The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-15

tincnt.. The truth i that Ill.
summit OF Mount Mckinley was 20
miles distant i'm an airline from the
peint where my picture was taken ac-
cordsng to the scale on DR.. cooks
map shown between pages Is. and ia5
in the book referred 10 above
Il then came down with the flag to
where DIR. Cook was standing with his
camera and i made the remark that
the eight peaks on the other side 81
this point where / had been poto-
graphed would probably show I'm the
picture and he said that he had taken
the picture at such an angle that
those peaks would not show. The
peaks 10 which | refer are sketcheh
by me IN my diary and are marked
one to eight inclusive, and are shown
in said diary on a page just preced-
ing therein as September ? and on the
pages following September l..
.Thcse peaks were 50 sketched and
numbered by me that when was In the
camps opposite them | could have a
fine view Of them. The camps where
/ 50 sketched are the camps marked
on my drawings Exhibit c. hereunto
attached as the sixth and eighth
camps when We we're going up the
glacier.
Glacier Point.
when we We're in the saddle near
the point where | was photographed.
made d drawing of Mount Mckinney
AZ l could see the top Of Mount Nc
Kinley off to the northwest, and
should say ut least 20 miles away.
This drawing Of Glacier point anu
Mount Mckinley. shown in my diary
IN the fourth and fifth pages Of the
sketches therein represent condi-
tlnns as they appeared to me upon
the ground DIR. Cook was by my
side when | WAS making the sketches,
using his instruments for the pur-
pose Of taxing temperature. elevation.
etc. We remained IN the saddle after
/ was photographed on the point Tor
about one-half hour during which !
sketched as above stated and the doc
tor used his instruments.
When / came down from the point
and handed the doctor the flag. In adj
dition to what ! stated above. he made
other remarks and there was more or
less talking done which do not recall.
after and between the 18th and 18th
OF the month when my diary was doe
tored to tit the conditions In order 10
prove that this point was the top, he
stated tn 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,
To See RIDGE.
In about huff an hour after the
picture was taken VIC fixed np our
packs and about 1890 or II o'clock on
September IL we started down and
around the place designated on FIX
hibit o. a. sixth camp. the doctor
saying that he wanted To go around
there In order tn get further upon the
main glacier. 50 A. tn get a good view
of the northeast ridge leading up to
the summit of Mount Mckinley IL AS
certain If that ridge was connected
solid with the top OF the mountain 50
that ii would have an appearance
slinilar To the description he would
have to give in his writings. As the
doctor had seen the mountain from
MI sides, excepting this, and a. this
WAS the side where he proposed 10
claim that he had climbed IL he
Wished To know tho nature Of the
ridge leading up To the top of the
mountain 81 he could write about 1t
an II appeared.
I'm doing this We took the balance
Of the 18th and all of the 18th and 18th
days Of September and at the eighth
camp on. September Is DIR. Cook made
his observations Of the ridge. We
then turned back from this camp for
the reason that we had both fallen
through creyasses. as correctly stated
in-1he diary and we considered II too
dangerous TO proceed further without
sn.a shoes "a the doctor had obtained
ii coed view III the ridge which was
al he wanted
Il Was with DIR. Cook continuously
every day during the time he WAS at
tempting Ia ascend THE mountain. in
the year 1900. and the nearest point In
the summit If Mount Mckinley WHICH
we reached was nj least IL miles dis
tant from the summit and nj no time
did we reach an elevation in excess
III 10000 aud the doctor told me when
We We're N the place where my pic
tura was taken that We were not over
sne0 feet high. | neglected tn state
that on September Ii and on the even
Ing of September y Dr. Cook asked me
If / was willing to stay with him. l
said Yes when he said I will see
that You get 500 extra for doing SO
No. the Cliffs.
''fhe photograph opposite page III
I'm DIR. Cooks book mentioned and
described therein as the eastern cliffs
Of Mount Mckinley,' are not such
cliffs but are TART Of the eastern
slope If the eighth peak Of the peaks
which mentioned and drawn by ME
in my diary attached hereto.
THE photograph opposite page %
in DIR. Cooks book Was taken the
same evening nf the same day that
lie took me with the flag On what he