Lieutenant-Governor Barrett O'Hara were circulated and he immediately
asked the state legislature to investigate them. The legislature
appointed a committee that took testimony and reported these stories
were groundless and false.
Is a retired Admiral less important in the eyes of the world than the
Lieutenant-Governor of Illinois, or has the "old tar" taken an immunity
bath?
Are we any farther along than were those who put Columbus in chains and
stoned the Prophets and nailed the Christ to the Cross? Are we so
engrossed in the material things that all questions of honor are of no
concern to us?
It is true that the bar of public opinion is the court of last resort in
a real democracy, but it is equally true that it is essential to see
that the source of public opinion be not polluted. Should our school
children be taught that Peary discovered the Pole if Dr. Cook was there
first?
Senator Robert M. LaFollette says: "You can't buy, you can't subsidize
the Lyceum. At least, it never has been done. The Press has been
subsidized. Papers and magazines which were printing the bad records of
public officials and political parties have, in many instances, been
forced out of the field or silenced. Special privilege organized as a
System has its own press.
But the Lyceum platform is free. Really, I sometimes think that, from
the days of Wendell Phillips to now, the Lyceum has pretty nearly been
the salvation of the country."
The Lyceum and the Chautauqua have given Dr. Cook a fair hearing, and it
is now a matter of National pride that when the press was silent or
hostile, Congress indifferent, the Chautauqua, the one distinctively
American institution, gave him an honest, impartial hearing.
* * * * *
I write as I do because, being the editor of The Lyceum and Chautauqua
Magazine, I have tried to give Dr. Cook the same opportunity to present
his case as I would expect him to do by me were I in his place and he in
mine.
AFTER YOU HAVE READ THIS BOOK KINDLY WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMAN CALLING FOR
AN INVESTIGATION.
INDEX
Acpohon, Trail Along, 183;
"The Land of Guillemots," 191
Acponie Island, 50
Adams, Captain, 458;
Peary Suppressed Letter Presented by, 459, 487, 489
Advance Bay, 106
Ah-tah, Turns Away Ma-nee, 58
Ah-we-lah, Told Bartlett That Observations Were Made, 13, 189;
Chosen for Dash to Pole, 196;
Sure of Nearness of Land, 225, 230, 269, 270, 284, 293, 307, 327,
335;
Prevents Boat From Sinking, 366, 385, 399;
Recounts Remarkable Journey to the Pole, 452
Ahwynet, 96
Alaskan Wilds, 29
Alexander, Cape, 65, 117, 122, 152
Al-leek-ah, 95
American Legation, 469
Amund Ringnes Land, 329
Anderson, Mr., 460
Annoatok, 25;
Supplies Stored at, 30;
Started for, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71;
First Day at, 75;
Erected a House of Packing Boxes at, 76, 79, 83, 84, 85, 104, 110,
117, 152, 157, 194, 195, 226, 312, 336, 379, 437, 442, 443,
447, 451, 456
Antarctic Exploration, 28
Arctic, Bradley, Expedition, 24, 27
Arctic Circle Crossed, 34
Armbruster, Professor W. F., Defense of Dr. Cook by, 490
Armour of Chicago, Food Supplies by, 135
Arthur Land, 191
Ashton, J. M., 526, 530
Astrup, Eivind, Death of, 38, 511, 515, 560
Atholl, Cape, Sailed Around, 46
Auckland, Cape, 60
Auks, 62
Auroras, 112
Axel Heiberg Land, 193, 194, 201, 212, 246, 327, 329, 333
Bache Peninsula, Headed for, 158, 435
Baffin's Bay, 362
Baldwin, Captain Evelyn B., 135, 540, 564
Baldwin-Zeigler, Cache of Supplies Left by, 203
Bancroft Bay, 103
Bangor, 483
Barrill Affidavit, 13, 14, 522, 523, 524
Bartlett, Capt. Robt. A., Learns from Eskimos That Observations Were
Made, 13;
Assisted Peary in His Lies, 485, 558, 560, 562.
Bathurst Land, 337
Battle Harbor, Arrival at, 31;
Questions Prepared by Peary at, 483, 489, 557
Bay, Baffin's, 362;
Bancroft, 103;
Braebugten, 358, 377;
Buchanan, 77;
Cannon, 162;
Dallas, 103, 104;
Flagler, 154, 161, 168;
Melville, 38;
Entered, 39, 42, 44, 45;
North Star, 46;
Anchored in, 50, 462;
Olrick's, 59, 63;
Pioneer, 314;
Robertson, 63;
Sontag, 451
Bay Fiord, Overland to, 162, 168
Bear Hunting, 177, 184, 189, 432
Belcher Point, Passed, 361, 362
Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 28, 497
Belle Isle, Straits of, Entering, 31
Bennett, James Gordon, Cable to, 464, 465;
Selling Narrative Story to, 491, 492, 493
Bernier, Captain, 448, 516
Berri, Herbert, 502
Berry, Robert M., 478
"Big Lead," Peary's Eskimos Become Panic-Stricken at, 11;
Dr. Cook Reaches the Shores of, 217;
Crossing the, 221, 222, 224, 250
"Big Nail," 85, 243
Blethen, J., 527
Bonsall Island, 106
Booth Sound, 453
Borup, George, 485, 486
Bradley, John R., Compact Made for Expedition, 24;
Expedition, 29;
Join Party, 31;
Called to Action, 51;
Assumed Direction, 53;
Shoots Duck, 54, 537
"_Bradley, John R._," S. S., Sailed July 3, 1907, 23;
Going Northward, 28;
Aboard the, 30;
Sailing Qualities of the, 31
Bradley Land, 246, 249;
Positive Proof of, 251
Braebugten Bay, 358, 377
Breton, Cape, 30
Bridgeford, 527
Bridgman, Herbert L., Kitchen Explorer, 13, 77, 78, 502, 529, 557
Bridges, Thomas, Yahgan Dictionary, 497, 498
Brooklyn Dairy Business, 27
Brooke's Island, 106
Brown, Belmore, 524
Buchanan Bay, 77
Bushwick Club, 481
Cairn Point, Passed, 68
Camped for the Winter, 393
Cannon Bay, 162
Cannon Fiord, 203
Cape Alexander, Passed, 65, 117, 122, 152;
Athol, Sailed Around, 46;
Auckland, 60;
Breton, 30;
Clarence, 429;
Faraday, 429, 430;
Hatherton, 167;
Inglefield, 68;
Isabella, 428;
Louis Napoleon, 435;
Paget, 428;
Parry, 59;
Robertson, Proceeded to, 61, 62;
Rutherford, 159;
Sabine, Note Left at, 149, 150, 154, 157, 158, 161, 336, 426, 431;
Tragedies of, 433, 434;
Seiper, 103;
Sheridan, 78;
Sparbo, 344, 355, 357, 363, 364, 377, 378, 413, 497;
Tennyson, 427, 428, 429;
"Thomas Hubbard," 201;
Veile, 154, 161;
Vera, 343, 352, 353;
York, 44, 454, 455
Cardigan Strait, 350
Caribou Hunting, 109
Chester, Rear-Admiral, 502, 543, 544
Christiansaand, 476
Clarence, Cape, 429
Coast and Geodetic Survey, 488
Coburg Island, 428
Cold, Director, 477
Columbus, Christopher, 7
Conger, Fort, Party Left by Peary to Die of Cold and Hunger at, 454
Congress, Investigation of, Admission of Peary Witnesses in, 15, 18,
547
Contracts, Book, 494
Controversy, Polar, 5
Cook, Mrs., 478
Copenhagen, 12, 15, 244, 465, 466, 476, 479, 482, 494, 497, 538, 539,
540, 549, 550, 551, 557, 563
Copenhagen, University of, 549, 562
Cornell University, 485
Crocker Land, 226, 490, 559
Crown Prince Gustav Sea, 329, 336
Crystal Palace Glacier, 451
Dahl, Charles, 456
Dallas Bay, 103, 104
Danes, Hospitality of the, 515
Danish Literary Expedition, 453, 515
Davis Straits, Entered, 31
Dedrick, Dr., Harshly Treated by Peary, 434, 454, 515
De Gerlache, 134
"Devil's Thumb," 456
Dial Shadow, at the Pole, 308
Disco, Island of, Sighted, 34
Dundas Island, 337
Dunkle, Faked Observations of, 15, 535;
Introduced to, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 563
Dunkle-Loose Forgery, Explanation of, 355
Egan, Dr., 465, 469, 470, 494
Eggedesminde, 462;
First Banquet in Honor of Discovery of the Pole at, 463, 466
Eidsbotn, Descended to, 343
Ellef Ringnes Land, 329
Ellesmere Land, 71;
the Promised Land, 101, 191, 344
Elsinore, 466
Endor, 2
Equipment, Examination of, 149
Eric the Red, 33
"_Erik_," S. S., Peary Supply Ship, 443, 449, 451, 515
Eskimos, Delusions of, 11;
Testimony of, 12, 34;
Married Life Among the, 48;
Tents, 49;
Bargaining, 49;
Study of Walrus Habits, 52;
Customs Pertaining to Children, 54;
Romance, 55;
Have No Salutation, 61;
Equality of Children and Dogs to the, 63;
Prosperity Measured by the Number of Dogs, 68;
Engaged in Request of Reserve Supplies, 85;
Making Clothes, 90;
Gloom When the Long Night Begins, 92;
Mourning for the Dead, 95;
Dancing, 97;
Joy in Killing a Bear, 108;
Christmas Festivities, 137;
Ice Cream, 137;
the Coming of the Stork to the, 142;
Love for Children, 145;
Belief in Shadows, 180;
Show Anxiety, 206;
Questioned by Peary, 206;
Comedies and Tragedies of the, 322;
Weird Customs of the, 399;
Describe Trip to Pole, 452;
Hostility to Peary, 454;
Put Through the Third Degree by Peary, 488;
Put on Board Peary's Ship Against their Will, 514
Etah, 13;
Steered for, 64;
Landing Difficult at, 69, 70;
Eskimos Return to, 206, 312, 448, 449, 451, 558
E-tuk-i-shook, 12;
Told Bartlett That Observations Were Made, 13;
Sights Bears, 183;
Chosen for Dash to Pole, 196, 293;
Sure of Nearness to Land, 225, 230, 270, 279, 284, 293, 307, 327,
335;
Kills a Walrus, 373, 381;
Secures a Hare, 384;
An Adept With a Sling Shot, 399;
Recounts Remarkable Journey to the Pole, 452.
Eureka Sound, Reached, 102, 183, 192
Explorers' Club, 529
Faraday, Cape, 429, 430
Faroe Islands, 464
Fenker, Governor, 36
Fiala, Anthony, 478, 536
Fiord Umanak, Reached, 38;
Bay, Overland to, 162, 168;
Snag's, 193;
Cannon, 203;
Musk Ox, 343;
Talbot's, 429
Floundering in the Open Sea, 231
Flagler Bay, Advance Supplies Sent to, 154, 161, 168
Foulke Fiord, Entered, 66
Fox, Arctic, 398
Francke, Rudolph, 25;
Selected as Companion to Dr. Cook, 72, 73, 79;
Hunting, 89, 90;
Meat Gathered and Dried in Strips by, 114;
Prepared a Feast, 147, 148;
Asked to Join Party, 153, 155;
Remained in Charge of Supplies at Annoatok, 204;
in Starving Condition Refused Bread and Coffee by Peary, 442;
Compelled by Peary to Turn Over Furs and Ivory, 443, 517
Franklin Bay Expedition, Lady, 158
Fridtjof Nansen Sound, 315, 327
Game, Captured, 100
Gannett, Henry, 544
"Gates of Hades," 66
Gilder, Richard Watson, 112
Glacier, Crystal Palace, 451;
Humboldt, 45, 100, 106, 109;
Petowik, Sighted, 45
Gloucester, 23
"_Godthaab_," S. S., Supply Ship, 461
Godhaven, Sheltered in, 36, 37
Goggles, Amber-Colored, Used to Protect the Eyes, 226
"Gold Brick," Slurs, 39
Gore, Professor, 540, 563
Gramatan Inn, 535
Grand Republic, 479, 480
Grant Land, 191, 212, 214, 215, 226
Great Iron Stone, 513
Greely Expedition, Camp of, 158;
Peary Throws Discredit Upon the, 433, 515
Greely, General A. W., 168, 544, 560
Greely River, 168
Greenland, Steered for, 31;
Interior, 32, 37, 45, 62, 69, 79, 117, 364, 408, 433, 436, 489, 497
Grinnell Land, 191
Grinnell Peninsula, 337, 342
Grosvenor, Gilbert, 543, 544
Gulf, Inglefield, 46, 59;
Crossing, 60, 453;
of St. Lawrence, Sailed Over, 31
Gum Drop Story, Explanation of, 30
Hague Tribunal, The, 441
Hampton, Benjamin, 546, 553
Hampton's Magazine, 546, 552, 553
"_Hans Egede_," S. S., Sailed on, 464, 466, 467
Hansen, Dr. Norman, 462
Hares, Arctic, 67, 163
Harry, T. Everett, 552, 554
Hassel Sound, 329, 334
Hatherton, Cape, 67
Hayes, Dr., 66, 222
Hearst, W. R., Offer From, 491
Hell Gate, 348;
Drifting Towards, 350, 353
Henson, Matthew, Statement of, 506, 559
Holland House, Compact Made at, 24
Holsteinborg, 32
"_Hope_," S. S., 513
Hovgaard, Commander, 468, 472
"Hubbard, Cape Thomas," 201, 489
Hubbard, General Thomas, 528, 558
Humboldt Glacier, 45, 100, 106, 109
Hunting, Caribou, 109;
Bear, 177, 184, 189, 432;
Hare, 67, 89, 163;
Musk Ox, 171, 184, 378-392;
Narwhal, 87;
Walrus, 54, 64, 367-373;
In the Moonlight, 114-129
Icarus, 43
Ice, Explosion of, 124
Iceberg, Adrift on an, 346
Iceland, 464
Igloo, Building an, 166
Ik-wa, the Cruelty of, 55, 56, 57
Inglefield, Cape, 68
Inglefield, Gulf, 46, 59;
Crossing, 60, 453
Instruments, Carried on Journey to Pole, 198;
Left With Whitney, 450;
Buried, 499
Investigation of Peary's So-Called Proofs, 544, 545
Isabella Cape, 428
Island, Bonsall, 106;
Brook's, 106;
Coburg, 428;
Disco, 34, 50;
Littleton, Passing Inside of, 67;
Dundas, 337;
Faroe, 464;
North Cornwall, 336;
Saunders, 54;
Schei, 185;
Shannon, 203;
Shelton, 478;
Weyprecht, 159
Itiblu, Near, 59, 453
Jensen, Inspector Dougaard, 461, 463, 464, 497
Jesup, Mrs. Morris K., 514
Jones Sound, 324, 342, 383, 396, 406, 426
Kraul, Governor, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 497
Kane Basin, 66, 101
Kane, Dr., 66
Kanga, 59
Karnah, 60
Kennedy Channel, 66
King Christian Land, 336
"King's Guest House," Only Hotel in Greenland, 462
"_Kite_," S. S., 511
Kookaan, 63
Koo-loo-ting-wah, Leading Man, 101, 105, 108, 109, 184;
Took Instructions to Francke, 204;
Paid by Peary to Abandon Supplies, 448
Ky-un-a, the Death of, 127
Labrador, 9, 31, 463, 484, 557
Lancaster Sound, 192, 336, 342, 425
Lands-Lokk, 195
Lerwick, Sent First Cable to New York From, 464
Lonsdale, 477, 494, 537
Loose, 15;
Faked Observations, 535, 537, 538, 539, 540, 563
Louis Napoleon, Cape, 435
Lifeboat Cove, Searched for Relics Along, 67
Lincoln Land, 191
Lincoln Sea, 214
Littleton Island, Passing Inside of, 67
MacDonald, J. A., Describes the Mt. McKinley Ascent, 531, 532, 533
McLaughlin, A. J., 563
Ma-nee, the Romance of, 55, 56, 57
Mann, Colonel, 13, 529
Marshal, Colonel, 527
Marvin, Ross, the Suspicious Death of, 485;
Letters Suppressed, 488
_Matin_, Paris, offer $50,000, 494
McMillan, Makes False Statements, 484
"_Melchior_," S. S., 476
Melville, Admiral, 502
Melville Bay, 38;
Entered, 39, 42, 44, 45, 455
Meteorite, "Star Stone," Stolen by Peary, 435, 454, 512
_Mirror_, St. Louis, the Only Paper to Grant Space to Uncover the
Unfair Methods of the Pro-Peary Conspiracy, 490, 491, 492
Mitchell, Roscoe, 525, 527
"_Morning_," S. S., 458
Mountain, Table, "Oomanaq," 46
Mt. McKinley, Affidavit, 13, 14;
Scaled, 29, 522;
Description of ascent, 531, 535, 541
Murchison Sound, 453
Museum of Natural History, 513
Musk Ox Fiord, 343
Musk Ox Hunting, 171, 184, 387
My-ah, Disposes of Wives to Gain Dogs, 48;
Direct Hunting, 51
Mylius Erickson, 133, 453
Nansen, introduced the Kayak, 133, 495
Nansen Sound, Through, 164, 193, 195, 203
Nansen Straits, 77
Narwhal Hunt, Description of, 87
Naval Committee, 10
National Geographic Society, 10, 13, 540, 541, 542, 544, 549, 561, 564
Needles, Eskimo, How They are Made, 91
Newfoundland Boats, 31
New York _Globe_, 528
New York _Herald_, 465, 482, 493, 527, 538, 557
New York _Times_, Published Lying Document, 15;
Peary's Questions Sent to, 483, 521, 540, 557, 561, 564
New York _World_, 506
New York, University of, Graduated From, 27
Nordenskjold, 495
Nordenskjold, Expedition, 468
Nordenskjold System Borrowed by Peary, 511
North Cornwall Island, 336
North Devon, 183, 342, 359, 396, 423
North Lincoln, 406
North Pole, 3, 4, 5, 8, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 30, 74, 155, 284, 287,
310, 449, 452, 455, 557
North Star Bay, 44, 46;
Anchored in, 50, 462
Norwegian Bay, 336
Nuerke, 447, 451, 453
Observations, 245, 257, 274, 292, 302
Olafsen, Professor, 472
Olrik's Bay, 59, 63
"Oomanaq," Table Mountain, 46
Oomanooi, Village of, Visited, 47, 453
_Oscar II_, S. S., Sailed on to New York, 475, 476, 477, 494, 495
Paget, Cape, 428
Palatine Hotel, 554
Parker, Professor Herschell, 13, 523, 524
Parry, Cape, 59
Peary, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 27, 28, 38, 39, 77,
112, 131, 200, 212, 244, 253, 433, 438, 439, 440, 441, 443,
444, 447, 448, 451, 452, 454, 459, 463, 474, 477, 482, 483,
484, 485, 487, 490, 491, 492, 493, 496, 499, 500, 501, 502,
505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 513, 514, 516, 517,
518, 519, 527, 528, 529, 530, 540, 542, 543, 544, 545, 557,
558, 563, 565
Peary, Mrs., 63
Pennsylvania R. R. Station (Washington), Casual Examination of Peary's
Instruments in, 10
Penny Strait, 337
Petowik Glacier, 45
Phoenix Hotel, Stayed at, 468
Pioneer Bay, 340, 341
Polar Ethics, Accused of Violating, 439
Poe, Edgar Allen, 140
"_Polaris_," S. S., Stranded in Sinking Condition, 67
Pole, Copy of Note Left in Tube at, 313
Pole Star, 136
_Politiken_, 465, 473
Pond's Inlet, 425
Portland, 560
Press, Injustice of the, 19
Printz, F., 525
Proofs, Peary's Demands for, 547, 548, 549
Quebec, 553
Rassmussen, Knud, Lived Among Eskimos, 46;
Heard Story From Eskimos of Finding the "Big Nail," 462;
Foretold Return of Peary and Prophesied Discord, 463
Rensselaer Harbor, 101
Rice Strait, Through, 158
Roberts, Mr., 548
Robertson Bay, 63
Robertson, Cape, Proceed to, 61, 62
Robeson Channel, 218
"Robinson Crusoe" Life, 391
Rocky Mountains, 33
Rood, Henry, 485
Roosevelt, Stolen Tusk Presented to, 443
"_Roosevelt_," S. S., 438;
Piratical Career of the, 444, 447, 451, 484, 557
Route to the Pole, 285
Royal Geographical Society, 472, 473, 475
Rutherford, Cape, 159
Sabine, Cape, Notes Left at, 149, 150, 154, 157, 158, 161, 336;
Tragedies of, 426, 431, 433, 434, 515
Saunders Island, 54
Schei Land, 185
Schley Land, 79, 164, 191
Schley, Rear-Admiral, 168, 544, 584
Schley River, 168
Schwartz, Dr. Henry, 490
Seattle _Times_, 527
Seiper, Cape, 103
Ser-wah-ding-wah, 122, 152
Shackleton's Journey to the South Pole, 458
Shadows at the Pole, 304, 306, 308
Shainwald, Ralph L., 469
Shakespeare, 140
Shelter Island, 478
Shannon Island, 203
Sheridan, Cape, 78
Schoubye, Captain Henning, 46, 515
Sledges, Making of, 128
Smith, Mrs., 514
Smith Sound, Entered, 65, 66;
Left, 71, 104, 122, 150
Snag's Fiord, 193
Sontag, Astronomer, Lost Life, 222
Sontag Bay, 451
Sound, Booth, 453;
Eureka, 182, 183, 192;
Fridtjof Nansen, 315, 327;
Hassel, 329, 334, 365;
Jones, 324, 342, 383, 396, 406, 426;
Lancaster, 192, 336, 425;
Murchison, 453;
Nansen, Through, 164, 193, 195, 203;
Smith, Entered, 65, 66;
Left, 71, 164, 122, 150;
Whale, Entered, 59;
Wolstenholm, 46;
Walrus Adventure in, 50, 433.
Sparbo, Cape, 344, 355, 357, 363, 364, 377, 378, 413, 497
Speed Limits, Criticized, 502;
Peary's, 505
Spitzbergen, 289
Squint, Boreal, 275
Stanley, 7, 495
"Star Stone," 435, 454, 512
Stars and Stripes Pinned to the North Pole, 287
Stead, William T., 467, 468, 491
Steinsby, Professor, 461
St. Lawrence, Gulf of, 31
St. Louis, Lecture, 496
Stockwell, Professor, 503
Stokes, Frank Wilbert, 112
Straits, Davis, 31;
Belle Isle, Entering, 31;
Rice, Through, 158;
Vaigat, Passed, 38;
Cardigan, 350
Stromgren, Professor Elis, 472, 550
Stork, Visits at Christmas, 142
Supplies, 197;
Taken for Journey to Pole, 198, 199;
Seized by Peary, 444
Sydney, Harry Whitney, Arrives at, 12;
Journey to, 236, 558, 561
Svarten Huk, 38
Svartevoeg, 180;
Camped South of, 193, 194, 195, 201, 206, 247, 287, 363
Sverdrup, Captain Otto, Exploration of, 80, 191;
Mapped Channels by, 192, 201, 342;
Peary Stole the Honor of the Naming of Svartevoeg From, 489, 490,
516, 560
Table Mountain, "Oomanaq," 46
Tacoma, 528, 530
Talbot's Fiord, 429
Tassuasak, Arrived at, 456
Temperature of the Body, 324
Tennyson, Cape, 427, 428, 429
"Tent, The," Meteorite, 513
Tents, Eskimo, 49
Thompsen, Professor, 461
"Thumb, The Devil's," 39
Tittman, O. H., 544
Torp, Professor, 472, 549, 560
Townsend, Director, of the New York Aquarium, Falsely Accused Dr. Cook
of Stealing a Dictionary Compiled by Thomas Bridges of Indian
Words, 497, 498
To-ti-o, 107;
Joy in Killing of Bear, 108
Troy, 553
Tung-wing-wah, 95
Umanak, 449, 461, 462
Umanak Fiord, 38
United Steamship Company, 477
Upernavik, Island, Appeared, 38, 206, 448, 449, 457, 459, 461
Vaigat Straits, Passed, 38
Veile, Cape, 154, 161
Vera, Cape, 343, 352, 353
Verhoeff, John M., the Death of, 63, 511, 515
Vespucci, Amerigo, 7
Wack, H. Wellington, 527
Waldorf-Astoria, Arrived at, 481;
Dinner Given at, 504, 535
Wallace, Dillon, 536
Walrus Hunting, 15, 50, 122, 123, 367-373;
In the Moonlight, 114-129
Whale Sound, Entered, 59
Whitney, Harry, 12;
Instruments left with, 244, 437;
Ill Treated by Peary's Boatswain Murphy, 445, 449, 451;
Peary Refused Permission to Bring From the North Instruments and
Data Left in His Hands, 497;
Forced to Bury Instruments, 499, 558
Weapons, Making, 381
Weche, Handelschef, 461
Weed, General, 527
Wellington, Channel, 336, 340
Weyprecht Island, 159
Wolstenholm Sound, 46, 50, 453
"Worm Diggers' Union," 529
Wyckoff, E. G., 471
York, Cape, 44, 454, 455
INDEX OF NEW MATERIAL
Arctic Club of America (b)
Balch, Edwin Swift, Article by, 595-599 (b)
Bates, R. C., Credits Mt. McKinley ascent, 534 (b)
Bradley Land, 597-598
Chautauqua Managers Association, Article by (a, b, c)
Caines, Ralph H., Credits Mt. McKinley ascent, 534 (b)
Cook-Peary Controversy, 606, 607, 608
Cook Must Have Been First, 597
Cook's Three Achievements, 598
Carr, Wooda N. Letter to and from, 606
Can Government Escape Responsibility, 605
Clark, Champ, Letter from, 608
Danish Geographical Society (b)
"Discoverer of the Pole," Peary denied title (a)
Daniels, Josephus, Card to, 603
Discoverers Doubted, 596
Explorers, Verdicts of, 584
Geographic Societies, European, Forced to Honor Peary (a)
Greely, Gen. A. W., 603 (b)
Glacial Land, Discovery of, 598
Hubbard-Bridgeman, Arctic Trust, 600
Hoax the World, 606
High, Fred, Editor of Platform, Article by, 604, 605, 610
King of Belgium (b)
Kill Brother Explorer, Tried to, 602
Lecointe, Prof. Georges, 603
Lyceum and Chautauqua Magazine, 604, 610
Mann, Congressman James R., Card to, 604
Mt. McKinley Expedition, 534
Moore, Prof. Willis, 601, 603
North Pole, 595, 604, 606
National Investigation, Desired by Cook, 600
National Geographical Society, 601, 603, (a)
Overland Magazine, Article by R. H. Caines, 534
Official Evidence not Necessarily Correct, 607
O'Hara, Barrett, 609
Pension Peary, Old Age, 602, 603
Purple Snow, 598, 599
Peary's Data proves Cook's, 596, 597, 599
Poindexter, Miles, Letter from, 607
Petty Cliques in Washington, 607
Peary-Parker-Brown Humbug up to date, 534
Parker-Brown Mt. McKinley Expedition, 534
Schley, Rear Admiral W. S. (b)
Sverdrup, Capt. Otto, 603 (b)
Sampson-Schley Controversy, 607
Scientific Pioneers, U. S. first rank, 602
Tribune, N. Y., Article from, 595
Travelers Called Liars, 595
Taft, Wm. H., Telegram to, 606
University of Copenhagen, Conferred Degree, Ph. D. (a, b)
Wilson, Woodrow, Letter to, 602
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OTHER BOOKS BY DR. COOK
You have read Dr. Cook's narrative of his expedition to the North Pole.
His other books are of equal interest.
Through the First Antarctic Night
A narrative of the Belgian South Pole Expedition of 1897, in charge of
Commander de Gerlache, with Dr. Cook as surgeon.
This expedition came near sharing the fate of Captain Scott of the
English expedition. Captain Roald Amundsen, discoverer of the South
Pole, in speaking to the Press of the hardships which the members of the
Belgica expedition withstood says: "During the winter scurvy broke out
and at the same time several of the party showed signs of mental
trouble. Dr. Cook proved himself a surgeon equal to the situation. All
of his patients recovered. Here I learned to know Dr. Cook and to
appreciate him as one of the ablest, most honest, most reliable men I
have ever met. Members of the Belgica expedition owe their lives to Dr.
Cook, as it was through his ingenious plan of sawing the channel through
the pack-ice to open water, thus releasing the ice locked ship, that
saved the entire party from death."
The above is covered in detail in similar words on pages 19, 20, 23
Volume One of "The South Pole" a late book by Captain Amundsen. On page
24 of the same volume he says:
"Upright, honorable, capable and consciencious in the extreme; such is
the memory we retain of Dr. Frederick A. Cook."
To the Top of the Continent
Exploration in Sub-Artic Alaska. A thrilling account of the first ascent
of America's highest mountain--Mount McKinley.
Dr. Cook has been engaged in exploration for twenty years--the best part
of his life--all without pay. He has furnished his own money for most of
his expeditions. He is a quiet, unassuming man and has done all of his
work with little thought of personal gain or honorary publicity.
Quietly he came forward and told us that one of the greatest exploits
ever made in mountain climbing was now accomplished. It did not occur to
him to beat a drum or blow a trumpet to make this known to the world.
The work was accomplished; this was sufficient for him. Little was known
of the Mt. McKinley trip until Peary brought it up as a side issue to
throw doubt on Dr. Cook's Polar Claim; see page 534 of this book.
My Attainment of the Pole
Edition de Luxe
Captain Amundsen in speaking of Dr. Cook's Polar trip says: "It was a
pity that Peary should besmirch his beautiful work by circulating
outrageous accusations against a competitor who had WON THE BATTLE in
open field. If Peary is to prove the accusation by the evidence of
Cook's two followers, I must confess it is a very weak foundation."
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The above books by Dr. Frederick A. Cook have been printed in edition de
Luxe, especially for subscription purposes. The regular price is $5.00
each, but to accommodate those further interested in exploration, we
have arranged to make a special reduced price; see next page.