The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1909-09-16
Denies Cook Reached Pole.

Battle HC:bor. Labrador (via Marconi
wireless. Cape Ray. n. FL, Sept. lO.-Dp
not trouble about Cooks story, or at
tempt to explain any discrepancies in his
statements The AFFAIR will settle itself.
He has not been at the pole on April
a, 1908. or at any other time. He has
simply handed the public gold brick.
These statements are made adviscdly,
and | have proof of them When hc
makes n fun statement of his journey
over his signature to some geographical
society. or other reputable body. If that
statement contains the claim that he mas
reached the pole, | shall bc In "A POSI-
ton TO furnish material that may prove
distinctly interesting reading for the pub
lic ROBERT Il. PEAltf.
Battle Harbor. Labrador (vIa Marco
nj wireless. Cape Ray, n. F., Sept. g
The steamer Roosevelt. bearing the
north polar expedition of the Pcary
Arctic club parted company with the
Erik and steamed out of Etah ford late
I'm the afternoon of August IS, 1905,
setting the usual course for Cape Sa-
blne. The weather was dirty, with
fresh sOutherly winds. We had on
board % Eskimo men. II women, and
10 children. 226 dogs, and some forty
odd wnlrus.
We encountered the ice n shdQt dis
lance from the mouth of the harbor,
but IT was not clr3cly packed. and was
negotiated by the Roosevelt without
serious difficulty.
Find Much Water.
AS we r-arrS Cape Sabine the wealth
er cleared somewhat and we passed by
Three WORT island and Cape Sabine,
easily making out with the naked eye
the house at Hayes harbor occupied by
me in the water of l90l-O2.
From Cape Sabine north there was
go much water that we thought OF set
ting the lug sail before the southerly
wind, but u little later appearance Of
ice to the nOrthward stopped this
There was clean open water to cape
Albert, and from there scattered ice
90 point about abreast of Victoria
Head. thick weather and dense ice
bringing US some ten or fifteen miles
away.
From here we drifted south somewhat
and then got aslant to the nurthward
out of the current. We worked "A little
further north and stopped again for
some hours. Then we again worked
westward and northward till we
reached a series OF lakes. coming to a
stop few rNiles south of the Wind
wards winter quarters at Cape Dur
Vile,
From here, after some delay we
slowly worked "A way northcastward
through fog ana broken ice OF medium
thickness through one night and the
forenoon of the next day. only cmcrg
ing into open water and clear weather
OF Cape Fraser.
Strike Ice and Fog.
From this point we had clear run
through the middle OF Robson channel
uninterrupted by either ice or fog. Ia
Lady Franklin bay. Here we cncoun-
working along in search OF n practi-
cable opening were forced across "a
the Greenland coast at Thank God
1Iarbor.
The fog lifted there and enabled us
so make out our whereabouts ana we
steamed north through a series OF leads
past Cape Lupton, and thence south
ward toward Cape Union 4 few miles
off that cape we were stopped by i'm,
practicable ice, and we drifted back
south TO Cape Union, whore we stopped
again.
Ship Forced Aground.
We lay for some time In "A lake q
water, and then, to prevent being drift
ed south again, took refuge under Tn,
the Identical place whore we had GU
unpleasant experiences three years be
fore Here we remained for scverca
DAYS during n period of constant an,
Mt times violent northeasterly winds
Twice we were forced aground b.
the heavy ice; we had our port quar-
ter rail broken and a hole stove in tn
bulwarks and twice we pushed out il
an attempt to get north but wer
forced back each time 10 our precarl
Gus shelter.
Heavy Running Ice.
Finally on september we squeeze
around Cape Union ana made fast in
shallow niche in the ice, but after som
hours we made another short run I
plack cape and hung on TO a grounde
nil OF ice. At last a little after mid
night of September 8, we passed throug
extremely heavy running ice into
strsam OF open water rounded Cap
Rawson and passed Cape Sheridan.
Within a quarter OF an hour OF tn
.ams time we arrived three years befor
-seyen a. m. September 5-we reache