probably show in the picture,
and he said that he had taken the
picture at such an angle that those
peaks would not show. The peaks to
which ! refer are sketched by me In
my diary on the page just preceding
the date appearing therein as Septem-
Der 8. and on the pages following
September IL. Those peaks were so
sketched and numbered by me when
I was In the camps opposite them
where could have a fine view. of
them. The camps where 1 so sketch
ed the peaks are the camps marked
upon my drawing Exhibit c. here
unto attached. as the sixth and
eighth camps when we were going up
the glacier.
when we were in the saddle near
the point where / was photographed
made a drawing of what I named
Glacier Point At the same time and
point i made drawing of Mount Nc
Kinley as 1 could see the top of
Mount Mckinley off to the northwest
and. should say, at least 90 miles
away. This drawing of Glacier Point
and Mount Mckinley shown in diary.
on the fourth and fifth pages of the
sketches therein. represents cOndi-
tions as they appeared to me upon
the ground. DR. Cook stood by my
side when was making these
sketches. using his instruments for
the purpose OF taking temperature,
elevations and the like. We remain
ed on the saddle after 1 was photo
graphed on the point for about one
half hour. during which I sketched as
above stated, and the doctor used his
instruments.
When 1 came down from the point
and handed the doctor the flag in ad-
dition to what l stated above. ne made
several other remarks and there was
more or less talking done which 1 do
not now recall; but whether at that
place or thereafter between the 18th
and 18th Of the month when my diary
was doctored to fit the conditions that
this point was the top. he said to me
as follows: That point would make a
good top for Mount Mckinley. 1t
looks Just about like the gunsight
peak would look on Mount Mckinley,
which we had been looking at from
the saddle.