The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-03

open country there is left and find an
indian who had never seen a camera
IN his life and point it at him and see
MIN throw a fit until you produced the
coin Then he would throw out his
chest and strike more attitudes than a
-dollar-a-week actor in the New
York TenderlOin."
There was a long silence. The young
man broke it by saying solemnly.
Il guess am more than an ordinarily
plain darn fool he nurmured after a
while.
Wood Lake laughed again So did
Rattlesnake Pete. They retired for GER
emonies back near the water cooler.
They were still at it when the tenderfoot
came back from apologizing to his wife.
One Of the others spoke to him.
Stranger said this man, you may
have come to the conclusion that that
erltter with the long hair is a liar. He
IS There were grim mods of approval
from the other smokers. But if you're
coming out into this country for the first
time, it's only neighb0rly to tell you
that the worst liars tell the truth. You
needn't ever be afraid of taking an In
dams picture if you offer him quarter
first If he cuts up after that it is be-
cause he wants another quarter, that's
all. We'd have told you and your wife
about it before only we didn't know as
you'd want to be spoke to by strangers
Then began long rehearsal of incl
dents in support of the statement which
were as instructive as they were anus
tlesnake Pete and his charges had dis
embarked into the arms of their waiting
brethren at Valentine who had been
camping there by hundreds eagerly
awaiting the distribution of the return
presents which are always demanded Of
Indians who have been east with shows,
and which practically require the dis
bursal OF every cent of salary and gra-
tuity received during the trip.
Max Baehman, the sculptor, has had
an experience right here in New York
lately which has convinced him that
there IS a good deal of truth in Mr.. Rat
tlesnake Pete's diagnosis of the Indian
indisposition to have his form and fea-
lures duplicated.
Recently old Irontail, who is the boss
chief OF the Wild West Show now at
Madison Square Garden and who is a
pretty good fellow, when you know him,
was asked to go to Mr.. Bachman' studio
TO pose for him Mr.. Bachman always
makes requisition on the show for mod
els when it is in town. frontal went
over to the studio with the greatest Of
dignity in full exhibition paint and with
his long eagle feather heaGdress trailing
down his back He was accompanied
by several hundred newsboys. as usual
and by an Interpreter, though when
lrontan chooses to speak English and
understand It he is by no means slow.
The sculptor had been told that il
would be good form to offer the noble
red man 81 when the pose was begun
and did so. The 81 was accepted WITH
dignified alaerity. The great chief was
posed and the modelling began After
he had been standing some IS minutes
1rOntan began to growl. He shook his
head and stirred uneasily once or twice
and then went over to a chair in the
corner and sat down.
rs he tired2" asked the sculptor
No" said the interpreter after a
brief cOlloqUy. He says that he fears
that you make bad medicine. Tt is
borne in upon him that a great calam-
inv his obi1drn77 f1.a
agency if this image is made like him
and left here when he is gone. Clay, he
says, will dry and crumbl and break
and when the clay break ks, then will he
go to the happy hunting grounds"
What shall 1 say to him?" asked Mr..
Bachmann.
Nothing, said the interpreter. Hand
him out another dollar
At the first flash of the green bill
Irontail strobe majestica1ly back to the
dais and COMPOSED his stern features
for another pose. But in eight minutes
more he was growing again, and in an
other minute marched into the corner
and stood with face averted from the
artist speaking in composed words.
He says" announced the Interpreter.
that he is Convinced that it is bal
medicine. You mix water with the clay
to make it soft. This, he says, viii
make his bones within him soft with
water, SO that he will become a very old
man before his time comes and the
"All right said Mr.. Bachmann. who
knows business genius when he comes
IN contact with it, even though he is an
artist. Here's another dollar"
The words were hardly out of his lips
before the pose was resumed. This time
1t lasted only three minutes. The chief
marched out of the studio door and
stood in the hall to make his speech.
1t is not WE'LL he said. that chief
of the Brule nation should allow a pale
face to pinch his features into many
shapes and to slap his cheeks and to dig
at his eyes. So viii my enemies do to
me II suffer a paleface to do this
thing. Long Hair Buffalo Bill never
meant that I should suffer this indig-
/ nifty when he sent me to his friend
| shall tell Long Hair of this thing
Mr.. Bachmann thought the time had
come to stop. He asked the Interpreter
| to explain to Trontail that few artists
! believe that any friend of Colonel Cody
| could fail in princely liberality. appar-
emily; for he insisted that he was con-
1 WINGED that sculpture was full of bad
medicine. At last the matter was
/ compromised with an agreement that
Irontail would brave bad medicine for
one calendar hour without stopping.
The next chief to go over to Mr.. Bach
mann's, was Chief Red Stake. Irontail
went along to keep him con pany Fore
warned by his experience with Irontail
Mr.. Bachmann made a very thorough
agreement with Red tSaxe before begin
ming work. 1t was that Red Stake
was to pose on a horse. The work had
not been going on long when the horse
began to get restless
ASK him." said the artist, what
makes the horse so uneasy
Tell my friend, who-mak es-a-f face in
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