In the New York World of October 3, 1910, page 3, column 6, Matthew henson makes the following statement: "On the way up we had to break a trail, and averaged only eighteen to twenty miles a day.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
henson was Mr. Peary's sole witness.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
Returning from the North with the negro, henson, and Eskimos, Mr. Peary himself had not told his own companions on the Roosevelt of his own success.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
