New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-08
NOT ANOTHER DR.. COOK
Stefansson Not Pleased at Un-
kind Comment from Denmark.
BLOND ESQUIMAUS REAL
Has Plenty of Data to Prove
Existence Of Blue Eyed.
Red Haired Tribe.

The linking Of DR.. Cooks name with
his caused DR.. Vilhjalmar Stefansson. the
explorer to announce yesterday that, IL
necessary, he was willing to 90 before
body of scientific men to settle perma-
nently his statements regarding the blond
Esquimaus he discovered In Victoria Land.
Dr. Stefansson. when seen at the Ameri-
can Museum Of Natural History, said ne
had been informed by scientific men
abroad that, in the absence Of more de-
tailed matter regarding his discovery, ef-
forts had been made. especially IN Dem
mark. to class him with Dr. Cook.
There would be no object on my part
TO make claims could not substantiate.
said the explorer. Il have no lecture tour
at stake. l am busy preparing a report
to be submitted to the museum when ii is
completed"
on behalf Of the museum DR.. Federic
A. Lucas. the director, said, in view Of the
criticism here and abroad, that DR.. Ste
fansson had devoted his time to the an
thropological work OF the expedition, and
that between May 10. 1910, and May IS.
1911. the explorer saw about a thousand
persons, roughly speaking, and that he
took cephalic (head) measurements OF
206 OF them. Continuing, the director
said
1T appeared both TO Mr.. Stefansson
himself and to the Alaskan and Macken-
zie River Esquimaus who accompanied
them on this Journey that the people WIS.,
tied differed considerably in physical char
acteristics from any Esquimaus they had
seen previously. Perhaps the most strik-
ing feature was that boards were not only
more common and more abundant than
among the men OF the Western Esquimaus
but also OF colors varying from black to a
very light brown tending to red.
THE blond tendencies are most promi-
nent in southwestern Victoria Land. but
they are met with at least as far east
az hundred miles east OF the mouth of
the Coppermine River. Coronation Gulf.
Although no scientific census was taken
10 determine the exact degree OF blond
ness Of every one Of those seen. Mr.. Ste
fansson feels safe In saying that more
than half OF those noted have eyebrows
lighter than black and ranging all the way
to u very light brown. The tendency TO
blondness seems less strong in the wom-
en- than In the men. A few individuals
had curly hair and perhaps a dozen had
eyes noticeably lighter than the ordinary
Esquimau brown. ranging to blue or blue
gray.
These and other facts Of a similar
character were observed by Mr.. Stefans-
son and will, in due course, be published
by. the museum. II Is too early to settle
definitely on any theory explaining the
facta"
DR.. Stefansson said he had just re-
ceived a letter from the Rev. c. Il. Viii
taker, who is a Church OF England mis-
slonary stationed at the mouth OF the
Mackenzie River. saying that accompan'
led by ten baptized Esquimaus. the Rev
Mr.. Fry left last spring for the territory
occupied by the blond Esquimaus.
They should be there by now" the ex'
plorer said. in commenting on the letter
DIT. Stefansson said Roman Catholic mis-
slonaries have Just about reached there
now.
Four hundred or more objects collected
by the explorer we're placed on exhibition
yesterday. They arrived last week, after
being in transit two years