Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-13

How many dogs did they have. Answer
Did not remember exactly, but somethin.
over twenty.
How many sledges did they have when
they got back to land? Answer-Two.
Did they have any provisions left on their
sledges when they came back to land7
Answer-Yes. The sledges still had about
all they could carry, so they were able to
take but a 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 (sverdrup'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 his island
they camped for one sleep.
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 sscond 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 hal left
Heiberg Land CCape Northwest and the
channel between Amund Ringnes Land and
Ellef Ringnes Land.
b. Criticism and Correction.
This criticism and correction was ac-
cepted by the first boy, who started to
change the position of the island, but was
stopped, as Commander Peary had given
instructions that no 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
Amund Rlngnes Lands). From the island
they journey toward the left-hand one OF
these two lands (Amund Ringnes Land),
passing a small island which they did not
visit.
Arriving at the shore of Amund Ringnes
Land, the EsSimos killed a deer as indi-
Gated on the chart.
The answers of the Eskimo boys to
Commander Peary's series of Independent
questions. showing that they killed no
game, made no caches, lost no dogs, and
returned to the land with loaded sledges,
makes their attainment of the Pole. on
the trip North of Cape Thomas Hubbard
a physical and mathematical, impossibility,
as It would demand the subsistence of
three men and over twenty dogs during
a journey of 1,O40 geographical miles on
less than two sledge loads of supplies.
If 1t 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 Northwest, and his arrival
at Ringnes Land, where they killed the
deer, we, must then add to the date of
Dr.. Cooks letter Of March Il, 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 go nautical miles), !
which would advance his date of depart
ure 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 rtitude SOY degrees
north) to the pole, a distance of $40 geo.
graphical miles, in twenty-seven days.
Travel southwark.
After killing the deer they then Travelled
south along the east side of Ringnes 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 ser
cured 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 "Eid's Fiord" on
aseerdrup's Chart; then southwest to HelFs
,Gste and simmons peninsula i
/, Here for the first TIME duriTpg the entire
tourney, except as already noted off Cache
THOMAS H., Hubbard, they encountered
opeenN water. on this point the boys were
clear. emphatic, and unshakable. They
spent a good deal O ftime in this region,
and finally abandoned their dogs and one
sletdge, 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 IL, as it was awkward to
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