Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-18
COOKS COUNSEL kept
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| omy in matches. the expenditure o.
which was limited to two each day.
The long winter night was utilized by
DR.. Cook in Writing. He used a print
| tive stone writing desk and lay prone
while at work with his manuscript
Meanwhile the Eskimos sewed and sang
| The temperature in the snow hut wa:
rarely above the freezing point. Polar
bears abounded, making exits from The
hut dangerous.
Adventure With Bear.
On one aston, when he was proceed
ing south after the discovery Of the pole
DR.. Cook had an exciting adventure Will
a polar bear. He had drawn the canvas
boat upon the ice and the Eskimos had
gone in search of game. leaving the doc
tor alone and without weapons or ammu-
milton. The only food he had left wat
the shoulder of a seal. which he was
keeping for an emergency.
Dr. Cook. who was asleep in the boat,
was suddenly awakened and saw a rev
yards away a bear shifting about. Finally
it pushed it's nose in inquisitive fashion
into the boat where DR.. Cook was lying.
The explorer was scared. but he seized
a runner of sled and hit the bear. ms
frightened the animal. but it returned and
was about to attack, when DR.. Cook
shouted loudly and advanced upon 1t,
Furnishing the sled runner as he went.
This demonstration SO impressed the
animal that it turned tail and fed. Later
it was killed by the Eskimos.
After this DR.. Cook never remained
alone.
Customs Of Eskimos.
Dr. Cook also told the passengers about
the Eskinos, how they court. are married
and buried. He explained to them that
the courtship OF the Eskimo was purely
formal and unsentimental preface to mar
riage. love beginning after the ceremony.
The duration of the union depends mere
ly upon the will of the husband, who Is
entitled to dispose of his wife at any
time
The burial custom is peculiar for its
simplicity. The relatives Of the dead.
after the burial, sing long. wailing dirges
the water in the vicinity freezes the spirit
is supposed to have been destroyed The
widow or widower remarrieS Immediately.
One of DR.. Cooks Eskimos, while re-
to the southwark. He waited to it a
fieeting message to his sweetheart, which
he fully believed the bird would carry,
telling her he was still alive 49,
Has Post Of Honor.
Dr. Cook occupies the seat of honor at
the table at the right hand of Capt. Hem
pei Opposite him is Mr.. Cold. director
general of the steamship company. and
close by are Capt. Moeller and Walter
Lonsdale. the latter of whom Is assist
ing DR.. Cook at the request of Mr.. Egan,
the United States minister to Denmark.
DR.. Cook feels a deep Indebtedness to
MIR. Egan, who. while the explorer was In
Denmark, devoted his entire time to his
interests. -
A dinner in honor of DR.. Cook was CIV
en- yesterday. There were many speecnes
of congratulations. Benjamin Trueblood
toasted DR.. Cook. who replied:
You seem bound to follow me with
Danish cheers to American ports. AL
ready you have added Norwegian, Swed-
ish and American voices to the chorus
ITO say that l appreciate all this Is but
a part of my feelings. You have greeted
me with a royal welcome; you have made
me one Of your family circle and afford
ed me the comforts and kindnesses of
home. No man could wish for more"
After this Mr.. Cold spoke of Mrs. Cook
and the explorers children. He said they
must have waited long months in sus-
pense, anxious for news of the husba nd
and father. but he was sure they had new
err lost hope or confidence in his success.
A Norwegian poem especially composed
by Consul Nisen and set to music was
sung by Mrs. Rosenberg. After this DR..
Cook again delivered a lecture, going over
the ground he has covered concerning his
trip to the pole.