Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-23
I'm RARRARTO 00NTRAsTs
However, the Apachrs Were Poor sub
jects Fer OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Dye
Sticks.

jects Fer RalesFace-Not-Afraid Dye
Sticks.
From the Mobile Regfster.I
The Apache Indian has decided objection
| to posing a. an artists model. He does moi
understand the process, and thinks it to b
some sort of "msdicine"work, the more
avoided the better.
A yousg gentleman of this city, an artist
by profession, went up to Mount Vernon g
week or so ago to see what he could see. Hs
was delighted to find that the Indian prison
srs there present subjects rich in barbarie
contrast of form and color; they pose in q
savage kind Of way, and altogether make
pictures which an artist would be glad to
reproduce on canvas. But they strongly OBJ
ject to sitting for the portraits; In fact when
ever the artist came near their tents they
quickly and silently disappeared. There
might be dozens of them In sight, but at once
they would vanish, going into their tents or
fleeing to the bushes fer cover. For q couple
of days the hunt for subjects were always
baf1ed in this way. The Indians did. not,
however, have 10 great an objection to being
photographed, and the artist secured Pic
lures of all of their chief men.
He tells of one curious incident in connec-
I$ion with his attempts to secure q painting
ofsome of the ssvages:
"C6yning across a very striking group of
indiana seated ia tent playing cards, I
got cut ny >co1ors and proceeded to paint the
picture. There they were sguattsd on the
ground inside ths>tent, the Aaring doorway
held back by longrele, their brilliant red
and blue blankets on t6elr sholders or on the
ground, their faces all coppery and swarth-
they were just what had been trying to find
for my canvas.
"Weil, as soon as got to work they got up
and left the tent. This was decided> hint,
SO packed up my things and moved also.
When they saw had gone, they returned
and resumed their game. I returned also,
and resumed my work. Seeing that did
not intend to be done cut of my picture, one
of the men got up and fastened q blanket
ever the entrance. Then they continued
their card playing.
tho green foliage which surrounded it, so I
kept my place, while number of Indians
gathered around and watched nay operations.
When completed all I wanted of the. tent,
and concluded did not care to finish it up
with blanket over its doorway, the idea
struck me that I could sketch in the Indians
from my recollection of how they were posed
inside the tent, SO I went to work and out
lined the group.
ct was startled by loud exclamation ut
tered above. sUgh' Hip VIOLA wallap
'Ughught' and and SO on, the Indians being
very greatly surprised that / could paint tne
people could not see. Some of those who
had been looking over my shoulders speeded
into the tent to tell the card players that
1t was no use to try to keep that pale face
not-afraid-of- the -dye-sticks out, as he could
very plainly see right through blanket:
Then one of the players crept from UNDER
meath the back of tent and making wide
circuit came round behind me to satisfy
himself that this report was true. He uttered
q loud 'Hy-yehP and went off to report.
With this the card players all erawled from
under the tent and took to the woods.
They were determined should not paint
them. I, having sufficient Of outline work,
closed proceedings and returned to my lodg
ings.