Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-13

too far to the west. the second boy call
ing the attention Of the first to the fact
that the position Of the island was more
nearly In lire with the point where they
and the channel between Amund Rinsnes
Land and Ellef Rngnes Land.
This criticism and correction were ac-
copied 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 Eskimos on the chart.
From this island they could see two
lands beyond Svcrdrup's Ellef Hinges
island they tourneyed toward the left
hand one Of these two lands tAmund
Ringnes LandD, passing a small island,
which they did not visit.
Arriving at the shore of Amund Ringnes
Land. the Eskimos killed deer. as indi-
Gated on the chart.
The above 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 en-
have made any attempts to go to it.
Evidence Summed Up.
The answers of the Eskimo boys to
Commander Pearys series of independent
questions. showing that they killed no
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 impossibility.
as it would demand the subsistence of
three men and over twenty dogs during
journey of 1.O4O geographical miles on
less than two sledge loads of supplies.
II 1t Is suggested that perhaps DR.. Cook
1,ot hA nn1,c. a
or thought he did. between the time of
leaving the northwest coast OF Heiberg
Land at Cape Northwest and his arrival
at Ringnes Land, where they killed the
Dr. Cooks letter Of March II. at or near
Cape Thomas Hubbard. the subsequent
four or five sleeps at that point and the
number Of days required to march from
Cape Thomas Hubbard to Cape North,
west "a distance of some sixty nautical
miles,. which would advance his date of
departure from the land to at least the
25th Of March, and be prepared to ac-
cept the claim that DIR. Cook went from
Cape Northwest about latitude sou de-
geographical miles. In twenty-seven days.
The March Southwark.
After killing the deer they then Travelled
south along the east side OF Ringnes
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
south end of Heiberg Land, then down
through Norwegian bay. where they Sc
cured some bears, hut not until they
had killed some Of their dogs. to the east
side of Graham Island: then eastward to
the little bay marked "Eids Fjord" on
chart; then southwest to Hells
Gate and Simmons peninsula.
Here for the first time during the en-
tire Journey. except as already noted OF
Cape Thomas H. Hubbard, they encoun-
tered open water. On this point the boys
were clear, emphatic and unshakabie.
They spent a good deal Of time In this re-
gion, and finally abandoned their dogs and
one sledge. took to their boat. crossed
Hells Gate to North Kent, up into Nor
folk inlet, then back along the north coast
of Colin Archer peninsula to Cape Vera,