The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-10-13
Eskimos Differ on Point.

west. On this island they camped for
one sleep.
Eskimos Differ on Point.
The size and position of this is
land as drawn by the first boy was
criticised by the second boy as be-
ing too large and too far to the west.
The second boy calling the attention
Of the first to the fact
that the position of the island was
more nearly in line with the point
where they had left. HeibergIand
(Cape Northwest) and the channel
between Amundringne's land and
Eilefringne's land.
This criticism and correction was
accepted by the first boy who start
ed to change the position Of the is
land but was stopped as Commander
Peary had given instructions that no
more changes or erasures were to be
made in the route as drawn by the
Eskimos on the chart.
From this island they could see
two lands beyond Sverdrup's Ellef-
ringnes and Amundrnsne's lands.
From the island they journeyed to-
ward the left hand one Of these lands
(Amundrinsne's land) passing small
island which they did not visit.
Arriving at the shore Of Amund
ringne's land the Eskimos killed a
deer, as indicated on the chart.
The above italicized portion of the
statement Of the Eskinnos boys covers
the period Of time in which DR.. Cook
claims to have gone to the pole and
back and the entire time during
which he could possibly have made
any attempts to 90 to it.
The answers of the Eskimo boys to
Commander Peary's series of indie
pendent questions showing that they
killed no game, made no caches, lost
no dogs and returned to the land with
loaded siedges makes their attainment
of the pole on the trip north Of Cape
Thomas Hubbard physical and
mathematical impossibiIity as it
would demand the subsistence of
three men and over 20 dogs during
a journey of 1,040 geographical miles
no less than two sledge loads of sup
plies.
IF it is suggested that perhaps DR..
Cook got mixed and that he reached
the pole or thought he did between
the time of leaving the northwest
coast of HeibergIand at Cape North
west, and his arrival at Ringnes land,
where they killed the der, we must
then add to the date of DR.. Cooks
letter of March II at or near Cape
Thomas Hubbard, the subsequent
four or five sleeps at that point and
the number of days required to march
from Cape Thomas Hubbard to Cape
Northwest, Ia distance of some 60
nautical mIes) which would advance
his date of departure from the land
to at least the 25th of March and be
prepared to accept the claim that Dr..
Cook went from Cape Northwest
about latitude 80 1-2 degrees north to
the pole, a distance of $40 geograph-
ica miles in 81 days.
Travel Southwark.
After killing the deer they then
travelled south a.Ong the east side OF
Ringnes land to the point indicated
on the chart, where they killed an
other deer.
They then went east across the
south part of Crown Prince Gustav
sea to the south end of Heibergland,
then down through Norwegian Bay,
where they secured some bears but
not until after they had killed some
of their dogs; to the east side OF
Graham island: then eastward to the
little bay marked "Eids Fioard' on
Sverdrup's chart; then southwest to
Hells Gate and Simmons Peninsula.
Here for the first time during the
entire journey, except as already told
off Cape Thomas Hubbard, they en-
countered open water. On this point
the bows were clear. emphatic and
They spent good deal of time In !
this region, and finally abandoned |
their dogs and one sledge, took to
their boat, crossed Hells Gate to /
North Kent, up into Norfolk Inlet. |
then back along the north coast OF
Colin Archer peninsula to Cape Vera,
where they obtained fresh elder duck
eggs Here they cut the remaining
sledge off, that is shortened it. as IL
was awkward 10 transport with the
boat. and near here they Xxi led
warus. ,
The statement in regard to the
fresh elder duck eggs permits the
determination OF the
date at this time as about the first
Of July.
This statement also serves. If in
deed ANYTHING more than the inner
emit straightforwardness and detail OF
their narrative were needed, to sub
stantiate the accuracy and truthful
ness of the boys statement
This locality Of Cape Vera is men