Arizona republican., 1909-10-13
PEARY HURLS BOMB SHELL
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their journey. and who said that the
 route tcr the remaining third, as
 shown by them, was as described to
 him by his son after his return with
 Dr. Cook.
 Notes of their statements were ta-
 ken by several of us and no one of
 us had any doubt but that they told
 the truth.
 Their testimony was unshaken by cross examination, was corroborated by other men in the tribe, and was e!icited neither by threats nor prom
 ises, the two boys and their fathers talking of their journey and their ex- periences in the same way that they would talk of any hunting trip. 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 by pointing out with his finger. but not making any marks upon il.
 AS he went out the other boy came in and was asked to show where he had gone. with Dr. Cook. This he did. also without making any marks upon the map and indicated the same route and the same details as did the first boy.
 When he was through, Panikpah. the father of I-Took-aShoe, a very intelligent man. who was in the party of EsEimoS that came back with Dr. Cook from the Northern and Nansen's straits. who is familiar as a hunter with the Jones Sound region. and who has been in Commander Pearys expeditions for fifteen years. came in and indicated the same locations and details as the two boys
 The first boy was brought in again, and with a 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.
 Finally Panikpah, the father. was again called in to verify details of l the positions of the route. with which | he was personally familiar
 The bulk of the boys testimony was | not taken by Commander Peary. nor | in his presence. a fact that obviates i any possible claim that they were awed by him.
 Certain questions on independent lines from the direct narrative were suggested by Commander Peary and were put by us to the Eskimo boys.
 Told Not to Tell.
 Still later Commander Peary asked the two Eskimo boys two or three casual questions on minor points that occurred to him.
 During the taking of this testimony il developed that Dr. Cook had told these boys. as he told Mir. Whitney, and Billy Pritchard, the cabin boy that they must not tell Commander Peary or any of us anything about their journey, and the boys stated Dr. Cook had threatened them if they should tell anything. The narrative lf these Eskimos is as follows:
 They, with pr. Cook Francke and nine other EsIimOs left Arnatool;, ,rossed Smiths Sound 10 Cape Sabine. l slept in Commander Peary's house in , Payer harbor, then ven through ; Rice strait to Buchanan bay. after few marches Francze and three -skimOs returned 60 Annatook
 Cooks Route. Dr Cook. with the others. then pr I ceGoj up Flagler bay, a branch cf | buchanan bay. and crossed Fllesmere- I aud through the valley pass at the I.ad "f Flagler hay. indicated Uy I 'eary in 1898. and utilized by Sver- 1 irup in 1899 to the head of Sver- .rup's "Bayfiord." on the west side of ,  Their route then lay ou: through $ his ford thence north through ;verdrup's "HeIrc<l Sound" and l lansen strait. on their way they c filed musk oxen end hcar and made aches. arriving eventually at a point ( ,n the west side of Nansen strait I shore of AxedheibergiaTd of Svcr- ! rup), south of Cape Thomas Hub I ard Y A cache was formed here and the 2 our Eskimos did not go beyond this T .oint Two others. KooloOtingwah a nd Imughito. went on one more Y march with Dr Cook and the two T .Oys helped to build the snow igloo, I hen returned without sleeping. These 2 wo Eskimos brought back a letter s rom Dr. Cook to Francke, dated the 7th Of March The two men re- oined the four other men who had ( ,een left behind and the six returned | O Annatook. arriving May :. This f