The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-12
GOSSIP OF The TOWN.

group of Indians of the feminine
gender came in off the reservation yes
terday and in order to get a good view
OF the scenery, took up a position at
the Utah National bank. where they
watched the passers by, Cabling the
while in their musical, alarm clock
vernacular.
Inere were squaws Of all ages in the
group There was the young one with
a new calico dress and the fat squaw
OF the middle age, attired in a wool
! sack the extremely youthful In
dian miss. with long black
hair and pediculus capftus ornaments.
and an old woman. who has doubtless
seen 20 or so winters.
This bevy of buffalo eating beauties
were chattering in their own peculiar
tongue as TO whether the election of
Mckinley would raise the price of
moccasionS, and whether arrows would
sell on the market at a better rate
than they have; whether polished horns
would be in demand this summer. and
such matters as interest the home
manufactures in which they engage,
when along came a young man with
a kodak.
Now old Indians have a. horror of
kodaks. They believe they are bad
medicine. 1t is a prevailing opinion
among Indians and especially with the
Utes, that papoose who has his pic
ture taken, soon wearies of this bourne
and HES himself. or herself, as the
case may be, to the happy hunting
! grounds. If an Indian kid is photo
graphed it may be expected to con-
tract chills, fever tic doloreaux and
rheumatism of the heart at once.
This young man with the kodak
didn't know all this. He hasn't read
up on IndianolNgy as he oughter or he
wouldn't have done, what he did. The
sole thought which occupied his mind
was how TO get a good picture for his
already large collection. AS he came
across the street, stroking his silken
moustachois, he espied the aborigines
alluded to and set his shutter. When
he got next the group he began search
ing for them in the finder" He found
them and just as he pushed the but
ton, the aged squaw, previously men
toned caught sight of him. She did
the rest. usually it is a firm down east
which does the rest, but no Indian can
be discounted on that portion of the
work when an opportunity presents
itself.
Just as the young man was prepar-
ing to take picture No. the old wo-
man charged on him by battalion.
''Ka-way-no. ka-way-no, kaway-no,"
she shouted. which being freely inter-
preted means no good" ''Ya-ma-see,
click-i-tat" which translated means
more than words can tell-"you give
me money"
The young man stood paralyzed for
a moment, but only a moment. The
Ute housewife collared him and for a
few moments the air was full of young
man. kodak and mad Indian.
They did chasseX across the street
to McCOrnick's and back to the corner
of the alley, allemanded round the
corner by the fountain and promenade
all to the clock, made a ladies' grand
chain to the patrol box and railroad
swing back again. The squaw enlivened
the exercise by reaching for the ko-
dak and shouting "ka-way-no ka-way-
no. ka-way-no.'' ''Wydon tyoucome-
andgivemealiftyour the
young man in the case assisting by
shouting Get away from me you relic
of a people which ought to be ex-
terminated, what the devil is the mat
ter with you?'
For time it appeared as though the
Squaw would win, and then the kodak
man would have an inning. The squaw
would spar for wind and renew the
battle and the young man would make
frantic efforts to get away.
AT last the youth made his escape
and when at a safe distance he took
picture of the squaw as she stood in
battle array. The old lady was defiant
to the last and emitted Indian yells
until, out of breath, she had recourse
to abusing the balance of the party for
not coming to the rescue. all of which
they smiled at. The papoose. which
was carried on the back OF one of the
women. will be fed on sage tea and
other herbiverous decoctions for a
week in order to counterfeit the bane-
full influence of the snap shot.