The Portland daily press., 1897-05-14
BAD MEDICINE"
The Indians Fight Shy of the Kodak
(Arizona Republican,

(Arizona Republican,
"They re out here now, just across inc
street, Where's my kodak QUICK,
The impassioned speaker was one Oh one
lady guests of the Hotel Adams; the
place was the hotel lobby. What OF
who were across the street was snDJeco
of COME cture Clerk Pierce darted behind
his desk even Mr.. Pierce can dart under
sufficient provocation). He emerged with
kodak which the lady breathlessly as
sured him was loaded for an emergency
But come, hurry, before they get away
She ran out of the lobby and Mr.. Pierce
WELL he ran, too. He carried the kodak
concealed behind him like wary, but in
experienced hunter sta liking deer, as If
he wished to disarm the animal of sus-
picion and convince it that he is ap-
preaching with pacific intentions. The
kodak was pretty well concealed. 1t
would have taken mighty penetrating
x ray to disclose it to one standing on
the opposite side of Mr.. Pierce The lady
relieved Mr. Pierce of the camera.
They whoever 'sthey'' were, were not
visible to the unaided eye. The lady
crossed the street to the Gooding building.
When she had almost reached the west
side of it a squaw carrying an ola on her
head came around the corner AS soon
as she saw the kodak she vanished with
a scream The lady with the kodak
hadn' t time to take a snap shot, but she
went on to the corner of the building
She adjusted the kodak and in ten min
utes more would have had negative.
But she suddenly turned and ran toward
the hotel, pursued by three squaws, each
| armed with stick or a club The
| squaws turned, ran across the street to a
| fruit stand and stood in the shade where
they were reasonably protected against
kodak assaults
Mr.. Boomer offered himself as a volun-
| teer to procure the picture. He took the
kodak and began maneuvering around
the squawss, giving them more serious
for he handled the camera as if it were a
shot gun. They remained in the shade,
however, turning upon him occasionally,
brandishing their sticks.
sDrive them out into the sum- cried
the young lady who had melted the
trouble. She stood in safe place under
one of the porches, partly concealed by
of them and drive them out! Point the
camera at them. They re afraid of it
But they wouldn't drive
why don't you go, Josie, and take
their pictures?'' asked an elderly lady
sitting in a carriage ~ goi'' echoed
Josie. "I'm afraid of them. Didn't you
see them shaking their sticks at meP''
Finally Mr. Boomer corraled the squaws
in the confectionery store. The young
lady then went across the street and re-
sumed the kodak. She drew bead on
one of the squaws through an open win
dow. The squaw ran out of the door
The young lady ran to the front of the
building and the squaw ran back and
concealed herself behind a door post The
young lady moved around and got in
range again. The squaw moved out Of
range. They kept up this game of hide
and-seek until the sun went down and
the glass upon which that negative was
intended to be taken was still clear and
unmarked. One of the many supersti-
tions of the Indians is that a photograph
brings bad luck. Some of them are in
duced by gifts to disregard the supersti-
ton. 1t sometimes happens that an In
dian whose picture has been taken and
placed on exhibition in curio stores, dies.
His relatives always request that the
photograph be destroyed or at least re-
moved from sight.