DR. COOK 
It is only from a sense of justice to Com- 
mander Peary and those who were with him 
that I have mentioned Dr. Cook. The out- 
fitting of the hunting expedition of Mr. 
Bradley was well known to us. Captain Bart- 
lett had directed it and had advised and 
arranged for the purchase of the Schooner 
John R. Bradley to carry the hunting party 
to the region where big game of the char- 
acter Mr. Bradley wished to hunt could be 
found. We knew that Dr. Cook was ac- 
companying Mr. Bradley, but we had no idea 
that the question of the discovery of the 
North Pole was to be involved. 
I have reason to be grateful to Dr. Cook 
for favors received; I hved with his folks 
while I was suffering with my eyes, due to 
snow blindness, but I feel that all of the debts 
of gratitude have been liquidated by my 
silence in this controversy, and I will have 
nothing more to say in regard to him or to his 
claims. 
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