The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-01

several who had undergone this torture
and recovered. OF late years the priests
have been induced TO stop using nails, but
bind the victims wrists and ankles TO the
cross with thongs of wet buckskin. This is,
if possible more horrible than the mailing,
for when the buckskin begins to dry in
the sun and shrink the torture is deli
cious. However, it has this advantage,
that the victims are more apt to be taken
down alive"
The man to whom Mr.. Sharp said this
was standing in the studio. where the
ambitious artist had Just unpacked his
wealth of relics brought from the land of
the Comanche and Apache in the wilds of
New Mexico. Here was a big leather
trunk from whose depths the treasures
had been brought out. About the studio
lay studies of Indian faces and dreary
scenes of sage deserts and mountains.
A hundred photographs covertly taken
were scattered about, while war bonnets,
dance bonnets, peace pipes, saddles,
boots and spurs, pistols and guns, bows,
arrows and quivers, buckskin dresses
and lodg-fringed leggins, mOcassins and
war clubs, turquoise, beads and bright
bone necklaces, purses woven of porcu-
pine quilts, gayly colored and solid silver
armlets and rings were tumb led about
These relics are to be used to fill in the
details of the future painting, only the
outlines being secured. They are numer-
Gus color and face studies in the collec-
ton Sharp came across a peculiar SUI
perstition. These Indians believe that
every time they have their pictures taken
a part of their soul goes away from them
into the picture, hence sight of a camera
! caused a stampede whenever shown. He
had to pay 81 a sitting to get pictures,
and one old warrior who saw Sharp was
| anxious to get his face, made him pay 50.
For 81 he got a bad Indian to let him
| photograph him. AS the buck was rid
ing away, Sharp took snap shot at him.
The fellow heard the click and hastily
dismounted and demanded another dollar
at the point of a Winchester He got it.
The artist has numerous photographs
which show warriors fleeing in the back
ground trying to get away. They do not
do this with the idea of making money,
| for only few can be induced to let THEN
photographs be taken even for money
| They actually fear the cameras. SharI
| came near getting mobbed because he
| took a snap shot at war dance of the
Apaches. He got fine picture and got
| safely away. The bucks in the picture
| danced from noon till o'clock without
ceasing
Mr.. Sharp has a study of big Apache
Indian of Jicarrilla reservation, who has
| the record of shooting an arrow clear
through a running buffalo. He has g
group of hurrying children that will be
/ eagerly sought after by connoisseurs, and
picture of an indian mother and boy
| that will make a sensation. Here is also
a study made at Taos, on Kit Carson'S
ranch, and group of Lagunara water
carriers.
Most of the studies were taken in places
where few white men have ever ventured
and the relics are especially valuable, as
they are fast disappearing Mr.. SHARP
says that in five years the wilderness Of
that land will be entirely gone. He will
paint small pictures for sale and devote
his time to training for the great picture
of the crucitixion, which, he says, is {
work for years.