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clsed by the second boy as being toe
large and too far To the west. the sec
ond boy calling the attention OF the
| frst 10 the fact that the position oil
the island was more nearly In line
with the point where they had left
, Heiberg Land (Cape northwesu and
the channel between Amund Ringnes
Land and Ellef Ringnes Land.
This criticism and correction was
accepted by the first boy, who started
/ to change the position OF the island
but was stopped, as Commander Peary
had given instructions that no chang
es 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 tSverdrup's Elief Ring
mes and Amund Rhymes Lands).
From the island they journeyed to-
ward the left hand one of these two
lands tAmund Ringnes Land, passing
small island which they did not
visit.
Arriving at the shore OF Anund
Ringnes Land. the Eskimos killed a
deer as indicated on the chart.
Covers Entire Time.
The above portion OF the state
ment OF the Eskimo boys covers the
period of time in which DIR. COOK
claims 20 have gone TO the North
Pole and Back. and the entire time
during which he could possibly have
made any attempts 10 go to 1t.
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 sledges, makes their attain
ment of the Pole on the trip North
eli Cape Thomas Hubbard a physicsi
and mathematical impossibility, as IL
would demand the subsistence or
three men and twenty dogs during a
Journey OF ten hundred aud forty geo
graphical miles on less than TWO
sledge loads of supplies.
II IL 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 Heiberg Land at Cape North
west, and his arrival at Ringnes Land,
where they kill the deer. we must
then add to the date of DIR. 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 "a distance OF some sixty
nautical miles,, 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 DIR.
Cook went from Cape Northwest
(about latitude eighty and half de-
grees North to the Pole, distance
of five hundred and seventy geograph-
ical miles. in twenty-seven days.
After killing the deer they then
travelled south along the east side OF
Rhymes 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 Heiberg Land.
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 era
ham Island: then eastward to the
little bay marked "Eld's Fiord" on
Sverdrup's chart: then southwest to
Holrs Gate and simmons Peninsula
Here for the first time during the
entire journey. except as already noted
of Cape Thomas hubbard. they en-
countered open water. On this point
the boys we're clear, emphatic, and
unshakable. They spent good deal
OF time in this region. and finally aban-
doned their dogs and one sledge, took
to their boat, crossed HelTs Gate 10
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 of, that is shortened 1t. as IL
was awkward to transport with the
boat. and near here they killed wal
rus.
The statement in regard to fresh
elder duck eggs permits the approx
mate determination OF the date at
this time as about the first OF July.
This statement also serves II indeed
anything more than the inherent
straightforwardness and detail or
their narrative were needed, to sub
stantiate the accuracy and truthful
ness of the boys statement. This To-
csIity of Cape Vera is mentioned In
Sverdrup's narrative as the place
where during his stay in that region
he obtained elder duck eggs-l
From Cape Vera they vent on down
into the southwest angle of Jones
Sound, where they killed seal;
thence east along the south coast Of
the Sound, killing three bars at the
point noted on the map. 70 the PENN
sula known as Cape Sparbo on the
map. about midway on the south size
of Jones Sound. Here they killed
some musk-oxeu and. continued east.
killed fou- moro ar tho Mace inff-