Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-23

he could go overland to the salt water in
nine days.
They. however. told us that one Of their
party was a much better %geographer than
themselves, and promised that we should
see him.. January u. 1880. The promised
photographer Ikmallik came to us this
morning, accompanied by Tlagashu, and
they were taken into the cabin.
Some paper containing a sketch Of the
land already known between Repulse bay
and Prince Regents inlet was now laid,
before them, with the names OF the differ
emit places marked; these were at once rec
ognized; and Ikmallik then taking the PEN
ell proceeded to prolong the sketch from
Akullee, following very nearly for q very
considerable space the line already traced
by T%ulluahiu. After this, he prolonged II
still further westward, instead of turning
to the north as the latter had done; then
continuing it to the northwest, In a direc-
ton more favorable to our views. He did
not, however. insert the islands; nor could
we discover how many days 1t was esti-
mated from the end OF his chart to Akullee.
near Repulse bay; but he drew Wager bay
and it's river very correctly. making also
several other rivers. He further gave us
to understand that our ship could sail tina
way till the autumn; and with this infor-
nation we were obliged, for the present. to
be content"
The chart Of the Gulph of Boothia, drawn
by the natives. Is reproduced in a full-page
engraving from the Original in the pos
session Of Captain Ross" together with a
sketch drawn by Captain Ross Of the two
Eskimos drawing the chart in the presence
of three English officers.
DR.. Thomas S. DERRICK, who accompanied
one of the Peary expeditions, relates this
instance Of Eskimo intelligence:
ION page 14s in Mr.. Peary's book Near
est the Pole he details how that, upon
returning from the north, he knew by his
longitude observations that he had been
driven eastward and came down upon the
northwest coast Of Greenland. Upon.
reaching land he saw a fresh sledge trail
of three dogs with irregular steps. He sent
his Esklmos eastward on the trail to find
out what it meant. The mex day they re-
turned with Clarke and mis- three Eski-
mos"
He says: They, like us, had been driv-
en- eastward and had come down upon the
Greenland coast and Clarke's Eskimos
(three), like mine (six), possessed with a
crazy idea that they had drifted westward
and were coming down the back side of
Grand Land as they expressed 1t, had
insisted on turning east and were going
directly away from the ship"
They were going to destruction, and the
book further says that they were exhausted
and could have lived not many days. They
would have gone to destruction had they
been strong and had an abundance of food,
and so would Mr.. Peary If he had de-
pended on his sense of direction instead Of
his instruments. Now, II Mr.. Peary's six
Eskimos and Mr., Clarke's rnree Eskimos
after a journey OF 20 miles out on the sea
ice had at that time been asked by any
rival Of Mr.. Peary to draw a map showing
where Mr.. Peary had been. they would
have drawn a line from the eighty-seventh
parallel down to the northwest coast Of
Grant and instead Of to the northwest
coast Of observation-disclosures 400 miles differ
ence between these two points.