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PEARY'S AGAINST Alleges Cook Did Not Reach Norh Pole. PROOF Of STATEMENT, Ite as Quoted Are Cook's Eskimo Boys, NATIVES -LAUGH AT CLAI, Point Out limit of Explorer's Jour ney on Carefully Prepared Map. New York, October 12.-The follow Ing statement of Commander Robert E. Peary, which he submitted, to gether with the accompanying map. to the Peary Arctic Club in support of his contention that Dr. Cook did not reach the North Pole. is now made public for the first time. The state ment and map have been copyrighted ; th Peary Arctic Club. (Entered according to Act of congress, in the year 1909. by the.Peary Argtic Club, 1h the office of the .ibrarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.) INTRODUCTION BY PEARY. Some of my reasons for saying that Dr. Cook did not go to the North Pole will be understood by those who read the following statements of the two Eskimo boys who went with him, and who told me and others of my party where he did go. Several Eskimos who started with Dr. Cook from An oratok in February, 1908, were at Etah when I arrived there in August, 1908. They told me that Dr. Cook had with him, after they left, two Eskimo boys or young men, two sledges and some twenty dogs. The boys were I-took-a shoo and Ah-pe-lah. I had known them from their childhood. One was about eighteen and the other about nineteen years of age. On my return from Cape Sheridan and at the very first settlement I touched (Nerke, near Cape ChalIon) in August, 1909, and nine days b)efore rahing Etah, the Eskimos told me, in a general way, where Dr. Cook bad been; that he had wintered in Jones Sound and that he had told the white men at Etah that he had been a long way north, but that the boys who were with him, I-took-a-shoo and Ah-pe-lah. said that this was not so. The Eski mos laughed at Dr. Conk's story. On reaching Etah, I talked with the Eski mos there and with the two boys and asked them to describe Dr. Cook's jour uney to members of my party and my self. *This they did in the manner stated below. (Signed) R. E. PEARY. SIGNED STATEMENT OF PEARY, BARTLETT, McMILLAN, BORUP AND. HENSON, [N REGARD TO TESTIMONY OF COOK'S TWO ESKIMO BOYS. The two Eskimo boys. I-took-a-shoo and Ah-pe-lah, who accompanied Dr. Cook while he was away from Anora 'tok in 1908 and 1909. were questioned separately and independently, and were corroborated by Panikpah, the father of one of them (I-took-a-shoo), who was personally familiar with the first third and the last third of their journey, and who said that the route for: the remaining third, as shown by them, was as described to him by his son after his return with Dr. Cook. Notes of their statements were taken by' several of us. and no one of us has any doubt that they told the truth. Their testimony was unshaken by cross-examination, was corroborated by other men in the tribe, and was elicited neither by threats nor lroim ises, the two boys arid their father talking of their journey and their er* periences in the samet -way that they would talk of any hunting trip. To go more iuto details: On~e of the boys was called in, and, with a chari on the table before him, was asked tc show where he had gone with Dr. Cook. This he- did, pointing out witl: his finger on the map, but not making any marks upon it. As he went out, the other boy 'camnE in and was asked to show where bE had gone with Dr. Cook. This he did also without making any marks. and indicated the same route and the samE details as did the Mrst boy. SWhen he was through, Panlkpah the father of I-took-a-shoo, a very in telligent man. who was in 'he p)arty of Eskimos that came back from Dr Cook from the northern end of Nan sen's Strait, who is familiar as a hunt er with the Jones Sound region. anI( who has been in Commnander Peary': various expeditions for some fiftee years, camne in and indic'ated the samni localities and details as the two boys~ Then the first boy was brought ir again, and with a pencil he traced or the map their route. members of oul party writing upon the chart where aordin<g to the boy's statement, thel DR. COOK had killed deer, bear. some of their dogs, seal. walrus and musk-oxen. The second boy was then called in and the two went over the chart to gether. the second boy suggesting some changes as noted hereafter. Finally, Panikpah, the father, was again called in to verify details of the portions of the route with which he was personally familiar. The bulk of the boys' testimony was not taken by Commander Peary. nor in his presence, a fact that obviates any possible claim that they were awed by him. Certain questions on independent lines from the direct narrative of the - x - -. . . . . -. W ... .... .. .. .. . . .......... -. . upe.ethn .one it r eb .b w, P.. e a .. Co mande Peadry ow,Omeofu.nwr outhm. .. .t deelpe that. Dr....Cook.had.t.. ... .. .. . ...:...... these y .s h t and ............ Bi. P ie .' the... cab . sh el aonyigmapise Th pnarro atie bof traced ouskino the ae homlo s: Hbad herg Teyn wih, Dryok Felraeke Dr.Co niehrEskimo y eesuggeftednbyatok. letiComander Peary'o s and house pit Payers Haor, enm wenothou. ic Stratr tommuander Bay Ated tfew Emches twok and three casua mosuredtore him. raok Drin thek twinth others, teipro itededelupd tat!rRa. Coo brad ofd Bandnil Bay,and. trosed Elblesmere thand thyoust t tll p'aatde Peady orFlager)Ray, inyicate bom thneir Pearrny i t89e bond utilied b Sdrup ino 1ha.d threie hed of' ter ol tEllsmerehian. The(.iir rute' onfa u thr sioug tis iord,therc nsiorth throug Sverrup's "Hoseek Snd"h' atnd Nase Strait. slep tir wayn th!ley kie:sd ukoen ivntallyr Hatar poi on t wetroide ofiNns Strait (sihorei of. Ate Hei fe mache ws freee and the~'i forkmos nddo Anort okbyndti poin. Cok,wi others, tnh pro Inughito.wen Boy.n osed Eoresmrch wihD okand t he alle bps thep Sedro bind9)t the waigof here Thrn wioutte slayep tthouhg. fiord, tenc noimnh thugh hner-up letter from Dr. Cook to Franeke. do ed the 17th of March. The two mi rejoined the other four men who b been left behind, and the six returm to Anoratok, arriving May 7th. Th information was obtained not from t! two Eskimo boys, but from the s: men who returned and from Franel himself. and was known to us in ti summer of 1908. when the Rooserv first arrived at Etah. The informati( is inserted here as supplementary 1 the narrative of the two boys.) After sleeping at the camp where tI last two Eskimos turned back, D Cook and the two boys went in northerly or northwesterly directic with two sledges and twenty odd dog one more march, when they encou tered rough ice and a lead of open wi ter. They did not enter this rough i nor cross the lead. but turned wes ward or southwestward a short di .P...A... RV ii'. C1 .. . . .. . ~.............. ...... OW A-- M --a .. . . . .... ..... .. .. .. . ... d exctyfrmh orgia submitte --- ------ IN t D. ACN r n f E Os a net Va oCok'setrWjuny tanc and retrnd oHebeg a ted ecacly from therigithe foubmittb ethate Dr.FrdrkA.Conve Hreneo thetw remaimour wo i sliees,endiduringrtheat frm Isaoo shoo awpont west o wher tahe ad ge hescgchewaidhher h lfou then and ture backedwyo. afwsp replire thatny eae smalr aorunt sleepsion and ben tsed tie teoke says wne they let the cache, and th thir guege whillh had ll thee and carry, stha thy couly ao tew suppl Ater akeing fromed cofe the bo, rplie tht fn3a somae Peaun putroin thbsn read to this tr days sine they left the cache and it. Thesedguestilns and allswers weu -ar Did thyhe 'crossdmnyt topen lead muc Apfwter ben nomdrin ths tim Dari thus ar, anymeader outent sucestns aNeio. fqus?ost Dutid the yiany regard o tehit foto the lice outh and bak Tom: Hbbrd' Auins ando. we w Did they 'crloss moany of lead doswieoto h c?Ans. No Didtheyo meany sladges outid th star? Ans. Two. I Ho many dogs did they have? A T Did not rememher exactly. but some How many sledges did they have when they got back to land' A. Two. Did they have any provisions left on 1E their sledges when they came back to o land? Ans. Yes: the sledges still had about all they could carry, so they were able to take but a few things from the e cache. r. From here they then went southwest a along the northwest coast of Heiberg n Land to a point indicated on the map s. (Sverdrup's Cape Northwest). From here they went west across - the ice, which was level and covered 3. with snow, offering good going, to a t- low island which they had seen frmu - the shore of Heiber. Land at Cape rece the.noth.pol. The.. ma p. r g Notws. Oth a t as ~ rz draw by ... th4irtbo,wa: ri4 . IM b~ I .. . .. .. . . .. . (<IWI I csdyt sc. bo as bi too ae t t w on o aligte tetono h a irt o hefattht hepoitono the~ isadwsmr nal nln s with the.point.wher the half s ebr an Cp orhet n the hannl bewee Amud Rigne Lan an.l'ige and at Thscrtcim n crecio asa .,.w~, - I bas soitoped,samader Peary t i hal~I er gin insruCtond tacnorchange o >he dedsures inr the sbel ma i thot ipas dan is the Eskiosf the dhat. F Nrthet. O this island they c am w re ford beon sep. u' llfRn nTe siand Amnd oitingneths iland,) Ir ciromb the isecnd they ajourne too A' wadocan the athadnti of thetw thensl(Amnd wasingeneand). inssine. ie wat tmal int where they ado visit. Arreivig Lad (Cae shorthwest Aand le Landgnd Lnd, thneEks kilned. -i Thie criocis tanisd ortion was the staetemen by the s mo whosartedrt 'e ha the poi of te ih--hd. butk back. and the entfre time during which he couLid pmiiely a:y: i any at teipts to go to i. The answers of ;h. Eskin- hys to Commander :' ri s series of ide pendent qu killed no :. . no do-s. ro. 14 i 1 'A.2 loaded ;Ied-d e . L.:1k ~ !1 ("Al :1~t~~t of the Pole on ihe Trip North of Cape Thomas Hubbard a physLal and math ematical impossibility, as it would de mand the subsistence of three men and over twenty dogs during a jour ney of ten hundred and forty geograph ical miles on less than two sledge loads of supplies. If it is suggested that perhaps Dr. .Cook got mixed and that he reached the Pole, or thought he did, between the time of leaving the northwest coast of Heiberg Land at Cape Northwest, and his arrival at Ringnes Land. where they killed the deer, we must then add to the date of Dr. Cook's letter of March 1Tth, at or near Cape Thomas Hubbard, the subsequent four or five sleeps at that point, and the number of days required to march from Cape Thomas Hubbard to Cape Northwest (a distance of some sixty nautical miles). which would advance his date i of departure from the land to at least the 25th of March, and be pre pared to accept the claim that Dr. Cook went from Cape Northwest (about latitude eighty and a. half de grees North) to the Pole, a distance of five hundred and seventy geographical miles, in twenty-seven days. After killing the deer they then trav elled south along the, east side of Ring nes 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 Heiberg Land, then down through Norwegian Bay, where they secured some bears, but not until after they had killed some of their dogs, to the east 'side of Graham Is land; then eastward to the little bay marked "Eid's Fiord" on Sverdrup's chart; then southwest to Hell's Gate and -Simmon's Peninsula. Here for the first time during the entire journey, except as already noted off Cape Thomas H. Hubbard, they encountered open water. On this point the boys were clear, emphatic. and un shakable. They spent a good deal of time in this region, and finally aban doned their dogs and one sledge, took Ito their boat, crossed Hell's Gate to North Kent, up .into Norfolk' Inlet, then back along the north coast of Coin Archer Peninsula to Cape Vera, where they obtained'fresh eider duck eggs. Here they cut the remaining sledge off, tnat is shortened it, as it was awkward to transport with the boat, and niear here they killed a walrus. The statement in regard to the fresh elder duck eggs permits the approri - m'ate determination or the date at this time as about the first of .Tul,y. (This statement also serves, If Indeed any thing more than the Inherent straight forwardness and detail of their narra tive 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 obtaiued eider ducks' egg.) From Cane Vera they went on down into tho southwest angle of Jones Sound. where thbey killed a seal; thence east along the south coast of the Sound. killing three bears at the poiut noted on the map, to. the peninsula k-nown; as Cape Sparbo on the map, about midway on the south side of Tones Sound. Here they killed some musk-oxen ar.d. continuing east, killed four mere at the place indicated on the chart, and were finally stopped 1r th pack ice at the mouth of Jones Soud. From here they turned be.ek to Cape Sparbo. where they wintered and killed many musk-oxen. Aftr t 1:'9 en returned in 19C00 th'ey started. p)ushi'g their sledge. aero Jones Svm:d to Cape Tenny'nf: h''" alone the "oast to Clarence Head (::-o in inside of two small islands not shwn on the chart, but drawn ou It by the boys). where they killed a bear: thenca' across the brcad bight in the coast to CMogan Fiord; thenco t,n:id Cape Isabella and up to Co-m'rr Pearys cld acuse in Pt-.yer 1Hrbor near Cape Sabine, where they fonnd a seal cached for them by Pentpnh. -took-a-shoo's father. From here they crossed Smith Sound on the Ice. arn riving at Anoratok. (Signed) P. E. Pzaiv. U1 8. N. Rtoner A. B~AVTurr'r. I).tP : 8,8.T Rosi. A GREAT FEATURE. Of the South Carolina State Fair at Columbia Will Be the Visit of President Taft. The Atlantic Coast Line announces very low round 'trip rates from al? points in South Carolina to cover the above occasions; tickets to be oR sale October 31 to November 6 in elusive. with return limit to leave JColumbia up to and including, but no-: later than, midnight of Novem ber 8, 1909. Tickets will include a mission to the Fair and transporta tion to and from Fair Grounds ox l cal trains of the A. C. L. which wi% make frequent trips. Taft Day. When the President will meet and address the people at the Fair Gronds and review the Military ani Civic Parade. Inquire of J. F. Livingston, S. A. L. Agent, Columbia, or any Agent of .ie Atlantic Coast Line, for in armation as to rates, schedules and tickets. T. C. White, Gen. Passenger Agt. V. J. Craig, Passenger Traffic Manager. Wilmington, N. C. tCHARISTON'S GALA WEEK Will Occur This Year from October 25 to 31, andthe Atlantic Coast Line Offers Very Lor Rates. As usual tle progessi ctizens of 'the City by the' Sea, are 'dat with announcements of their Gala Week, but this year with a longer listanda higher class and more pleasing at tractions, than in former years, and they are accompanied by a cordial invitation to visit Charleston whiek promises a warm welcome. The distinguishing feature will be the five great musical concerts. The Russian Symphony Orchestra,, fifty pieces strong, will make its first ap pearance in the South and a cherus of more than two hundred pieked voices will take part in these cod eerts. Numerous Torpedo boats, the com pleted navy yard, parades 'deora tions by day and illuminations by night, added to the assured hospital ity of the people. will make this trip one long ito ,be remembered pleasantly by every visitor. Low rate round tri') tickets will be sold to Charleston by the Atlantie Coast Line from' all points in South Carolina, and from Gibson, N. C., Savannah. Ga., and intermediate points. October 25 sto 31, inclusive, Igood returning to leave Charlestoa up to and including,. but not later than, midnight of November 1, 1909: For tickets and information re garding~ rates, schedules, etc, call on . J. F. Livingston, S. A. L. Tickel Agent,aColumbia, S. C., or any agent of 'the Atlantic Coast Line T. C. White, Gen. Pass. Agent. W. J. Craig, Passenger Traffic Manager. Wilmington,- N. C. BLUE EIDGE SCHEDULES. - Eastbound. Co. 28. leaves Anderson at 6.30O a. ,,. for connection at Belton with southern for Greenv.'lie. No. 12. from WVaIhaIl:. leaves An derson at 10.15 a. in., for connection at Belton with Southern Railway for .No. 20. leaves Anderson at 2.24) p. m., for c'onnections at Belton with Southern Railway for Greenville. No. 8, daily exeept Sunday, from Walhalla arrives Anderson 6.24 p~ mn., with connections at Seneea wifh Southern Railway from points south. No. 20. from Waihalla. leaves An dersoa at 4.57 p. in., for connections at Beiton with Southern Railway for Greenville and Columbia. Westbound. No. 17, arrives r't Anderson at 7.54) a. mn., from Belton with conneetions from Greenville. No. 9. arrives at A drwr at 12.24 a. .m., from Belton with connections em Greeniville and Columbia. Goes to Walhalla. No. 19. arrives at Anderson at 3.40 p. mn.. from Belton with connections from Gireenville. No. 11. arrives at Anderson at 629 p. mn.. 5rom Pelton with con aeetions from Green--ille and Colu.m bia. Goes to Walhalla. No. 7. daily except Sunday. leaves Anderson at 9.20 a. mn., for Walhalla, with connections at Seneca for local points s::a~th. Nos. 17, 18, 19, and 20 are mixed tr:.ins between* Anderson and Belto, Ncs. 7 and .8 are local freigh: trains, carrying passengers, between Anderson and Walhalla and between Waihalle an?' Andersoi A styp to-dyn. Has cured itch magically for others in Newbearry and will cure for yes. For sale at haye' Drag Store.