Evening star., 1903-11-07

Now just want to show you how slow this
Indian picture making sometimes is. In the
afternoon the major came out and found
me in Tow-a-toi's tepee. The camera at
hand, l said to the young Cayuse chief:
Now Tow-a-toi, l have been here in your
village. Your people be good to me. L
have been here in your tepee. You and me
smoke cigarette. Pretty soon l go away.
l want see your face many times. l send
you picture. Let Moorhouse make your
picture. L take him back my home with
me-
Tow-a-toi moved slowly to one side of
his tepee and opening his trunk got out a
small bunch of faded photographs of rela-
| tives and friends and. took a full half an
| hour to show them to me. l was at least
glad that he in one way or another was in
| the picture humor; but | did not dare to
again ask him to let his be taken, nor did
| l know whether he would do so or not. He
had not said yes.
But he finally put the pictures in the
| trunk and began taking cut other things,
| a beaded star, a white plume, a collar of
| beads-all of his barbaric finery.
Hes going to let us make it.. said the
| major. Il guess I'll go water the horses"
Don't you think you'd better remain
here?'' said l with a bit of anxiety.
"Oh Lord no. I'll be back and have time
enough to take a nap before he gets ready,
You don't know Indians like 1 do" And
away went the major.
l was afraid to speak lest l should spoil
things, and about the only words l said
to Tow-a-toi for a full hour were, when
he had smoked up cigarette: Have an
other.
Making His Toilet.
With provoking slowness he changed his
shirt his breeches, his moccasins. Then he
combed and plated his long black hair and
wrapped the queues with strips of beaver
skins Around his neck he fastened the
collar of beads; on his shoulder he pinned
the white plume His breast he adorned
with strings Of small-bones and over these
he hung the pictured head of his totem, the
buffalo. Shining liver bands he put around
his wrists and arms, and, as last touch to
his savage toilet, placed on the side OF his
head the beaded star.
Himself dressed Tow-a-toi spread a
blanket and placed behind it, leaning
against a tepee pole, his chieftain wand of
eagle feathers. He hung up and spread
out his trappings all over that side of the
wigwam, and the final mark of readiness
took his bedecked foxskin and sat down on
the blanket.
"You here" said Tow-a-toi to me, point
ing to a place beside him on the blanket.
l had not intended getting in the picture,
but I had to obey. The major meantime
had got his camera ready Click, went the
shutter.
1 got up ana said: Now, Tow-a-toi,
Moorhouse will make you by yourself.
Won't you, major?"
That's ALL said the Indian, and l could
not in any way get him to sit again. nor
would he allow that we photograph his
pretty young sister, who sat watching us.
Now you understand said the major,
smiling.
When Their Confidence is Won.
Distrust is one thing that makes the In
dian 10th to have his picture taken. When
he believes in you he Is easier to hand~
Just before l quit the village. after having
been in it several days. l went to bid Chief
No-Shirt goodbye, and because 1 took
real interest in seeing that his people should
be forced to keep their land he grew very
friendly promised him that would help
him. Then said:
But, No-Shirt, you know man can lie
with his tongue; he can lie when he write;
but Moorhouse picture box no lie. Now let
me write; let me put him picture by write;
white man see talk straight"
This seemed all right to the chief He
ordered that all the InoIans should do what
we asked, and he himself begged that we
make picture of him and his squaw,
Thunder, dressed in their best clothes and
mounted their ponies.
Many an amusing thing happened to us.
Light -on-the- Hill, to whom / had given a
necktie, when we went to make her photo,
spread it out before her fiat on the floor
and Grizzly Bear, who sat beside her, wear
ing new pair of beaded moccasins espe-
cially requested that we make a good pic
ture of his feet
1t is the older heads who are hard to pho
tograph. Not so with the little ones. The
small boy the world over Is the same before
he learns the foibles about him. The In
dian kid like the white, will follow circus
band wagon and let you make his picture.
Nor do the old ones complain II you do snap