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coal she had for me to the Roosevelt.
Then we ran out into omen water again.
Whitney was aboard the Jeanie. He
was one days sail from Etah. He had
clear, free water along the eastern shore
OF the sound.
Did Whitney run back to Etah for
those immensely valuable records and
instruments OF DR.. COOl12 He did not
IL sailed directly west. where the ice
was packed against the western shore
he wanted bear. he cared more
about bear than he did about Cook
property. He weuld not cut out two
days OF his hunting 20 go back for
Wnat he says now he knew was COOK
proof of the discovery of the Pole
Then 10 add a touch to the intensely
dramatic, Peary related that whereas
Or. Cook had left his polar flag. his
Instruments and records to the mercy
of a stranger at Etah, he (PearyD had
sewn his flag into his dndershirt, sewn
his records into his clothing ana taken
every precautiOn humanity possible to
guard his instruments against destruc-
ton.
why" cried Peary, with savage
sneer. 4 would no thave intrusted those
things to my father, mother. or brother,
10 any human being. they were sewn TO
me; fastened to me and would nave
gone 10 The bottom of the Arctic sea
witn me before / would have turned
them over TO a soulH
Flood of Information.
peary had worked himself up to his
first really passionate outburst against
Dr. Cook. and as he went on he poured
forth flood Of information that sound
ed to his little group OF interviewers
like series of short-armed jabs upon
the very vitals OF Cooks claims to a
fc,t or exploration that dazzles the inn
sginsdon.
-. .oS need any Of Whitney's in
formation. I did not want IT, l didB
seek. / didn't need Hadn't 1 seen and
Tf.f- inn. IN r-1rs "a
land, and didnt Henson talk to theme
Why. / know those EsiSfnos as a father
knows hts children. 1 won't say that
they look upon me as god, but as
''From time to time during a period
of twenty-thTee years, i have given
them every valuable possession they
oWn--iTCu, steel. boats. knives, sledSes-
everything 1 brought back from my
trips North and had 10 discard
Il knew them in their mothers hoods,
and i knew them grown into sturdy
boys. / knew them as men in the years
way back and know them all, and /
talked TO them all on my way down
from Cape Columbia to Cape York.
where Eskimo land ends.
Primed With Information
And after had seen these Esl1hnos
and talked 20 them what need was
there for me to learn anthing from
Harry Whitney or any other mani"
As "a matter Of fact. Pesry, Henson.
and Mcmillan. who also is familiar with
Eskimo, had primed themselves with
all the Information concerning Dr. Cook
that was obtainable. They had stopped
At every little group OF iglOOs OF huLs
They had hunted Walrus and musk OK
With Cooks Eskimos. And after what
they had told them, Peary declared he
had not the faintest suspicion that Dr.
Cook would aver -hSt he had been
anywhere near the Pole.
l. HHHaHaH ont 80
lack of experience. the condition of his
Eledge when PcaTy saw it at Etah,
aside from the clumsy and poorly made
EnOwshoes that were afterwards alleged
10 have Travelled over LOO miles Of
Arctic ice. aside from the fact that no
other explorer had ever negotiated more
Ihan eleven degrees FedFy nad me
further Information from an the Is
klmos 20 back him Up In his assunp-
tion that Cook had not gone over the
sea ice to the Pole,
s''NaturaIly,' said the commander
after rcCapitulatinE the points ia his
argument. 'I believed that when Whit
10Y spoke OF Cooks instruments thut
hc meant superluous instruments sucn
as any Arctic hunter might carry.
never dreamed that Whitney meant
Instruments that had taken observations
ri the Pole. I never dreamed of flag
such as ] had almost Sewcd 20 my body.
Even so, though ] would not allow
the Roosevelt 10 serve as q common
carrier for Dr. Cooks luggage, 1 went
~ NliE Nf.'iNf .fAA"t' iAt.t+H.- "tA
stuff. pointed 10 out 10 the Eskiu1os
sud told them that it must not be Ois-
turbed added my injunction 10
Whitney s, and there the box Is today
FOR the Eskimos will not disturb IT,
''The Eskimos usually obey my in
structions. They call me Peary-Ak-5O-
All, or Big Peary- That is the name
an known by in al that land As fol
Dr. Cook, he is known as Docti There
lavc been doctors up there on every ex-
pcdition and they are all called docti.'
Hasn't Exhibited Proofs.
Commander Peary denied that he had
exhibited one item of his proofs agains
Cook TO the representative Of the Lon.
don Chronicle or any other newspaper.
General Hubbard is the only man be
sides myself who has seen my proofs.
he declared. and We arc going Ove1
them together until We arrive At
froper understanding as to how and
when we shall present IT,
RefcrriuE again 10 his statement tha
he didn't need any Information from
whitney about Dr. Cook, Commando
Jeary said.
''Is IL any wonder from what T have
said that when 7 FIRST heard from th'
outside world OF DR.. Cooks claims tina
] could not credit thcm2 When
nicked up the letter Of Captain Jane
1not Walker. as has hecn errOneousll
g4Rted Of the whaler Morning., 7 con
eidered the Information he imparte
concerning what cook had said 70 hin
about being AT tho Pole as beinl
Judicrous. ] got James letter June IS,
ihink-
1T was September when 7 next hear
Of Cook ] had arrived at Indian Har
Dor and had sent my message away
then got a wireless message that Coo
had arrived at Copenhagen and hat
stated that ne had been al the Pole
Again T was amazed. and II was no
only natural for me to reply
" Cooks story should not he take
too seriously The two EFkimOs VIII
accompanied him say he went no dis
fance north outside the land. Othe
Iskimos from the tribe cOrrobora &
fhem. I know the names Of all thos
J1skimos and can lay hands on ther
when I want them
Welcome From Alma Mater.
Crowds fammcd the station platforr
along the route Of Pesry's journey froT
A Tonic