Morning Oregonian., October 13, 1909, Page 4, Image 4

PEARY MAKES HIS
ATTACK 01 COOK
Quotes Eskimos to Prove Rival
Explorer Did Not Leave
Land in Arctic.
ONE DAY'S MARCH ON ICE
Testimony of Cook's Ksklmo Com
panions Shows After Short Trip
Cook Turned West and South,
'ot Going to Pole.
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Billy Pritchard, the cabin boy, that they
must not tell Commander Peary or any
ont anything about their Journey, and
the boy mated Ir. Cook had threatened
them if they should tell anything.
Tell Course Cook Took.
"The narrative, or these Eskimos Is as
follows:
"They, with Dr. Cook, Francke and
nine other Eskimos, left Anoratok.
crossed Fmith Sound to Cape Sabine,
slept in Commander Peay"s oW house
' in Payer Harbor, then went through
' Kice Strait to Buchanan Hay. After a
i few marches Francke and three Eski
: mos returned to Anoratok. Dr. Cook
: with the others then proceeded up
' Flagler Bay. a branch of Buchanan
. Bav. and crossed Ellesmereland tn rough
the valley pass at the head of Flagler
Bav. Indicated by Peary in 1S9S. and
utilized by Sverdrup in 1899, to the head
of Sverdrup's Bay FiaordV on the west
side of Ellesmereland. Their route then
lav through this liaord. thence north
through Sverdrup's 'Heureka Sound'
and Nansen Strait.
'On their way they killed musk oxen
and bear and made caches, arriving
eventualy at a point on 'the west side
iff Xansen Strait (shore of Axelhelberg
land of averdrup). south of Cape
Thomas Hubbard. A cache was formed
here and the four Eskimos did not go
beyond this point. Two others. Koo
lootingwah and Inughlto. went on one
more march with IJr. Cook and the two
boys, helped to build the snow igloo,
: and then returned without sleeping.
These two Eskimos brought back a
letter from Ir. Cobk to Francke. dated
March 17. The two men rejoined the
other four men who had been left be
hind, and the six returned to Anoratok,
arriving May 7. This information was
obtained, not from the two Eskimo
boys, but from the six men who re
turned and from Francke himself. aYid
was known to us in the Summer of
190S. when the Roosevelt arrived at
Etah. xtie information Is inserted here
as supplementary of the narrative of
'. both boys.
"After sleeping at the camp where
the last two Eskimos turned back. Dr.
Cook went in a northerly or northwest
erly direction with two sledges ana" 20
odd dogs, one" more march, when they
-encountered rough Ice - and a lead . of
open water. They did not enter this
c rough Ice nor cross the lead but turned
' woutwarH or aniithward and returned
e to Helbergland at a point west of where
ihey bad left the cache And where the
. Xour men had turned back. Here Jlwy
1 remained four or five sleeps and during
this time Shoo went back to the cache
' and got his gun, which he had left there,
and a few items of supplies. -
WTien asked why only a few supplies
were taken from the cache, the boys re
. -plied that snly a small amount of pro
visions had been used in the few days
, since thev left the cache and their
Teldges held all they could carry, so they
" could not take mors.
"After being informed of the boys' nar--rative-
thus far. Commander Peary sug
gested a series of questions to the boys
in regard to this trip from the land out
and back to it. These questions and an
swers were as follows:
Crossed Xo Open Water.
T)ld they cross much open leads 'o;
much open water during this time? An
swer, none.'
"Did they make any caches out on
the ice? Answer, none.
"Did they kill any bear or seal while
out on the Ice. white north of Cape
Thomas Hubbard? Answer, no.
"With how many sledges did they
travel? Answer, two.
"How many dogs did they have? An
swer. Did not remember exactly, but
something under 20.
"How many sledges did they have
when they got back to land? i Answer,
two. 1 '
"Did they have any provisions left on
their sledges when they came back t-
land? Answer. yes the sledges still
bad about all they could carry, so they
were, able to take but ayfewt things
from the caches."
' From here they then went southwest
along the north coast of, Helbergland to
a point indicated on the map as Sver
drup's Cape northwest. From here they
weat west across the ice, which was
level and covered with snow, offering
good going, to a low island which they
i bad- seen from tbe shore of helbergland
1 at Cape Northwest. On this island they
Camped for one sleep. The sixe .and po
: altlan 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- second boy calling the at
! tention of the first to the fact that the
! position of the Island was more nearly
; bi line with the point where they had
' left" Helbergland (Cape Northwest) and
the channel between Amundringnes land
j .nd Ellefrlngnes land. This criticism
' aid correction was accepted by the first
1 boy. who started to change the position
i Of -the Island, hut was stopped, as Com
1 mander Peary" bad given instructions that
no more changes or erasures were to be
made in the route as drawn by the Eskt
inos on the chart.
. "From this Island they could see two
lands beyond Sverdrup's Ellefrlngnes and
Amundringnes lands. From the island
they Journev toward the left-hand one of
these lands '(Amundringnes Ian, passing
a small island, which they did not visit.
Arriving at the shore of Amundringnes
land, the Eskimos killed a deer as indi
cated on the chart.
Covers Entire Tlme'ff Trip.
"The above portion of the statement of
the Eskimo boys covers the period of
time in which Dr. Cook claims to have
gone to the Pole and back and the en
tire time during which he could possibly
"have made any attempts to go to it. The
answers of the Eskimo boys to Com
mander Peary's- series of independent
questions showing that they killed no
ame. made no cacnes, hmsi -no uuko biiu
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 31 dogs during a Jour
ney of WO geographical miles on less than
two sledgeloads.of supplies.
"If It ie: suggested that perhaps Dr.
rook got mixed and that he reached the
Pole or thought he did between the time
of tearing the northwest coast of Hel
txriUnd at Cape Northwest and his ar
rival at Rlngnesland. where they killed
the deer, we must then add to the date
of Dr. Cook's letter of March 17 at or
near Cape Thomas Hubbard, the subse
quent four or five sleeps at that point
and the number of days required to
march from Cape Thomas Hubbard to
Carje Northwest (a distance of some 60
nautical miles), which would advance his I
date of departure 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 latitude 801
degrees North, to the Pole: a distance
of 570 geographical miles, in 27 days.
First Open Water Strnok.
"After killing the deer they then trav
eled south along the east side of Rlngnes
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 Heibergland. then- down through
Norwegian Bay. where they secured eome
bears but not until after they had killed
some of their dogs; to the east 'side of
Graham Island: then eastward to the lit
tle bay marked "Eids Fioard" on Sverd
rup's chart; then southwest to Hellsgate
and Simmons Peninsula.
"Here for the first time during the en
tire Journey, except ea already noted off
Cape Thomas Hubbard, they encountered
open water. On this point the boys
were clear, emphatic and unshakable.
"They spent a good deal of time in this
region-, and finally abandoned "their dogs
and one sledge, took to their boat,
crossed Hfllsgate to North Kent, up into
Norfolk Inlet, then back along, the north
coast of CoUn Archer Peninsula to Cape
Vera, where they obtained fresh elder
duck eggs. Here they cut the remain
ing sledge oft, that Is. shortened it, as it
was awkward to transport with the boat,
and near here they killed a walrus. The
stat.-ment in regard to the fresh eider
duck eggs permits the approximate de
termination of the date at this time a
about the first ofJuly.
This statement' also serves, if Indeed,
anything more than the Inherent straight
forwardness and detail of their narrattve
were needed, to substantiate the accuracy
and truthfulness of the boys' statement.
This locality of Cape Vera Is mentioned
in Sverdrup's narrative as the place
where, during his stay In that region, he
obtained elder duck eggs.
"From Cape Vera they went on down
into the southwesf angle of Jones Sound,
where they killed a seal, thence along the
south coast of the Sound, killing three
bears at the point noted on the map. to
the peninsula known as Cape Sparbo,
about midway on the south side of Jones
Sound. Here they killed some muskoxen.
and, continuing east, killed four more at
the place Indicated on the chart, and
were finally stopped by the pack ice at
the mouth of Jones Sound. From here
they turned back to Cape Sparbo, where
they wintered and killed many musk
oxen. "After the sun returned in 1909. they
started pushing their sledge across Jones
Sound to Cape Tennlson and then along
the coast to Clarence Head (passing in
side of two small Islands, not shown on
the chart, but drawn on it by the boys),
where they killed a bear; thence across
the broad bight in the coast to Cadogan
Fioard: thence around Cape Isabella and
ud to Commander Peary's old house In
P-Payer Harbor, near Cape Sabine, where
ther found a seal cacnert lor mem oy
Pantkpah. I-Took-A-Shoo's father. From
here they crossed Smith Sound on the lee,
arriving at Anoratok.
(Signed) "R. B. PEART. U. S. N.
"ROBERT A. BARTLETT.
Master S. S. Roosevelt.
-D. b. McMillan, i
"OEO. BORUP.
"MATHEW A. HENSON."
(Entered according to Aet
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COOK SAYS PEARY
TELLS OLD STORK
Eskimos Only Misled Peary in
Order to Keep Pledge
' . Given Cook. J
THEIR REPLIES PERVERTED
Whitney Says They Did Not TTnder-
stand Questions; Rasmussen
. Got Truth From Them and
Will Soon Tell It.
CLEVELAND. O., Oct. 12. "It is the
same old .story.", said Dr. Cook tonight,
when shown the statement issued by
Commander Peary together with the map
accompanying it. v
"I have replied to the points raised a
dozen times," he continued. "The map
published by Commander Peary in itself
indicates that the Eskimos-nave respected
their promise made to me, that they
would not give any Information to Peary
or his men. The Eskimos were instructed
not to tell Mr. Peary or any of his party
of our trip over the polar sea. They
-were told to ssy we had been far north.
Theyhave kept their word.
Ksklmos Replies Twisted.
"Mr. "Whitney has said ,that during the
cross-examination conducted by Com
mander Peary and others of hWi expedi
tion. the Eskimos did not understand
the questions put to them or the map
which was laid before them. " Their re
piles have been- twisted to suit a per
verted interest.
"I will not enter Into any argument
about the matter, but Will bring the
Eskimos to New Tork at my own ex
pense, and they will prove, as did Mr.
"Whitney, all I have claimed."
Dr. Cook would not consent to go
over the details contained in Mr. Peary's
statement further than the latter's re
mark that "the . Eskimos are only too
willing to say something they think will
please their questioners." "
Rasmussen Knows Whole Story.
The explorer was not at all perturbed
by the accusation. .
"I fully expected something of the
kind." he said. "The document looks
formidable over so many signatures and
will appear so to the public. There is,
however,, nothing In It, as It is based
on the distorted and evasive replies of
persons who were told not to give any
details.
"Rasmussen, who will be here shortly,
has seen the Eskimos and knows the
real story. They did not try to deceive
him. IJe was with them for 14 days.
They knew him and told him everything.
PEARY'S VERSION OF ROUTE TAKEN BY COOK IN ARCTIC REGION.
of Congress, in the year 109. by th. Pry
Mip WHICH PEAKY SAYS WAS MADE FKUJ1 unsiniriiui rr v..rv 3 ...
. COMPiMED COOK. '
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Amundsen May Beach Pole, f
Dr. Cook told the students of the Case
School of Applied Science today that he
hoped another American would bo to the
North Pole in 1910, although one had
been there in 190S and another, in 1909.
T4 said. Amundsen was on the way to
the Pole and nrobahlv would reach ther.
in 1918 or 1914. There was still much
Arctic Club. In the offlc. , of th. librarian
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Dr.' Cook lectured here last night.
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