The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-10-22

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In support of his contention that DR..
Cook did not reach the north pole,
Is now made public for the first time.
The statement and map have been
copyrighted by the Peary Arctic club.
INTRODUCTION BY PEARY.
Some OF my reasons for saying that
DR.. Cook did not go to the north pole
will be understood by those who read
the following statements of the two
Eskimo boys who went with him, and
who told me and others of my party
where he did go. Several Eskimos
who started with DR.. Cook from An
oratok in February, 1908, were at
Etah when I arrived there in August,
1908. They told me that Dr. Cook had
with him, after they left, two Eskimo
boys, or young men. two sledges and
some twenty dogs. The boys were
l-took-a-shoo and Ah-pe-lah. had
known them from their childhood.
One was about eighteen and the other
about nineteen years of age.
On my return from Cape Sheridan
and at the very first settlement
touched (Nerke, near Cape Chalon) in
August, 1909. and nine days before
reaching Etah. the Eskimos told me,
In general way, where DR.. Cook had
been; that he had wintered in Jones
Sound, and that he had told the white
men at Etah that he had been a long
way north, but that the boys who were
with him, 1-toOk-a-shoo and Ah-pe-lah,
said that this was not so. The Eski-
mos laughed at DR.. Cooks story. On
reaching Etah, talked with the Es-
kimos there and with the two boys
and asked them to describe DR.. Cooks
Journey to members of my party and
myself. This they did in the manner
stated below.
<(Signed) r. E. PEARY
Signed Statement Of Peary, Bartlett,
Mcmillan, Borup and Henson, In Re.
gard to Testimony Of Cooks Two
Eskimo Boys.
The two Eskimo boys, 1-took-a-shoo
and Ah-pe-lah, who accompanied Dr..
Cook while he was away from Anora.
tok in 1908 and 1909, were questioned
separately and independently, and
were corroborated by. Panikpah, the
father OF one of them Q-took-a-shoo).
who was personally familiar with the
first third and the last third of their
Journey, and WHO said that tn route
for the remaining third. as shown by
them. was as described to him by his
son after his return with DR.. Cook.
To go more into details: One of
the boys was called in, and, with a
chart on the table before him. was
asked to show where he had gone
with DR.. Cook. This he did, pointing
out with his finger on the map. but
DOT making any marks upon 1t.
AS he went out, the other boy came
In and was asked to show where he
had gene with DR.. Cook. This he did,
also without making any marks, and
Indicated the same route and the
came details as did the first boy.
When he was through. Panikpah.
the father Of 1-took.a-shoo. very in.
telligent man, who was in the party
Of Eskimos that came back from DR..
Cook from the northern end OF Nan.
sens strait, who is familiar az ahiint.
or with the Jones Sound region. and
who has been in Commander Peary's
various expeditions for some fifteen
years. CAL. in and indicated the same
localities and details as the two boys.
Then the first boy was brought in
again, and with pencil he traced on
the map their route. members Of our
party writing upon the chart where
according to the boys statement. they
had killed deer, bear. some OF their
dogs. seal. walrus and musk oxen.
The second boy was then called in
and the two went over the chart to.
gether, the second boy suggesting
some changes as noted hereafter. i
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