Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-15

drup's 'Heuerka sound" and Nansen
strait.
On their way they killed musk-oxen
and bear, and made caches, arriving
eventually at a point on the west
side Of Nansen strait (shore Of Axel
Heibcrg land Of Sverdrup), south or
Cape Thomas Hubbard.
FIND A CACHE.
A cache was formed here and the
four Eskimos did not go beyond this
point. Two others, Koolootingwan ana
Inughito, went on one more marcn with
DR.. Cook and the boys helped to build
the snow igloo, then returned without
sleeping. <..'
(These two Eskimos brought back
letter from DR.. Cook to Francke, dated
the 18th of March. The two men re-
Joined the other four men who had been
left behind, and the six returned to
Anoratok, arriving May Z. This infor-
nation was obtained not from the two
Eskimo boys, but from the six men
who returned and from Francke him
self, and was known to us in the sun-
mer Of 1908, wien the Roosevelt nrst
arrived at Etah. The information is
inserted here as supplementary to the
narrative Of the two boys.)
After sleeping at the camp where the
last two Eskimos turned back, DR.. Cook
and the two boys went in a northerly or
northwesterly direction with two sledges
and twenty-odd dogs, one more march,
when they encountered rough ice and
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 a 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 I-took-a-shoo
went back to the cache and got his gun
viii h he had left there, and few items
of supplies.
When asked why only a few supplies
were taken from the cache, the boys re-
piled that only a small amount of pro-
visions had been used In the few days
since they left the cache, and that their
sledges still had all they could carry,
so that they could not take more.
After being informed of the boys mar
rative thus far, Commander Peary sug-
gested a series OF questions to be put to
the boys in regard to this trip from the
land out and back to it.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
These questions and answers were as
follows:
Did they cross many open leads or much
open water during this time? Ans None.
Did they make any caches out on the
ice? Ans. No.
Did they kill any bear or seal while
out on the ice north Of Cape Thomas
Hubbard? Ans. No.
Did they kill or lose any Of their dogs
while out on the ice? Ans. No.
With how many sledges did they start?
Ans. Two.
How many dogs did they have7 Ans.
Did not remember exactly, but some
thing over 20.
How many sledges did they have when
they got back to land? Ans. Two.
Did they have any provisions left on
their sledges when they came back to
about all they could carry so they were
able to take but few things from the
cache.
From here they then went southwest
along the northwest coast of Heiberg Land
to a point indicated on the map (Sver-
drup's Cape Northwest).
From here they went west across the
ice. which was level and covered with
snow, offering good going. to a low island
which they had seen from the shore of
Heiberg Land at Cape Northwest. On
this island they camped for one sleep.
ISLAND TOO LARGE.
The size and position OF this island, as
drawn by the first boy. was criticised by
the second boy as being 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 near
ly in line with the point where they had
left Heiberg Land (Cape Northwest and
the channel between Amund Ringnes
Land and Ellef R.ngnes Land
This criticism and correction was ac-
copied by the first boy, who started to
change the position of the island, but
was stopped, as Commander Peary had
given instructions that nc 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 (Sverdups Ellef Ringnes
and Amund Rhymes Lands). From the
island they Journeyed toward the left