After the call for "proof" came charges, from members of the Peary cabal, that I was unable to take observations.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
Not a few of them were greatly distinguished as statesmen and men of letters-the blind poet and ballad-collector, Sir Richard; William Maitland, the celebrated Secretary Lethington; Chancellor Maitland, author of the satirical ballad, "Against Sklanderous Tongues;" Thomas, and Mary, Latin versifiers both; and the infamous "cabal" Duke, the only bearer of the title.
"In the Border Country"
W. S. (William Shillinglaw) Crockett
The selfish and self-evident press campaign, obviously managed by the Peary cabal, to that end had given unsatisfactory results.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook