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feast, but had a convenient excuse, just having finished a meal. Would we not place ourselves at v for a day or two as their husbands would soon return? We were forced to decline their hospital- ity, for without the harbor there was t0oo much wind to her for the |edse and sta; "o her for: - 8 e -chi 3 r for- ‘mer husband. ;we were performing the ‘unpleasant mission of ,taking her to him as_wife No. 2. When we later saw. 1k wi thank us for-the trouble we. uad expected no re . pecd of the vacht increased as the .night advanced. A snow squall frosted the decks, and fo fcy air we sought our wi At. 4 o'clock the gray. gleom sun poured forth a suitable wealth of August rays. ments the winter (rost wa They were odd looking specimens of humanity. In height the men averaged but five feet two inches and the wom- en four feet ten inches, All had fat faces, heavy trunks and well rounded iimbs. Their skin was slight- ly bronzed. Men and women had coal ‘black hair and brown eyes. was short, and the hands and feet were short but thick. -~ A genial woman wae found at every tent opening, ready to receive the vis- itors in due form. We entered and had a short chat with each family. There was not inuch news to ex- change: After we had gone over the list of marriages and deaths, the luck Eskimos have no system of saluta- tion except a greeting smile or a part- ing look of regret. the same time as we stenped into the launch and shouted goodby. Aboard the captain was told to pro- Cape Robertson. eased, a fog came over from the in- land ice and blotted out the landscape thousand feet, under this the air was clear, (Dr. Cook’s narrative will be contin- : /ithout Bombast or Clamor-- .. No Government Help, No Private Contri- - butions Asked or Sought. Thatwas ‘Born. We got both at seems entirely the truth, in the ‘'morning In a few mo- that his accuser would be compelied to proguce his proofs. Dr. Cook Straightforward. “Commander Peary now.:usists that he can wait for months before he will straightforward and manly through- out, and he has proven his character by the way in which he has borne himself under trying circumstances. It improbable Cook is in_any way deviating from exact conditions. The of the chase became the topic of con- FOR THE POLAR DASH From the =Schoo§er Yacht Joha R. Bradley--Equlpmeqt Thoroughly Overhauled as the Vessel Heads for the to summer glories. At this time we passed the.ice but- tered ani storm swept cliff of Cape Parry. :Beyond was Whale Sound. (in strewn with. ice is1ai and aiabaster, whi OUTHITTING S . lued in The Bulletin of Saturday, Sep- 7 It was a period of monogamy. Myah tember 18), had exchanged a plurality of wives for a larger team of dogs, and there was but one other man in the tribe with a_sea of gold, | WOULD COMPEL MR. PEARY of ultramarin i TO PROVE HIS CHARGES. Capt. Frank A. Houghton, Who Built ‘Women were rather scarce. marriageable men were forced to fore- for a fight. grambus was ou JAuks rushéd over Large flocks of His journal acocunt of Dr. Cook as the truth. “What sheer nonsense it is to say that cal exdmination ought Pronounces the Ac- cusations Against Dr. Cook Outrage- g0 the advantages of married life be- cahuse there were not enough wives for By mutual agreement several men in other cases er partners, and | on hurried mission the Roosevelt, Entering Inglefield Gulf. The winid was lizht, but the er@ines a pace, just [ Boreal :Land of - Mystery--Eskimo Home Life--One Tragedy of the* Arctic--Trading with the Eskimos-- Thriiling Story Written by Dr. Cook while He was are so man) can be checked, such as the bearing of heavenly bodies, the variation of had exchanged i women had chosen ot the changes were made seemingly to the advantage of all, for no regrets ‘were expressed. With no law, no literature and no pulled us al enough 't all perb surrcundings. WUk o fojoy. the s the. afternooa condemnation of the course barometer. practically bear out his story. There things by which his story the compass and the readings of the In the hands of experts who would have access to his original journal or field book he could be tripped up at every turn, fixed custom to fasten the matpsimon- ial bond, these simple but intelligent Held Captive in the Ice Locked Wilderness ot the body believe that a man of his experi- ence does not know that? people- control their destinies with re- markable success. ' There was an average of three fat, clever children for each Arctic Zone: not do so absurd a . thing as to comp back to the scientific story which could be riddled at every turn if it were false, ¢t is a deplorable affair, As we headed for the boreal and ploughed with satisfying force the chilled northern waters, there. was time to re-examine the equipment and re- prospective contingencies of the voungest. as a rule resting in a pocke! on the mother's back. Dwellings of the Eskimos.. The tent had a rais on which all slept. made a seat, and on each side weére placed stone lamps, in which blubber was burned, with moss as a wick. Over this was a drying rack, and there was other furniture. The dress of furs gave the Eskimos a-look of savage fierceness which their faces and easy temperament did not warrant. On board the yacht there had been busy days of barter. had been gathered change for guns, knives and needles. The Norwich Bulietin this morning prints the first part of Dr. Cook’s own story of his conguest of the pole. The first part of his full narrative cov- ers the early part of thé trip, and con- tains many graphic pictures ‘of Arctic |- life and experience. By arrangement with the New York Herald, The Bul- letin has the exclusive .right for the publication of the Cook story for the wich. The second installment printed on Saturday. platform, up- 'he edge of thi In a brief month all had been pre- pared for the peculiar mission. had purchased have made strong Gloucester fishing schooner, fitted with a motor, covered for ice and loaded down with suitable supplies for a prolonged pe- tion. ning the bold cliffs of Cap» York were dimly outlined in the gray mist which screened. the storm had carried so much ice against the coast that a near approach was continued winds kept Furs and ivory (Copyright, 1909, by the New York Registered in Can- Herald Company. impossible, and ymilch better it ‘would have been for Commander Peary to bave sald that he was pot aware that Dr. Cook had reached the pole or that he a mistake in his observa- tions and offered to submit the ques- Now that Commander Peary has seen fit to spoil the wh ithrowing mud over the wires, the ayv- I do not believe for.a mo- ment that he could go to Denmark, where polar exploration has been car- ried on for centuries, story which would deceive scientists, who are familiar with the Danes own Greenland, and they are familiar with all conditions in the Arctic. man cun fool them he is certainly a genius, and they have accepted the arg r. Cook could fake observations. when submitted to criti- world with a age man wlill have about the same interest in the affair that he would in ia first class prizefight. | that the public would now | that both men prove their claims, as ! there is no logical reason should be believed and the other dis- credited. ade in accordance with the Copyright Copyright in Mexico under the laws of .the Republic of Mexico. rights reserved). Herald Bureau, *No. 49 Avenue de L’Opera, Paris, .Tuesday, Sept. 14. Despatch to the Herald via Commercial Cable Company's System). When' Dr, Frederick A. Cook cabled to the Herald from Lerwick, in the Shetland Islands, on Wednesday, Sept. stirring announcement after a prolonged fight against famine and frost, he had succeeded in reaching. the North: -pole, - the public read with avidity every detail of his narrative of ‘suffering en- Adured, that mankind might learn from literature be enriched by the Every seaman, from cabin boy to cap- tain, had suddenly got rich gamble of trade for prized blue fox skins and narwhal tusks. The Eskimos were with their end of the bargain. beautiful fox skin, of less use to a na- tive than a dog pelt, he has\secured a pocket knife that would serve him half a lifetime. A woman had exchanged her fur pants, ‘worth hundreds of dollars, for idkerchief; with which she would decdrate her head and igloo for vears to come. Another had given her bearskin mits for needles, and conveyed the idea that she had the long end of the trade. fat youth, with only a smile, displayed with glee two bright tin cups, one for himself and one for his prospective p a sea, which made it equally diffi- cult to land on the In lce Free Polar Waters. Though anxious to meet the natives of Cape York, we were forced to turn and set a course for the next village, at North Star hay. iclouds separated and through the narrow breaks, we saw the steep slopes and warm color of crim- $91 ecliffs resting on the rising water. Darting throug hthe air were count- little auks' and We were in' the ice free north waters, where. creatures of the sea find a marine oasis.in mi polar desert, equally elated At noon the sooty a red pocket h: les guillemots, ! cause his journey ON TO THE NORTH,_ It would seem “One thing is certain, that now one must stand and the other {the one who falls will fall Commander Peary does not substan- tiate his charges against Dr. Cook he { will be in a bad position. is what Commander Peary says he will hardly be able to live in this ountry. “I cannot see,” continued the cap- tain, “why the story of that he had been to the pole should be discredited. The conditions seem to have been such that it ble to reach the pole. The account of Dr. Cook was at first criticised be- of fifteen miles a day by | mander Peary says that | a rate nearly twice as fast. annals of his successful fightto the top of the world. Herald readers were proud that the explorer had found a new land. They marvelled when .told of sunburns and frostbités in the same day, shiverei as they read how dog ate dog, that the fittest might .survive, and accompan- Vv “to -the region. bevond where life is, where he felt the mad- dening - influence of the desert:.of ice until, after Incred)! ed the goal and D flag in & tin“fibe on the shifting ice of the ninetieth parallel. own words: “Amid.an endless field of purple snows, where there wgs. nei- ther life nor land, where he two Eskimos were the only living crea- A SEARCH FOR GUIDES. Demand—Mr. s Old Friends. R A, S ] The coast was about two thousand the -remains of which extends a Al] of this glitter had been re- in exchange for an ivory, horn worth about ninety dol- - D'AGRAM OF DR. COOK’S DASH FOR THE POLE Eskimo Men Mych The Yacht Again Afloat. The midnight tide lifted. the yacht on an even' keel from her makeshift dry- dock on the heach, and she was pulled out into the bay and 'anchored for a few hours. Oonianoi was but one of six we were well into Inglefield Gulf, and Commander toward Dr. ttiblu there was a 'strong head wind and. enough ice about to engage the eye of the Jookout. , We aimed here | the North pole, is expressed by Capt. | Frank A. Houghton, | Roosevelt, im which the civil engineer have ied him ‘in‘fane: discove to* secure Eskimn guides and with-them seek caribou in | Witile “the yacht ng for a favorable berth -ifr ‘the drif off, Kanga the launch was lower- | ed and we sought to interview the-Es- The ride was a wet one.ahd Mr. Bradiev had the first im- portant use of his raincoat, as a short choppy sea poured icy umbled ‘us. about with consideraie Here and there were short glaclers, which had_cut down the cliffs in their effort to push to the.sea level, Beyond the long, straight line of red lis: now returning after having attain- |ed the boreal center, and took her to ! preparatory to Captain Bartlett taking h the tribe had divid- ed and fifty tae current season. To study the peéple, to further en- courage the game of barter and tp en- fare sport of. hunting in man’s northernmost haunts, we prepared to visit as many villages as possible. In the morning’ the anchor was rais- ed and the yacht set sail to a light wind headed for the more northern It was a gray day, with a quet gea. The speed of the vacht was not fast enough tp be exctting, so Mr. Bradley suggested lowering the launch for a crack at ducks, or a chase of or a drive ‘at anything that happened to cut the waters. The harpoon gun was taken, as was hoped that a whale might come our way, but the gun proved unsatis- factory and did not contribute much to ‘We were able to run all ) round the yacht as she slowly sailed over Wolstenholme Sound. in abundance. villages in w! Olrick’s Bay. He- fitted out the American Kimos, of. Ittiblu. W 4 Captajn Houghton is a well known navigator, who has made seven voy- ages to the vachting and Arctic at present the master of It is. worthy of note that Commander Peary’s impressions of the pole were, like those of Dr. Cook, disappointing. There was nothing striking to be seen, nothing to stimulate -enthusiasm; but the Dboreal center. made public of summer. he could the There were only one woman, a few children and about a score of dogs at the place. «The woman talked quick- and explained at some length that her husband and others were away on a caribou hunt, and she told us with- out a leading-question the.news of the tribe for a year. After gasping smothered seal, she began with news and a history of the We started back for the launch and she invited herself to the pleasure of our company to the maritime circlcg for his with Commander Peary, and is thor- the explorer's He parted with they had pierced When his story was through the Herald, the world, thrilled by the marration, hailed him as a dis- cil methods and him on good terms. On reading Commander Peary's ac- cusation that lost no time. obtained his story But a few newspapers and parti- sans of another Arctic entePprise de- its truth, although they accept without question the egually marvel- lous story furnished later by Com- mander Robert E. Peary. ics said no man.coyld make fifteen miles a day beyond the eightieth par- But Commander:Peary has done more than that. 5 They scoffed at dancing horizons and mirages that turned things fopsy tur- vy. But Commander Peary makes cor- roborating allusion ta the same curi- ous atmospheric higher latitudes. by. the diffused light, which seemed to come from all direc- tions at once.” Indeed, although the Herald is not pertisan, its mission being to get the news and print it first, it cannét ever- look the fact that Commander Peary, notwiithstanding his charges against Dr. Cook, confirms in details the truth of the Brooklyn explorer’s natrative. Other critics have,declared that Dr. Cook was unprepared, whereas facts furnished by his backer and- friend, of previous yea: forgotten ages. Captain Houghton repress his indigation. outrageous charge,” leen at the Hotel “féor any man to make against a sci- a gentleman. Cook personally, his reputation Arctic, and I believe that I could not be capable of such mander Peary states. These criti- An Eskimo Trade. ‘We had only gone a few steps hefore it occurred to her that she was in need Would we not give her in exchange Ducks were secured Seals were given chase, but they were DR. FREDERICK A. COOK. cliffs a conical rose from the know what rock, the navigator's | able to escape Saunders Islard a herd of walrus was the long fce wall of Petowlk glacier | seen on a pan of drift ice far ahead rose, and beyond, to the eastward, we [ of the yacht. perceived theé waving white of of something. a few boxes of matches for a narwhal 3 said Mr. " Bradley, handful of sweets that went with the Her boy brought down two each eight feet in length. The two were worth one hundred and fifty dollars, Had we a knife to spare? a tin spoon was also given just show that we were liberal. was headed northward This made fair actions as Com- As I have said, Commander Peary quite His latest manifesto, fect that Dr. Cook, nounced as 4n was laid, The magneto was push- the | ed, the carburetor opened, and out we ovgrland séa of ice which submerges | rushed after the shouting beasts. the interior of all Greenland. Tis kind of coast extends poleward whom he has de- impostor and a liar, shall néw produce his proofs that he has been to the pole, cuser will produce his to the contra- splendid tusks were ob- | time. tained, and two tons of meat blubber It is the abundant | were turned over to our Eskimo alllies. The days of huniing proved quite though land | strenuous, and in the evening we were glad to seek the comfort of our cosey farthest north | cabins when roast eider duck bad filled a large gap. An Eskimo Widow's Story. Among the Bskimo passengers pac- ing the deck was a widow, who, in tears, told us the story of her life, a ivory tusks, to the land's end. sea life which makes human habita- tion just possible here, animals aré also important. The people of the are crowded into a natural before his ac- L - role of a prosecutor the burden of proof rests upon him “Commander Peary should be com- make good which he has so freely Dr. Cook, and Dr. Cook would be en- in instituting_proceed- Commander undertakes the artist, across Inglefield guif. wind, and we cut tumbling seas ebony with a racing dash. Though the wind was strong the air was remark- tion by the Arctic ice wall of Mel- ville Bay in the south and the stu- many- vital made against pendous line of cliffts of Humboldt/ Glacier in the north. This coast extends over but three degrees. of latitude, but with its many tirely justified ings against chiselled cliffs of Cape Ackland rose in terraced grandeur un- story which offered a peep into the comedy and tragedy of Eskimo exist- no substantial variations in the news- at the average rate sledge over ice was considered excessive, he went at paper accounts which the two explor- ers have telegraphed to this country. “I see the suggestion made by Gen. Thomas W. Hubbard, president of the Peary Arctic club, that Dr. Cook may heard of Commander Yy y of the pole and have made for civilization as fast as he could te claim the-discovery for himself. Those who are famillar with copditions the Arctic will at once see the gb- purdity of such’a theory. ter of fact, the Eskimos seemed to have spread the story of D Ci discovery along the Greenland cos Dr. Cook intended to come out of t with his story and was pr vented from so doing by the adva reachingsthe pole, He was in a place where not possibly have success of Commander Peary “Commander Peary, with every, fa- vy at his command, came into com- municatiga as soon as he could Dr. Cook could in any w returns with a circumstantial account of his discovery which stands the tests of the Danish explorers and 1 see no reason why anybogdy should discredit it. “I say what I hdve animosity toward Commander I have lived with him: | the contract of building his ship after had been relinquished by Dix, and I was, from the day in charge of the tion. How well the Roosevelt put together, and she was built for strength, every one knows by T hoped that Commander Peary | would succeed, but 1 cannot stand for a man who thinks he is safe on the ladder trying to kick the other fellow oft.” Frank Wilbert Stokes, a well known who painted the Arctic deco- rations for the Eskimo room ®f the American Museum of Natura! His- tory, which embody his observations on two Peary expeditions and one to the Antarctic, expressed yesterday his (Continued on Page Ten.) bays and the great fords of Wolsten- holme Sound and Inglefield Gulf the sea line is drawn out to about four thousand miles. Homé of the Eskimos. Widely stattered in small villages, the northerniinost Eskimo finds here a | saying she preferred the open air on good living. : A narrow band of rocky | deck. John R. Bradley, in July, 1908, show planned and thoroughly dogs, sleds, pemmican cessities of polar exploration. ‘With this brief summary, the Her- ald presents teday the beginning of Dr. . Cook’s remarkable story of his der the midnight sun. The distance over was twelve miles, hardly finished last evening the series She had arranged a den under a shelter of sealskins among the anch- ‘We had offered her a large bed, with straw in it, and a place be- tween decks as a better nest for her brood of youngsters, but she refused, quipped with is necessary to give Karnah a wide berth. were bergs enough about to hold the Supplies Taken by Dr. Cook on Polar Dash conquest of the North, written while a prisoner in the snow and ice, and will continue its publicati ters on alternate days, thus placing him before the world, which, in his case, is the jury that will his claim that he preceded Commander Peary to the boreal center and is there- €or the discoverer of the North pole, FIRST INSTALMENT. THE CONQUEST OF THE POLE. o b b 53 By Dr. Frederick A. Cook. —_— (Copyright, 1909, by the New York Herald Company. Registered in Can- ade in acordance with the Copyright Copyright in Mexico under the public of Mexico. = All water down, though an occasional sea rose with a sickening thump. The launch towed the dory, of which Manee and her children were the only We preferred to give her the luxury and privacy of a separate conveyiance for 5 most important being the necessity of affording room land between the land ice and the sea upon which feed ptar- To my question as to how the world had used her, she buried her face in offers grasses, migan, hare and caribou. her hands and began to mutter to her Numerous cliffs and islands afford a | two boys, the voungest just in pants. lace In summer for myriads | I knew her early history, so could un- Eleven cases flour. Twenty cases corn meal, Six barrels corn meal. Thirty-nine cases biscuits, Twelve barrels bigcuits, Four cases rice, One case smoked corned beef. Four cases pork and beans, Eight cases ham. Five.cases bacon, Fifteen cases pemmican. case beef tongue, Two cases codfish. One case peas. cases beans. Two cases potatoes. Twenty-one cases sugar, Six cases tea. eclare upon | o marine birds that seek the small life of the icy waters. fox wander evervwhere. derstand her story without hearing all Blue and white | her words between sobs. She had come from American shores whale sport in the | and. as a foreign belle, her hand was At thirteen Tkwa intro- Seal, walrus, narwhal and white summer sun, while the bear, king of | sought early. the polar wilds, roams over the sea|duced her to-a wedded life not strewn three bundles of skins and sticks. Karnah was to be her futurée home, iand as we neared the shore we tried | to locate Ikwa, but there was not a man fifteen children and forty-five dogs came out to meet, e on a hunting cam- ocation was not e with blubber. He was cruel and not Seeking’ #bundant game, this little | always truthful, a sin for which his tribe of mo%t primitive man does not | brother, the angikok, or doctor, was feel his hopeless isolation. without his consent put out of harm's icebergs and | way. The yacht dodged the dangerous rocks in the fog about Cape then turned eastward to cross Wolstenholme Sound. gudrds Nor! came out in kayaks to meet us. Some were _recognized as old friends. There was Myah, he of many wives; Odbol- iah, who had executed . Angodgibsah, styled the villain by Gibson, at Red- cliffe House, and Pincoota, husband of | than the Srst. the queen, in whose family are to be | one, for Nordingwah was not a good found the only hybrid children of the | hunter, but their honie was peaceable, tribe. quiet and happy. Two children enliv- Later Khud Rasmussen, a Danish | ened it. writer living as a native among the | yacht, a boy of eight, the only deaf people, camé aboard. With him we got better acquainted during the winter. Our engines were disabled by a loose unoversal joint, 20 we lowered a launch s 10 tow Lhe yacht to a safe anchorage. At high tide the ves- .s¢l was grounded, a propeller which Yiatl been bént was straightened ani the universal joint put to rights. In the meantime the Jaunch. was ke rushing to 4nd fro, with Mr. Bradley and the writer as passengers. On shore gun was tried, and around ‘} the bay Waters we bagged a number of eider duek. Eskimo Town Vi Two girls graced their home. The men w was now married. When the youngest was out of her hood, red Table Mountain, which | children and invited her to leave, say- Star Bay, many natives\| ing that he had taken to wife Ahtah, a plump maid and a geod seamstress, Manee had neither advantage, something of human na- found another hus- band, a good deal Tkwa took the Attahtungwah. unsociable creature, stood on a useful stone where we chose to land, and did not accommmodate us the same platform. Manee for seven yedrs, but she scented the game and gave us the cold shoul- der, for the part played in it. laws of the Re rights, reserved). The expedition Gloucester, Mags. the evening of. July, 3, 1907. boys were testing their fireworks for the morrow of celebration, but aboard, the John R. Bradley, withdrew from:the pier, all was quiet. There was no visiting crowds of cu- tooting whistles equipped at All was ready on She had nogt seen Four cases milk. case eating butter, tub butter for cooking. Their life was a hard & suc’ vl Tkwa was not there, no open breach of -etiquette could be riosity seekers; signalized our departunre. An Arctic expedition has been born ‘public bombast. There was, indeed, no excuse for cla- Neither the help.of the govern- nor the contributions -of pri~ vate individuals had been sought. Tie project was quietly given /- and its ~Its destiny wus shaped by Both were at her side on the A Thrifty Eskimo Camp. There were five sealskin tents pitch- among ‘the bowlders of a glacial An immense quantity of nar- horseradish, etc. and dumb Eshimo-ia ail the Jand, and a thin, pale weakling of three. A Tragedy of the Arctic. Both had been condemned by Eskimo law of the survival of fittest, the first because of fnsufficient senses, and the second because it was under three and still on its mother’s back when the father They were not to participate in the But an unusual mother, without the mustard, etc. One case assorted jams and whal. meat was placed on the rocks d stones fo dry. Skins were stretch- on the grass and a general air of thrift was& shown about the place.* packages of pelts and much ivory were hrought out to trade and 'establish friendly inter- them [suglar, to- bacco: and ammunition in quantities to’ suit their own estimate of value, man entered her temt and we _saw no. more of: her during our stay, for she did not venture to trade r Manee was kindly _the other village folk, and ‘b:u; _oily meat - “honor. were {nvited to paltake of the One case strawberry juice for One case salt. One case raisins and currants. maple syrup. One case dried peaches. Nine cases tobacco, ashing and bak- % passed away. Mr. Bradley was interested in game animals’ of the North. 1 was. interesi-. strife of life. loyed them. A few days Lefore the previous win- ter the old father.-anxious to provide warm hearskins for . night, had ventured alone far up into Late at might a visit was made to|the mountains. His gun went off acs the town of Oomanooi. , There were | cidentally and he never returned. ar sealskin tents, con- d on picturesque rocks. | Manee's former husband was kind to Seven cases matches. Seventeen cases coal oil. One hundred and fifteen gal- lons alcohol. One case candies. zerned us only. successful the to raise the fasled none ha which usuelly ‘o If the venture proved would be time enough mer of victory. e priviege of neap- a exccutor of the brother of [soon seryed cordtally - Following is the complete list of the supplies provided from John R. Bradley's yacht for the polar dash of Dr. Frederick A. Cook: One hundred and eighteen bags coal, Four stoves. K%o alcohol stoves. Lamps. One canvas boat. One case rifles, Two thousand rounds munition. Jne Winchester rifle. One thousand rounds munition. One Thermos bottle Two pairs shoes. Complete cooking outfit, Hickory wood for fifteen sleds. Iron. Copper. Nails and screws, Bedding. Sleeping bags. . One silk tent. One box tools for iron work. One box carpenters’ tools. One pair field glasses. One camera, with plates, Two dories, with oars. One dozen panes of glass for windows, Fifty feet stove pipe. Three chairs. Twelve fox traps. One keg black powder. One box books. Two hundred tin boxes, with wood outside, Wogd for building house. Rope. Twine, Charts. Maps. Instruments, Compasses, Knives and needleg for trad- ing with natives,

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