122 BRADLEY'S ACCOUNT OF THE COOK EXPEDITION 



expeditions. When they saw him coming ashore they ran up and 

 down the shore for joy, waving their hands and shouting their 

 welcomes. 



"He can speak their language, and they know that he is a square 

 and honest man. He could get them to go with him anywhere, no 

 matter what extremes of temperature they might have to endure. 

 And then there is the question whether or not the Eskimo considers 

 that he risks his life wandering up to the North Pole. His ancestors 

 have been doing that kind of thing for many generations, and, after 

 all, our brother of the North does not care so much for a few degrees 

 of cold. I am deeply interested in this matter, and when there is 

 talk of Dr. Cook not being properly equipped I feel like just rising 

 up and showing that he did not start for the North Pole in a straw 

 hat." 



