The daily sentinel., 1909-10-13

ney. and who said that the route for
the remaining third. as shown by them.
was described to him by his son
after his return with Dr. Cook
Notes Of their statements were taken
any doubt that they told the truth,
Their testimony was uushaken by
cross eNamiuation. was COrrOborated by
other men Ga the tribe and was elected
neither by threats nor promises. the
two boys and their father. talking Of
their journey and their experiences in
the same way that they would talk Of
any hunting "trip.
To go more into details;
one Of the boys who was called in.
him was asked to show where lac had
gone with Or. Cook This lac did. point
ing out with his finger on the map,
but not making any marks on H.
As he went out the other boy came
lu and was asked to show where he
had gone with DR. Cook This he did.
although without making amy marks
and indicated the same route aud the
same details as did the. first boy,
when he was through. Panikpah. the
father Of I-Took-A-Shoe, a very intclli-
gent man who was In the party OF
Eskimos that came back with Dr. Cook
from the northern end of NanScn strait,
who * familiar as hunter with the
Jones sound region. and who has been
ia Commander PgarNs various eNpedi-
uonS Tor some 10 years. came in and
Indicated the same localities aud details
Ms the two boys.
The first boy was brought in again
and with pencil he traced on the map
their route. members of our party writ
ing 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 and
the two Went over the chart together.
the second boy Suggesting some
changes noted hereafter.
Finally, Fanikpah. the father, was
again called into verify details Of the
positions of the route, with which he
was personally familiar
The bulk of tn" boys testimony was
not taken by Commander Peary. nor in
his presence. a fact that obviatcs any
possible claim that they Were awcd by
him
Certain questions of independent lines
from the direct narrative Of the Eskimo
boys were suggested by Commander
Us to the Eskimo boys sun 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.
these boys. as he told Mr. whitney and
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 of these Eskimos is as
follows.
They with DE Cook. rrancke. and
nine other Esllimos left Anoratok.
crossed Smiths sound To Cape Sabine,
slept In Commander Peury'S old house
IN Payer 1Iurbor. then went through
tac" strait to buchanan bay, After IA
few marches. Fr,ncke and three EslIi-
mos returned to Auoratnk
Or Cook. with the others then pro-
crcded up Flagler bay. q branch of
buchanan bay and crossed EIlesmer-
land. through the valley pass at the
head Of FlaEler bay Indicated by Peary
to the head Of Sycrdrups 'bayfiaed"
on The west side OF Ellesmereland.
=. Their route then lay out through this
fiord thence north through Sverdrup's
'flcurCka sound and Nauscn strait
On their way they killed musk oxen.
and bear and made caches arriving
eventually at II point on the west side
Of Nansen strait Cshure of ANelheiburg
Land of SyerdrupD south of Cape
Thomas Hubbard.
a each" was formed here and the
tour EslSimos did not go beyond this
point Two others. Koolootingwah and
inuShitC' went on one more march with
Or. Cook and the two boys. helped To
build the snow igloo, then returned
without sleeping.
letter from pr. Cook to .Franche.. dated
The l7th of March. 'rhe two men re-
been left behind and the six returned to
Anaortok arriving May eth. This in
formation was obtained not from the
two Eskimo boys, but from the six men
who returned and from Francke him
sell, and was known to US in the sum
mer Of 1908. when the Roosevelt ar
rived at Etnh. The Information is in
serted here as supplementary of the
narrative of both boys
After sleeping nt the cunnp where the
last tw" Eskimos turned hack DIR. Cook
went In northerly northwcsterIy
direction. with two sledIes and twenty
odd dogs. one march when they
encountered rough ice nnd ~ lead of
open water. They did not enter this
rough lee. nor cross the land. but turn
cd westward or southvard and returned
70 he'pers'"nd "t point west of
where they had iett the cnche and
where the four men had turned bucL.
Here they remained four or five sleeps
and during this time Shcc went back
to the cache and got his gun which lie.
had ieft there. and u few Items Of sup
plies.
when asked wh. only n few supplies
were taken from the cache. the boys re-
visions had been used in the few days
since they lett the cache and their
>lcdgcs held all they could carr, 50
they could not take more.
AFTER being Informed OF the boys
narrative thus far Commander Pear.
suggested 81 series of questions 10 the
boys in regard to this trip from the
land out and bnck 10 il.
These questions and answers were as
Did the, cross much open water dur
4. None.
Did they make amy caches out on tn.
Did they XII an, bear or seal while
Hubbard.
\. No.
Did thcs XIII lose any Of their
dogs while out ON the lee.
4. No.
Wi,h how mnny sicdcc> did the.
start.
\. Two.
How many dogs did they have.
4. Did not remember. exactly. but
something under twenty.
How many sIcdEcs did they have
when they got back 10 land.
4. Two.
Did they have an. provisions Icft ON
their siedges when they came back to
land.
4. Yes. the sIcdgcs still had about
all they could cnrry they were able
Z" take hut few things from the
caches.
From here they went southeast along
the north con>t of HeihcrEInnd to "a
point indicated on the map Sverdrup's
Cape northwest.
From there the, went west across
the Ice. which level md covered