The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-10-13

cepted by the first boy, who started to
change the position of the island, but
was stopped, as Commander Peary had
given instructions that no changes or
erasures were to be made in the route
as drawn by the Eskinnos on the chart
From this island they could see Two
lands beyond (Sverdrup,s Eilef Rlngn mes
island they jOUrneyed toward the lett
hand one Of these two lands (Amund
Ringnes Land), passing small island
Arriving at the shore of Amund Ring
mes Land, the Eskimos killed deer as
indicated on the chart
The above italicised portion Of the
statement Of the Eskimo boys covers the
period of time in which DR.. Cook claims
to have gone to the Pole and back, and
the entire time during which he could
possibly have made any attempts TO go
The answer Of the Eskimo boys to
Commander Peary's series OF independent
game, made no caches, lost no dogs, and
returned to the land with loaded sledges,
makes their attainment of the Pole on
the trip North of Cape Thomas Hubbard
a physical and mathematical impossible
fty as IL would demand the subsistence
ing a Journey OF ten hundred and forty
geographical miles on less than TWO
sledge loads OF supplies 49,,
Cook got mixed and that he reached the
pole, or thought he did, between the
Heiberg Land at Cape Northwest, and
his arrival at Rhymes Land, where they
killed the deer, we must then add TO the
date of DR.. Cooks letter OF March liIh,
at or near Cape Thomas Hubbard, the
subsequent four or FIVE sleeps ct that
pofnt, and the number of DAYS required
10 ma rch from Cape Thomas Hubbard to
Cape Northwest Ia distance of some sixty
nautical milesI- which would advance his
date of departure from the land TO at
least the 25th Of March, and be prepared
TO accept the claim that Dr.. Cook went
eighty and a half degrees North to the
Pole a distance of FIVE hundred and
seventy geographical miles. in twenty
After Killing the deer they then trav-
eled south along the east side Of Ring
mes Land TO the point indicated on the
chart, where they killed another deer,
They then went east across the south
part Of Crown Prince Gustav Sea to the
through Norwegian Bay. where they Sc
cured some bears, but not until aIter
they had killed some of their dogs, to
the east side Of Graham Island; then
eastward to the little bay marked 'Eid
Ford on SveTdrup's chart; then SOUTH
west to Hell's Gate and Simmons PENN
Here for the first time during the en-
tire journey, except as already noted OF
tered open water. On this point the boys
were clear, emphatic, and unshakable-
region, and finally abandoned their dogs
and one sledge, took to their boat crossed
Hell's Gate to North Kent, up into Nor
folk Inlet then back along the north
coast of Colin Archer Peninsula 10 cape
Vera, where they obtained fresh elder
duck eggs. There they cut the remaining
sIeCfge OF. that is shortened ii. as it was
awkward to transport with the boat, and
near here they killed walrus.
The statement in regard to the fresh
elder duck eggs permits the approximate
determine ton OF the date at this time
ment also serves, II indeed anything more
than the inherent tTsightforwaTdness
and detail of their narrative were needed, /
to substantiate the accuracy ana truth
fulness of the boys statement This 10 /
cality Of Cape Vera is men toned in
Sverdrup's narrative as the place. where
tanned elder ducks eggs).
From Cape Vera they went on down in
where they killed a seal; thence east
along the south coast OF the Sound, kill |
map, to the peninsula known as Cape
Sparbo on the map, about midway on
the south side Of Jones Sound. Here
they killed some musk-OXen ana, continue
ing east, killed four more at the place
indicated on the chart, and were finally /
stopped by the pack ice at the mouth of
Jones Sound From here they turned /
back to Cape Sparbo, where they win
tered and killed many mUsk-oxen.
After the sun returned IN 1909 they I
started, pushing their sledge, across Jones
Sound to Cape TenuysOu. thence along
the cast TO Clarence Head passing inside
OF two small Islands not shown on the
where they killed bear; thence across
the broad blight in the coast to CadOgan
Ford thence around Cape Isabella and /
up 10 Commander Peary's old house in
Payer HaTbor near Cape Sabine, where
they found a seal cached for them by
Pankpah, I-tOok-a-shoO's father. From
here they crossed Smith Sound on the ice, /
arriving at AuOratok
(Signedl r p PEARY. L s y.
ROBERT A BARTLETT. /
Master 8 s Roosevelt ]
D 3 MCMILLAN,
GEORGE BORUP-