Weekly journal-miner., 1909-10-20

OCTOBER 20, 1909
 time during which he could possibly have made any at temptS to go to it.
 THE ANSWERS OF THE ESKIMO BOYS TO COMMANDER PEARY'S SERIES OF INDEPEND- IENT QUESTIONS SHOW THAT THEY KILLED NO GAME, MADE NO CACHES, LOST NO DOGS, AND RETURNED TO THE LAND WITH LOADED THE POLE ON THE TRIP NORTH OF CAPE HUB BARD PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL POS ISIBILITY, AS IT WOULD DEMAND THE SUBSIST- ENCE OF THREE MEN AND TWENTY DOGS DUR ING A JOURNEY OF TEN HUNDRED AND FORTY GEOGRAPHICAL MILES ON LESS THAN TWO ISLEDGE LOADS OF SUPPLIES.
 IF TT IS SUGGESTED THAT PERHAPS DR. ICOOK GOT MIXED AND THAT HE REACHED THE POLE OR THOUGHT HE DID BETWEEN THE TIME OF LEAVING THE NORTHWEST COAST OF IHEIBERGLAND AT CAPE NORTHWEST, AND HIS ARRIVAL AT RINGNES LAND, WHERE THEY KILLED THE DEER, WE MUST THEN ADD TO THE DATE OF DR. COOKS LETTER OF MARCH Y. AT OR NEAR CAPE THOMAS HUBBARD, THE SUBSEQUENT FOUR OR FIVE SLEEPS AT THAT POINT AND THE NUMBER OF DAYS REQUIRED ITO MARCH FROM CAPE THOMAS HUBBARD TO CAPE NORTHWEST GA DISTANCE OF SOME SIXTY NAUTICAL MILES), WHICH WOULD AD- VANCE HIS DATE OF DEPARTURE FROM THE LAND TO AT LEAST THE 25TH OF MARCH, AND BE PREPARED TO ACCEPT THE CLAIM TIT DR. COOK WENT FROM CAPE NORTHWEST ABOUT LATITUDE 80 AND A HALF DEGREES NORTH TO THE POLE A DISTANCE OF FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY GEOGRAPHICAL MILES, IN |TWENTY-SEVEN DAYS.
 After killing the deer they then travelled south along the side of Rngnes Land the point indicated the chart where they killed another deer They then went east the south part of Crown Prince Gustav Sea to the south end of Heibegand then down through Norwegian Bay where they secured bear but not until after they had killed of their dogs; the east side of Graham Isand then eastward to the little bay marked Eds Ford Sverups chart then southwest to Hels Gate and Sim Peninsula. Here for the first time during the entire journey except already noted off Cape Thomas Hubbard they encountered open water On this point the boys were clear, emphatic and unshakable.
 They spent good deal of time in this region, and finally abandoned their dogs and sedge took to their boat crossed Hels Gate North Kent, up into Norfolk Inlet back along the north coast of Colin Archer Pen nsua Cape Vera where they obtained fresh cider duck eggs Here they the remaining sedge off, that IS, shortened it, 1t awkward to transport with the boat, and near here they killed walrus.
 The statement regard to the fresh cider duck eggs permits the approximate determination ot the date at this time as about the first of July.
 This statement also serves, if indeed anything than the inherent sraightorwardness and detail of their narrative needed to subsanate the accuracy and truthfuness of the boys statement
 This locality of Cape Vera IS mentioned by Sverdrup the place where, during his stay in that region he ob tained cider duck eggs
 From Cape Vera they went down into the southwest angle of Jones Sound where they killed sea thence along the south of the sound killing three bear at the point noted the map the peninsula known as Cape Sparbo about midway the south side of Jones Sound Here they killed some musk oxen and continuing east killed four more at the place indicated the chart and finally stopped by the pack ice the mouth of Jones Sound From this place they turned back to Cape SParbo where they and killed many musk oxen.
 After the sun returned in 1909, they started pushing their sedges Jones Sound to Cape Iennyson then along the Clarence Head passlng inside ot two small islands shown the chart but drawn on by the boys) where they killed bear; thence across the broad blight in the of Codogan Ford thence around Cape Isabelle and up to Commander Pearys old house m PayeT Harbor near Cape Sabine where they found seal cached for them by Panikpah ITOok-AShoes father From here they crossed Smith Sound the ice arriving at Anoratok
 (Signed) ROBERT E. PEARY, U. S N.
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