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BRING ESKIMO' TO AMERICA
THE MORNING OREGONIAN. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1909
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Peary's Men Did "ot Take
Peary's Stores, but Peary Took
His, Thinking Him Dead.
(Continued FVom First Pare.)
doubt. If there can bo such, of the fact
that I hare reached the North Pole. But
knowing that I am rlftht and that right
must prevail. I will submit at the proper
time my full story to the court of last
resort the people of the world."
Unmoved by Peary's Attack.
This Is the reply by Frederick A. Cook
made tonight to Commander Peary.
Comlnir so quickly upon other dramatic
incidents of the week. Commander
.Peary's dispatch denying that Dr. Cook
; had achieved the triumph for which he
has been feted and honored in Copen
hagen has been read here with feelings
of amaxement and concrn. But Dr. Cook
himself seems In no wise disturbed. He
was perfectly cool and apparently un
moved when confronted tonight with tele
grams from the United State saying
Peary had denounced him as an Impostor.
His demeanor baa not changed In the
slightest from the day he landed at Co
penhagen. Dr. Cook's friends had urged
him to their utmost to make a statement
for the public but he had said repeatedly
that all he had to say for the present
was that he possessed proofs that he had
visited the North Pole on April 21. 1908.
When It was suggested hat his
ohances of proving his case might be
ruined unless ha made a satisfactory
statement at once, he smiled and asked
how a man could be ruined by popular
clamor calling him an Impostor, when
ha had proofs of his case that could
and would be published, aa he had often
repeated, when they were in, the proper
form to be given out.
gays Peary Took Ills Stores.
Rerardlna- the controversy over his
alleged taking of Peary's stores. Dr.
Cook aaserts that he has written and
other satisfactory evidence that Peary
took hla stores, perhaps believing him
dead.
"Harry Whitney Is personally ac
quainted with all the facts and perhaps
what he has to say when he returns
may be interesting." added the explorer.
Then Cook remarked quietly: "Make
as little as you can of this, and don't
say anything disagreeable about Mr.
Peary."
Dr. Cook continued:
Nobody Owns Eskimo.
"I will not enter Into any contro
versy over the subject with Com
mander Peary, further than to say that
If he says I have taken his Eskimos,
my reply Is that Eskimos are nomads.
They are owned by nobody, and are not
the private property of either Com
mander Peary or myself. The Eskimos
engaged by me were paid ten times
what they agreed to accompany me for.
"As to the story that Commander
Peary says I took provisions stored by
him, my reply is that Peary took my
provisions, obtaining them from the
custodian on the plea that I had been
so long absent that he was going to
organize a relief station for me. In
- case I should be alive. For this I
have documentary proof."
Dr. Cook told Captain Sverdrup and
another friend the day after he landed
here that he hoped there would be no un
pleasantness over supplies with the Peary
party; that he had found some of Peary's
men In possession of one of his depots
and had turned them out unceremoni
ously. Bring Eskimo to America.
It is settled that Cook will send a ship
to take to America the two Eskimos who
accompanied him on the last stage of bis
Journey to the North Pole, as well as
some of the party sent back when the
start for the last stage began. Captain
Sverdrup may command the expedition;
It Is Dr. Cook's desire that he shall do
so, and, they conferred today regarding
the details.
Dr. Cook's purpose la wanting his
Eskimo comrades In America Is to have
them relate their story of the trip to
the North Pole. He proposes to have
them examined by men familiar with the
Arctic and the Eskimo, including the
members of Peary's party. If they wish.
Confident of Outcome.
Dr. Cook's apparent confidence Is the
greatest factor working In his support
In Copenhagen. Those who have talked
with him agree that he Is an absolutely
sincere, simple man, or else deserves a
pedestal In history as one of the greatest
actors. When the latter alternative was
suggested to him he merely expressed
the conviction that time, even If there
were no other evidence, would confirm
his statements, because with the rapid
advance of the means of travel his routs
would soon be visited by others who could
pass Judgment on his testimony.
Dr. Cook's constitution Is of Iron. In
the last three nights he has averaged three
and one-half hours' sleep, sitting up to
the small hours attending to his cor
respondence and arising at 6 o'clock In
the morning to resume his task, but ba
shows no ill-effects pf the strain.
His engagements today Included a
luncheon given In his honor by the British
Minister at the legation and a motor
trip Into the country to attend a dinner
given by Mrs. Gammell, whose husband
financed several Danish expeditions.
One Paper Attacks Peary.
All day dispatches from America re
garding Commander Peary's ' charges
poured into Copenhagen. The newspapers
contain only one unpleasant article". The
Politlken In its leader tonight says:
"Danes. remembering Peary's bad
treatment of one of their own explorers,
will not be surprised at his attitude to
ward Dr. Cook."
The general attitude here Is one of sus
pended Judgment until the evidence Is
produced. Dr. Cook's lecture before the
Geofrraphical Society caused a profound
disappointment because the people ex
pected more convincing proofs than Dr.
Cook has given. He contented himself
in his lecture with repeating w-hat had
already appeared In the form of state
ments to the newspapers. The enthusiasm
over the announcement of Peary's suc
cess has not waned In the least.
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Guides Say He Did Not Climb-i
Mount McKinley.
WAS SAILING ON LAUNCH
Claims of Explore Denounced by
Slcn AVho Accompanied Him on
Alaskan Trip Time Too Brief
for the Alleged Ascent.
NEW YORK, Sept. 8. "It is with
great reluctance that I can only say that
Dr. Frederick A. Cook has not made a
satisfactory explanation or submitted cor
roborative evidence that he has made the
ascent of Mount McKinley."
Thus spoke Professor Hersche! C.
Parker, adjutant professor of physics of
Columbia University and scaler of moun
tain heights, today.
The attention of Professor Parker -was
called to the fact that it was questioned
that Dr. Cook had really climbed Mount
McKinley. Dr. Cook and Professor
Parker were the leaders of the expedi
tion which attempted in 1906 to ascend
Mount McKinley and It was only after
the return of Professor Parker to the
East and other members of the expedi
tion had scattered, that Dr. Cook made
the dash up the mountain.
"There were In our party that made
the attempt on Mount McKinley," said
Professor Parker, "Belmoore Browne,
of Tacoma. the artist and big game
hunter: Mr. Porter, the topographer;
Fred Prlntz, head guide; Mr. Miller,
the photographer, and the packmen.
"We first went up the Tentnar River
as far as we could In a boat, and then
proceeded rapidly toward the moun
tain. This line of march was on the
southwest side of Mount McKinley, but
it ended In an Impassable canyon. We
crossed to the south side, but there
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frustrated by the cliffs. ,
"Dr. Cook said the east side was Im
possible, of ascent as the cliffs rose at
least 5000 feet without a break. Then
we all agreed to give up the attempt
for the season and try next Summer
on the northwestern side. . ..
"I returned East and later was sur
prised to hear th"at Dr. Cook had
ascended Mount McKinley.
"Dr. Cook says he reached the sum
mit of the mountain by the east side,
and was accompanied by the assistant
packer, Edward Burrlll.
"Men of science quite naturally ask
why he did not make photographs of
views about him after the ascent was
made."
BROWX DEFENDS DR. COOK
Tacoma Man Says Alaskan Party
Went to Pieces.
TACOMA, Sept. 8. Belmore Brown,
who was one of the members of Dr.
Cook's party when the polar explorer,
with one companion, ascended Mount
McKinley, In an interview today said
that if placed on oaths he coueld not
'swear that Dr. Cook ascended Mount
McKinley.
Mr. Brown said: "After making an
attempt from the southern slopes of
the mountain and falling, our party
went to pieces. We all started down
the Sultana River, some of us going
off on hunting trips, others striking fo
the outside. Cook went back with two
companions, and, going up another
branch river, made a second dash for
the summit from the southwest slope.
He claimed that he and one of the men
who accompanied him -reached the top.
I notice that the men who dispute that
he reached the summit are persons who
were not with him and consequently
what they had to say would not carry
great weight."
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SEATTLE, Sept. 8. S. P. Beecher, of
Peshastln, Wasn., who accompanied Dr.
F. A. Cook on his Mount McKinley expe
dition, says that the doctor did not make
the ascent as claimed. Beecher said, in
an Interview today, that none of the eight
men employed on the expedition was paid
except the photographer, Walter P. Mil
ler, who withheld the pictures until he
received his money. Mr. Beecher con
tinued: "Cook did rot get to the top of Mount
McKinley. All the pictures he used to
Illustrate his books are pictures that read
ily can be identified as views of lower
levels. He took with him a small camera
which he could operate himself, and pre
tended to bring back a set of pictures to
prove he had gone to the top. In hie
first story, when he got back, he said
that the summit was covered with snow,
but his alleged picture of the peak shows
rocks and soft snow In which footprints
can be recognised.
"Thers la not a picture that either Mr.
Miller or myself could not recognize as
having been taken at a 4000-foot level.
"Before Cook took Barrill and made his
alleged trip to the summit he divided his
party. Mr. Miller and Prlntz were sent
up the Ketchina River, while Belmore
Brown and I went up the Matanuaka
River to wait for Cook's return. At Old
Kntk, at the head of Knlk Arm, I met a
party of five miners who had just come
down the Chulltna in a rowboat. They
reported that they had passed Dr. Cook
and Barrill headed up the river In a
launch.
"The week that these miners reported
having met Cook was the time that he
says he made his trip to the summit of
Mount McKinley.
"Instead of being on a trip to the peak
he was peacefully traveling up the river
In a launch.
"It would have been a physical Impos
sibility for anybody to have reached the
top of Mount McKinley during the week
he says he made the ascent. The time
between the meeting of the five miners
and Cook on the. Chulltna River and
Cook'e return was too short to have made
the ascent.
"While, of course there Is no means of
knowing what Cok's plan was, we are
convinced that he divided the party and
took Barrill with him because he had to
have one companion, and one was safer
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was from the beginning received with
skepticism in Alaska, British Columbia
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First, his dash to the peak was accom
plished so easily where more experienced
and better equipped mountaineers had
failed. Second, nearly all of the mem
bers of the party of eight who went to
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Cook could not have made the ascent as
claimed. .These men have constantly
discredited the doctor's story, and are
not now speaking for the first time. It
should be remembered that the men have
a grievance against Dr. Cook, they say
he did not pay them the wages he had
promised.
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They Climbed McKinley.
HAMILTON, Mont., Sept. 8. Ed. Bur
rill, who has Just returned from the Bit
ter Root Mountains, says that he and
Dr. Cook were the only ones who made
the climb, on Mount McKmley In 1905.
He refused to make any further state
ment than this, except to say that when
Dr. Cook gets to this country, he will
go before a notary and make a sworn
statement regarding his association with
the explorer. Burrlll. does say, how
ever, that Prlntz, one of the party on
part of the trip, was not wltn Dr. Cook
when the ascent was made, but was away
on a hunting trip In the foothills. Bur
rlll repudiates and flatly contradicts all
recent published statements attributed to
him and says that the Interview with
Prlntz Insofar as it relates to him Is not
correct.
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SEATTLE, Sept. 8. Walter P. Miller,
who was with Dr. F. A. Cook as photog
rapher on the Mount McKinley expedition
on which Dr. Cook alleges he attained
the.summlt and whose pictures Dr. Cook
used to Illustrate his book on the ascent
of the peak, said to the Associated Press
today:
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