Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-09
COOK TRAVELLED IN
CIRCLE, SAYS
ESK|MOS
Two Companions of Explorer
DiScredit His Story of North
Pole Expedition, According to
Rasmussen,

IBy Morning Journal Special Leased Wirel
Chicago, Nov. S.-Dr. Frederick A.
Cook was further discredited in spe-
cial cable dispatch to the Chicago
Daily News today from its correspon-
dent in Copenhagen.
The story was the first publication
| of knud Rasmussen, the Danish eX-
plorer, as sent by him to his wife in
| Copenhagen and now given out by
her.
Contained in the story is what pur-
| ports to be the statements of Cook $
two Eskimo companions in the polar
quest, in which they confirm Com
mander Peary's charge that Cook
Travelled in circle and never even
approached the pole
Rasmussen, in the story, is quoted
as saying he himself did not inter
view the men, but that their state
ments We're taken by the Rev Olsen
and kateket Sechmann Rosebach,
missionaries.
The dispatch says:
ALREADY in 1909, when | was on
an expedition to Greenland" i" writes
Rasmussen, there existed grave
doubts as to whether DR.. Cook really
had reached the pole, so | determined
to find out from his two Eskimo
companions l secured their state
ments through the missionaries"
This is the story of the Eskimos,
as given in the dispatch:
we travelled from Annatook with
eight sledges in company of DR.. Cook
at the first sunshine (February)
From there to Ellesmere we slept only
once on the ice. 1t took four days TO
cross Ellesmere land. Eighteen days
out our companions left us. We then
had gone only about twelve English
miles from land.
The ice was fine and there was no
reason to stop. for any one who want
ed to go on could do so. The nine
tons with an instrument he held i'm
his hand and we then changed our
course westward.
we left a lot Of food for men and
dogs and one of us (Itukusuk) went
ahead to examine the ice. We re-
ported it in good shape, which II was,
but DR.. Cook looked at it and said it
was bad
"on the way back we stopped at
open water near the land We
stopped one day and went over to |
Ringnas island before the snow had |
melted (ApriD.
"One day | (Apilak) came upon DR. |
Cook sitting down and drawing a |
map | looked at it and asked him:
Whose route are you drawing? |
My own" replied DR.. Cook
But that was a lie because he |
drew the map long way out at sea- |
where we never had been.
We continued 10 shoot bears on |
the ice, until we had enough for the |
dogs We do not know how many |
nights we slept on this part of the !
journey. The small rivers had only |
began TO break when we reached |
HeH's Gate.
Here, Dr. Cook directed us, we
left our dogs behind us, although they |
were fat from the meat of bears We |
crossed the great sound and had to
push our boat along the ice.
DR.. Cook said:
We win reach human beings
tkaffins land) within two days
We had slept twice when he looked
ahead and said he saw a tent, but it
was only stone. We kept hunting
'or human beings a long time. Then
Ye came to an island on which Elder
birds were nesting. We followed the
and past Cape Sparbo. and when our
provisions were nearly gone we re-
urned toward Cape Seldom. where
Ne arranged for wintering.
1t was Vet twilight the whole
light, and we built a house of peat
md stone. Just as we do at home. We
aught Walrus. musk OK and bear for
he winter. II was a fine autumn
md we had made provisions for the
winter. During the dark time we
we're inside most of the time making
lothes
Cook wrote all the time. At first
light of the sun. we started home
We pushed the slcdge ahead of US
md had much target practice at II
calls until we had only four cartridges
eft. Not before we We're near Anna l.
ook did we leave the sledge
"Dr. Cook during the journey prom
scd us a good reward, but he proved
himself liar and swindled us out of
he payments. We did not get the
uns he promised u.s. These he sold
or fox skins. He gave us only a
nife and some matches and useless
,oat.
This is all we Itukusuk and Apilak
ave to tell of our journey with the =
reat DR. Cook
To this Rasmussen adds.
II regard the report as absolutely I
uthentic According 10 what is
nown. Cook said nothing Of the pole
'hile with his two companions.
Rasmussen also sent his wife n
imliar report on Pearys trip. says q
he dispatch 20 the Chicago paper.
Importing To- give the tales of logan
urak and Ikuark. Pearys COM ]
anicns. This part Of the dispatch. y
avs Peary prepared for the march BY a
ending ahead men and sledees some $
me before
The best saddle horses TO be had ?