The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-13
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drup's ~Heuerka Sound" and Manson

drup's ''Heuerka Sound" and Manson
Strait.
| On their way they killed musk-oxen
land bear. and made caches, arriving
eventually at a point on the west side
| OF Nansen Strait (shore Of AxeI HE
berg Land of Sverdrup), south of Cape
Thomas Hubbard.
cache was formed here and the
four Eslximos did not go beyond this
point Two others, Koolootingwah
and Inughito, went on one more march
with DR.. Cook and the two boys helped
to build the snow igloo, then returned
without sleeping.
(These two Eskimos brought back
a letter from DR.. Cook to Franclts.
dated March II. The two men re-
joined the other four men who had been
left behind, and the six returned to
Anoratok, arriving May T. This in
formation was obtained not from the
two Eskimo boys, but from the six
men who returned and from Francke
himself and was known to us in the
summer of 1908, when the Roosevelt
first arrived at Etah. The informa-
ton is inserted here as supplement
tary to the narrative OF the two boys.)
the last two Eskimos turned back. DIR.
Cook and the two boys went In a
northerly or northwesterly direction
with two sledges and twenty odd dogs.
one more march, when they encoun-
tered rough ice and a lead of open
water. They did not enter this ROACH
Ice, nor cross the lead, but turned
westward or southwestward a short
distance and returned TO Heiberg Land
at a point west Of where they had left
the cache and where the four men had
turned back
Here they remained four or Eve
sleeps. and during that time I-took-a-
shoe went back to the cache and got
his gun which he had left there, and
few items of supplies.
When asked why only a few supplies
were taken from the cache, the boys
replied that only q small amount OF
provisions had been used In the few
days since they left the cache, and that
their sledges still had all they could
carry. so that they could not take
more.
After being informed OF the boys
narrative thus far. Commander Peary
suggested series of questions to be
put to the boys In regard to this trip
from the land out and back to it.
Answers to Questions.
These questions and answers were
as follows:
Did they cross many open leads or
much open water during this time?
Ans. No.
Did they make any caches out on
the ice? Ans No.
Did they kill any bear or seal while
out on the ice north of Cape Thomas
Hubbard? Ans. No.
Did they kill or lose amy OF their
dogs while out on the icee Ans. No
With how many sledges did they
start? Ans. Two.
How many dogs did they have? Ans.
Did not remember exactly. but some
thing over twenty
How many sledges did they have
when they got back TO land2 Ans.
Two.
Did they have any provisions left on
their sledges when they came back to
land7 Ans. Yes: the sledges still had
about all they could carry, SO they were
able to take but few things from the
cache.
From here they then went southwest
along the northwest coast or HeFberg
Land TO Sverdrup's Cape northwest.
From here they went west across the
ice. which was level and covered with
snow, offering good going. to q low isl
and which they had seen from the
shore Of Heiberg Land at Cape North
west On this island they camped for
one sleep.
The size and position Of this island.
as drawn by the first boy, was criticised
BY the second boy as being too large
and too far west the second boy can
ing attention OF the first to the fact
that the position Of the island was
more nearly In line with the point
where they had left Heiberg Land
feape Northwest and the channel be-
tween Amund Hinges Land and ElIefl
Ringnes Land.
This criticism and correction was ac-
cepted by the FIRST boy, VINO started to