My attainment of the Pole

by Frederick Albert Cook

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]