The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21

hOW many utks utu 'h't h'''t ME-
Do not remember exactly, but some
hing over twenty.
How many sledges did they have
when they got back to land' Ans.
Two
Did they have any provisions left on
their slcdges when they came back to
landg Ans. Yes. the sledges still had
about all they could carry. so they
we're able to take but n few things
from the cache.
From here they went southwest
along the northwest coast OF Heiberg
Land to n point indicated on the map
(Sverdrup's Cape NorthwesD.
From here they went west across
the ice. which was level and covered
with snow. Offering good going. 60
low island which they had seen from
the shore Of Heiberg Land ut Cape
Northwest on this island they
camped for one sleep.
From this island they could see two
lands beyond (sverdrup's Ellef Ring
mes and Amund Rhymes Lands). From
the island they journeyed toward the
left-hand one OF these two lands
(Amund Hinges Land. passing a
small island which they did not visit.
The answers Of the Eskimo boys 20
Commander Peary's series Of indie
pendent questions, showing that they
killed no game, mace no caches, lost
no dogs, and returned to the land
with loaded sledses. makes their at.
talnment Of the pole on the trip
north OF Cape Thomas Hubbard a
physical and mathematical lmpossi
bility, as u would demand the sub
sistenee OF three men and over TWEEN.
~ dogs during a journey Of ten hun
dred and forty geographical miles on
less than two sledge loads OF supplies.
" u Is suggested that perhaps Or.
Cook got mixed and that he reached
the pole, or thought he did. between
the time OF leaving the northwest
coast OF tIeibers Land at Cape North.
west, and his arrival at Rhymes Land.
where they killed the deer. we must
then add TO the date OF Or. Cooks let.
ter Of March nth, al 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 Or.
Cook went from Cape Northwest
(about latitude eighty and half de.
/ gress north TO the pole. a distance Of
five hundred and seventy geographical
miles, In twenty-seVen days.
After killing the deer they then trav.
/ eled south along the east side OF Ring
mes Land to the point indicated on the
| chart. where they killed another 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 lit
tie bay marked Eds F1ord' on Sver.
w NhaAAf AAAfh o0uAnNfoN W AAtA y
Gate and Simmons peninsula.
Here for the first time during the
entire journey. except as already
noted OF Cape Thomas II. Hubbard.
they encountered open water. on this
point the boys we're clear. emphatic.
and unshakable. They spent a good
deal OF time In this region. and finally
abandoned their dogs and one sledge.
took to their boat. crossed Helfs 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 OF. that is shortened II. as q,
was awkward to transport with the
boat. and near here they killed a wal
rus.
From Cape Vera they went on down
into the southwest angle of Jones
Sound, where they killed seal:
thence east along the south coast OF
the sound, killing three bears at the
point noted on the map. to the PENN
sula known as Cape Sparbo on the
map. about midway on the south side
of Jones Sound. Here they killed
some musk-oxen and. continuing east
killed four more at the place indi'
Gated on the chart. and were finally
stopped by the pack ice at the mouth
Of Jones Sound. From here they
turned back to Cape Sparbo where
they wintered and killed many musk
oxen.
After the sun returned In 1903 they
started. pushing their sledge, across
Jones Sound to Cape Tennyson; thence
along the coast to Clarence Head;
(passing inside OF two small Islands
not shown on the chart. but drawn on
II by the boys). where they killed a
bear; thence across the broad blight
in the coast to Cadogan Ford; thence
around Cape Isabella and up to Com