The Sentinel=record., 1909-10-13

Eskimos that came back from Dr. Cook from the northern end of Nan. sens Strait, who is familiar as a hun. ter with the Jones Sound region, and who has been in Commander Peary's various expeditions for some fifteen years. came in and indicated the same localities and details as the two boys
 ilan 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, walrusl 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 tAe portions 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 any possible claim that they were awed by him.
 Certain questions on independent Eskimo boys were suggested by Com mander Peary to some of us, and were put by us to the Eskimo boys. still later, Commander Peary asked the Eskimo boys two or three casual questions on minor points that had occurred to him.
 During the taking of this testimony, it developed that Dr. Cook had told these boys, as he told Mir. Whitney and Billy Pritchard, the cabin boy, ghat they must not tell Commander Peary r any of us anything about their journey, and the boys stated Dr. Cook had threatened them if they should tell anything.
 1 The narrative of these EslSimos is as follows:
 They with Dr. Cook, Francke and nine other Eskimos, left AnoraFok. crossed Smiths Sound to Cape Sabne. slept in Commander Peary's old house in Payer Haibor, then went through ] Rice Strait to Buchanan Bay. After few marches Francke and three Es. 1 kimos returned to Anoratok. Dr. Cook. with the others. then pro eeeied up Flagler Bay branch of Buchanan Bay, and crossed Ellesmere Land
 Their route then lay out through this ford, thence north through Sver- drups "Heuerka Sound and Nansen Strait.
 On their way they killed musk oxen and bear. and made caches, arriving eventually at point on the west side of Nansen Strait (shore of Axel Hei. berg Land of Sverdrup-. south of Cape Thomas Hubbard.
 A cache was formed here and the four EslS:.aos did not go beyond tnis point Two others, Koolootingwah and .nugito, went on one more march with Dr. Cook and the two boys, helped to build the snow igloo, then returned without sleeping. tihese two Eskmos brought back a letter from Dr. Cook to Francke, dated the l7th of March The two men rejoined the other four men who had been left behind and the six re. turned to Anoratok, arriving May z This information was obtained not from the two Eskimo boys, but from the six men who returned and from ! Frsncke himself and was known to us 1 in the summer of 1908, when the Roosevelt first arrived at Etah. The information is inserted here as sup elementary to the narrative of the two boys);
 After sleeping at the camp where | the last two Eskimos turned back, pr. Cook and the two boys went in a northeriy or northwesterly direction with two sIedges and twenty odd dogs, one more march, when they encoun, tered rough ice and a lead of open water. They did not enter this rough ice, nor cross the lead, but turned westward or southwestward short distance and returned to Heiberg land at point west of where they had left the cache and where the four men had turned back.
 Here they remained four or five sleeps, and during that time ltooaa. shoo went back to the cache and got his gun which he had left there, and few items of supplies.
 1 When asked why only a few sup. plies were taken from the cache, the boys replied that only small amount of provisions had been used in the few days since they left the cache,
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