Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-10-15
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ho;nc OF my rcasons for saying that
~. Conk did not go TO the North Pole
)lIi b. understood by those who read
be following statements OF the tive
q ekimo boys who went with him and
no told me aud others of my party
fIlrtt he did 20. Several Eskim0s
DO started with Dr. Cook from An.
ratel In February. ig0s. We're AT Eiah
hen arrived there In August. i9uS
lscr told me that DR.. Cook Ind with
]in,. after they left. two Eskimo boys
* ,oung men. two slcdges aud some
Tenfy dogs. The boys were l.took a.
l,co and Ah-pe-iah. 7 had known
&ym from their childhood. One was
3tsnt eighteen and the other about
1uftten years OF age.
30n my return from Cape Sheridan
nd M the very first settlement
puchcd (Scrke. near Cape Chalom, IN
august. 1909. aud nine days before
haching Etah. the Esklmos told me.
q general way. where DIR. Cook bud
ccn: that he had wlntcred IN Jones
Icund and that be had told the white
Dcn NJ Efah that he had been a long
fny north. but that the boys who were
33th him. I-took.a-shoo and Ah-pe-lah.
10 that this was not SO. The Eskl.
>os laughed at DIR. Cooks story. On
aching Etah. ! talked with the Eski.
Dos there and with the Two boys and
1kcd them 20 describe Dr Cooks Jour.
~ 70 members OF my party and my
30. This they did In the manner
hated below.
tSlgnedl Il. 4. PFARY.
VGNED STATEMENT OF PEAnY.
BARTLETT. MCMILLAN. RORUP
AND HENSON. IN REGARD TO
TESTIMONY OF COOKS TWO
ESKIMO BOYS.
The two Eskimo boys. I-took- a shoe
"a Ah-pelah who accompanied DIR.
>00k while be was away from Anora.
* In 1905 and 1909. were questioned
rnarnteIy and independently. and
serc ccrrcborated by Panikpah. the
>ihcr OF one OF them n-tock-a-shool.
tho was personally familiar with the
fsi third and the last third of their
barney. and who said that the route
pr the remaining third. as shown by
benz. was as described TO him by his
5n after his return with Dr. Cook.
Notes OF their statements were taken
\ several OF rs. and no one OF US has
ky doubt that they told the truth.
|Thcir testimony was mistaken by
rnss-cxamination, was corroborated
\ other men IN the tribe. and was
Acted neither by threats nor prom
r.. the two boys aud their father
|lkinE OF their Journey aud their ex-
PrIenccs IN the same way that they
build talk OF any hunting trip.
10 60 more into details: One Of the
1ys was called IN. and. with n chart !
tbe table before him. VAS asked 20
where he had gone with DIR.
nok. This he did. pointing out with
4 finger on the map. but not making
Is marks upon Il.
As he went out. the other boy came
and was asked 10 show where he
10 gone with DR.. Cook. This he did.
20 without making ap.r marks, aud
dlcafed the same route and the same
tails as did the first boy.
When he was through. fanikpah.
) father Of I-tock.a-shoo. a very In
1Ieent man. who was In the party
Eskimos that came back from Dr.
Ok from the northern end OF Nan
n's strait. who Is familiar as a hunt
With the Jones Sound region. aud
has been In Commander Peary's
>expedi,Ions for some fifteen
IN. coue IN aud Indicated the same
alitiea and details as the two boys
hen the. first boy was brought IN
In. and with a pencil he traced on
map (f>elr route. members OF our
Is writing upon the chart where.
to he boys statement, they