The Indianapolis journal., 1896-04-26

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respects the Apache belle has her dupli-
cate in the Apache doll.
TILE BRAVE LIKES To JINGLE
The brave likes 20 jingle as he walks. and
fastened 10 the same belt with nis scalps
are some articles which show MS natural
desire for coior and decoration He carries
wsth him his pipe cleaner. This is stick.
but II Is sheathed in sample OF the hn-
est Indian bead work The beads are most
~ turquoise blue. The receptacle has long
pendants OF bead-decorated pieces. and they
6angle together and add TO the general ciat-
ter. Crossed like the two swords of a
Dresden cs1irIa plate mark are two Indian
pipes. Toe bowl is angular and is Of red
clay, While the stem is long and slender.
The Indians love OF ornament Is not found
wanting on his pipes. for porcupine and
horse hair swing from IL somewhere. Over
the pipes is a bow, so strong that few per-
sons have ever been able TO string it. On
a square OF pasteboard are fastened numer-
Gus arrow heads and knife points They are
made of moss agates and were shaped with
scrapers OF rough stone Some of them
are almost perfect in shape.
Across one end OF the room. near the war
clubs. are some tobacco pouches. one from
an indian Dy llc name OF LOe. 4ucoc
pouches are OF buckskin and are made very
much as pouches are the world over-oo-
hong in shape. with a flap to protect the
contents. These are embellished with beads
OF various colors, some thickly and some
sparsely, IN conventional designs. Some are
fringed and have little tIn pieces fastened
70 them. which rattle together as the bag
or pouch is moved.
he Of of e
rica and the woven plaques Of the Moqui
Indians of North America are not dissim-
liar. IN this den there are no water bas-
kets, but there are a dozen or more Moqui
plaques. made of grass in northern Ari-
zona. They are woven very tightly and are
exceedingly strong The grass is dyed in
native dyes, which the Indians make from
the. herbs. weeds and woods of their own
region, by a method peculiarly their own.
Apache baskets and bowls are like the
Moqui plaques, except in shape. The figures
Of men and animals are woven in them
One basket has a tall man, repeated many
times, in the circumference. and the man
has high heels. When this was brought IL
by one OF the Indians there was general
excitement, for II was the first man Of the
kind that had been made The large oIlas
or jars, are difficult to get perfect in form
Some Of them have very good patterns
but are of poor shape. For the white par
cottonwood and yucca IS used and for the
dark part the seedpod OF the Martynia-
THE INDIANS MUSIC.
The Indian has his own peculiar kind
Of musical instrument and these are ar
ranged near the mantel OF the den. Al
Apache flute is a simple affair, made of BAN
boo brought from Mexico. Properly manipu
lated, a number of tones of more or les
sweetness may be produced. The Indian
violin is a stalk of cactus, with horsehai
strings. The body of the instrument ha
somewhere on II a wad OF rosin whicl
strongly reminds one OF the school girl
chewing gum, which so often forms littl
rough knobs on chair backs, desks, pictures
tables or any other convenient or incon
venient places.
Apaches carry their traps and belonging
in baskets. Some OF these are in the der
They are OF all sizes. Some are large enoug
to carry a hundred pounds on a squaw'
back. A baby or papoose basket is held I
the squaw's back by thongs. This baske
has hood over one end and the ric
mother has 1t decorated with shells, bead.
pieces of tin and strips of buckskin.
very rich mother puts a piece of mosquit
netting over the top of her basket to kee
the files OF. but this is sign of gres
wealth
The fine Navajo blankets which are sprea
over the lounge are becoming rarer an
more valuable. They wanted in tn
Eastern markets. These blankets are mad
by the Indians Of New Mexico, who ne
only shear the wool from the sheep, bI
dye 1t and take II through all its processes
The blankets are woven out OF doors an
are made in all sizes, from saddle bianke
TO those large enough to wrap the bigge.
chief In winter. The closely woven one
are the most valuable. They are hard I
get and cost from $50 to $175. The moder
Navajo Indian buys Germantown yarn
make his blanket. Standing on the rnante
shelves and bookcases are specimens
Zuni pottery. fashioned in plain shapes of
reddish clay and decorated in black an
white.
The Indian is more or less OF an arts
and collection of drawings make an IL
teresting feature. They do not strike one
particularly unfamiliar for they are like II
old Egyptian pictures. Some pieces of broke
pottery picked up in the Aztec ruins al
priced additions to the list or curios.