The daily sentinel., 1909-10-13

TO THE POLE AND BACK AND THE
ENTIRE TINE w, III 'miSG ,S;, WHITn MHmn ,HE HE
ATTEMPTS no 60 TO H.
The answers Of the Eskimo boys 10
dent questions showing that they killed
NO gun,e. mnde no caches, lost no dogs
and returned To the land With loaded
sIcdgc> makes their attainment Of the
Pole ON the trip north of Cape Thomas
Hubbard n physical and mathematician
impossibiiit, ns u would demnnd thc
subsistence of thrce men and over
twenty dogs during journey Of ten
hundred and forty gcoSrnphirni miles
On less than t"" sicdEes OF -mppnes.
u is suggested that perhaps Dr.
Cook got mixed and TINT he reached
the Pole or thought he did between the
time leaving the northwest coast OF
ucibcrIand at Cape Northwest. aud his
arrival AT Ringnc~ land. where the.
killed the deer. we must the" nud 10
the date of Dr. Cooks letter OF March
18th ut or near Cape Thon,n- Hubbard.
the subsequent four ar five sleep, ut
thn, point aud he number OF days re-
quired To march from cape lh"hhhs
Hubbard 10 tape Northwest "a distance
of some sixty nautical miles, which
would advance his date of departure
from ths. land to at least the .Jth of
March and he prepared 10 accept the
claim that DIR. Cook went from Cape
Northwest about latitude eighty and
II half degrees north TO the Pole, 4"
distance oi five hundred and seventy
geographical miles In t""nis-seNrn
days.
After killing the deer they then trnN-
cIrd south along the east side at Ring
ncs land 10 the point Indicated On the
chart. where they killed another deer.
They then went east across the south
part OF Crown Prince GustnN sea to the
south eud al HeibcrGlnnd. then dow"
through Norwegian bay, where they
secured some bears but not untii nfter
they had killed some of their dogs; to
tine east side of Graham is'nnd' then
| eastward to the little bay marked
"Eid's Eionrd" Svcrdrup's chart ;
| then southwest to H"ii~ CAT. and sim
mons peninsula.
entire Journey. except as already noted
off cape Thomas Hubbard, they en-
countcrcd open water. on this point
| the boys were clear, emphatic and un-
shaka bic They spent a good deal Of
| time iu this region, and finally aDan-
doncd their dogs and one slcdge, TOOK
to their boat, crossed Hells Gate to
Norfolk inlet and then back along the
north coast of Colin Archer peninsula
to Cape Vera, where they obtained
fresh Elder duck eggs. Here they cut
the remainder sledge, that is shortened
it as il was awkward to transport with
the boat, and near here they killed a
The statement in regard TO the fresh
Elder duck eggls permits the appr1ikii- ,i,i-
time as about the first of July.
This statement also serves, II indeed
anything more than the inherent
lstrnight forwardncss and detail OF their
narrative were needed to substantial"
the ACCURACY aud truthfulncss OF the
This territory of Cape Vera is men
toned in Syordrups narrative rs IN"
place where during his stay IN lhat
region he obtained Elder duck eggs
From Cupc Vera they went on down
into the southwest angle OF Jones
sound whore they Killed seal. thence
along The south coast Of the sound
killing three bears at the point noted
ON tho uup 10 tho peninsula known as
midway ON the south side of Jones
sound. Here they killed some musk
oxen and continuing east KILLED four
NOR, al the place Indicated on III"
chart and were finally stopped 10y the
pack icr nt the mouth of Jones sound
From here they turned back to Cape
Sparbe where thcy wintered and Killed
munv musk nNeu.
| After the sun returned IN 1898 they
jones sound 70 Cape TFnnNsoui ih"g
! Along the foast 90. Clarbnce Head
| tpassing inside Of two small Islands
not shown on the chart, but drawn on
| ~ 1hN, the boySl .wherr they killed "a
| bear;- thcnct across the broad BiGfrt IN
the coast TO cacOgan Fiourd; thence
around Cape. lisa bella, and up 10, Com =
! ma ud..i' lhearSRs old house IN 3" PaNer
hArbor near Cape Sabine. where they
Took shoes fathtas.. Ffop h,Jyi they
crossed Smiths sound oh tho. ice atriv =
ing at Anartok
y Il 81 b. I'm NJ MILAN. Iii Ian y
IN Z ier b. IS GEORGE BERt1P
- Y MArTtJ hyNSA.. HENSON.
Bring that e-shouldered horse
TO Fred Mantey