Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-01
Tells Of MEETING
COOK IN ARCTICS
latter Told Him He Reached Pole,
But Asked Him Not to Tell
Peary-Complained Of
FILTERED Stores

ST. JOHNS. Nova Scotia. Sept. 2S--The
arctic vessel. JEANNE. with Harry Whit
ney, the New Haven big game hunter. on
board. has arrived here from the Green
land coast by way of Indian Harbor. Lab
rador.
Mr. Whitney. questioned regarding the
statements maze to him oy Dr. Cook m
CreeIand. said Cook arrived at Annatok
In April OF this year. and declared that
he had reached the north pole year be-
fore. He pledged Whitney not to tel!
Commander Peary. VINO was to be in
formed only that Cook had gone further
north than Peary's previous record. 81
degrees. minutes. DR.. Cook told Whit
ney that he had accomplished all he ex-
pected to and more besides. and that he
was through with the northern country.
whitney did not communicate the latter
part OF this statement TO Commander
Peary. Or. Cook complained 70 Whitney
OF Peary's taking over his house and
stores. but declared that he had suffered
no unfainess-
Peary's steward. William Pritchard.
Vas present when these statements were
made. He also was pledged TO secrecy by
DR.. Cook Murphy. PesTy's .boatswain.
IN charge Of the stores. was absent at
Etah on this day and did not hear DR..
Cooks communicarrcns.
HAD INSTRUCTIONS
There were two houses on the Green
land shore. one at Annotok. holding
Cooks stores. and another at Etah. hold
ing Peary's. Whitney, Murphy and
Prft hard sometimes occupied one and
sometimes the other Of these houses Muir
ply was in charge OF both houses He is
not able to read or write. He had written
instructions from Peary which whitney
AT Peary's request. read over 10 him from
time 20 time
These instructions were very stringent
directing Murphy 20 use Cooks stores
FIRST and Peary's afterwards. Murphy
Vas told IN them that he was TO give
Dr. Cook every help if he came along IN
= needy condition. and furthermore the
instructions implied that Murphy was TO
organize an expedition to search for DR..
Cook. but according to Mr.. Whitney. this
mart OF the instructions was worded very
ambiguously. Mr.. Whitney said that Cook
hsd A COPY OF these instructions and
would doubtless make II public Murphy
treated Cook very civilly and Cook suf-
fered no discOurteSy.
When DIT. Cook and his Eskimos arriv-
ed az the house they had no sledge- ne
irr too tired TO drag IL over the rough
ice they had left Il % miles from Etan.
The following day some ether Eskimos
went out. recovered the sledge and
brought II in On IL were DR.. Cooks in
struments. clothes and food
LEFT HIS INSTRUMENTS.
After spending two days at Annotok,
where Cook first met Whitney, Cook
started for Etah. Whitney accompanied
him. Cook remained for three days az
Etah. organizing for his trip north to
Uperravik.
The doctor planned originally to take
two Eskimos and two sledges. but one
Eskimo fell sick and this made II neces-
tary for him to cut down the luggage he
BouId take with him south
He consequently asked Whitney to take
rharge OF the instruments with which he
had made his observations at the pole.
There we're three cases. one containing a
sextant. another an artificial horizon,
and the third an instrument which Mr..
whitney did not recall.
LEFT NO RECORDS.
Cook left no written records with Whit
ney that Whitney is aware OF.
Whitney said that last month after
Peary's arrival on the Roosevelt, Cooks
Eskimos came to him CThiteney) and
asked what Peary's men were trying to
get them to say. Peary's men had
shown the Eskimos papers and maps,
but the Eskimcs declared they did not
understand these papers