The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-21
Lee HsOOrisOuse, Photos

I ordered that all the Indians should do
what We asked. and he himself begged
that We make a picture Of him and his
sQuaW. Thunder. dressed ga their beSs
Clothes and mounted ON their ponies
Many an amusing thing happened -
Us. Llght-On-t Hill. 90 whom ] had
given d EeCktie, when we went 20 make
her photo, spread it out before her fiat
on the floor, and Grizzly Bear. who sa
beside her, wearing a new pair o.
beaded mOccaSins. especially requested
/ that we make r good picture of his feet.
1t is the older heads who are hard
10 photograph Not 50 with the little
ones. The small boy the world over
is the same before he learns the foibles
about him. The Indian kid Ike the
white viii follow circus band wagon
and let you make his picture. Nor do
the old ones complain if YOU do snap
the young because after their idea il
is not so likely to kill them.
Making groups Is about the hardest
thing in phOtOgraphing the Indians.
They viii not get before the camera UNI
less they are dressed just right; I've
told you what a. long time this took
BY the time fthe second one gets ready
the first mas changed his mind; and by
the time the third one gets his traps
op-the ether two have taken theirs of.
They are shy and they nave their rival
ries and iealousies. The major and
managed TO get a group nearly ready
There was just one more young BUGS
HON we wanted in IL. But ne would
not come. After q while met him out
alone and he said tom
Il beg your pardon. sir, but I would
not be caught dead i'm "a picture with
one Of those fellows.
The speaker wore the blanket but
fac .sH#
and felt better, perhaps, than the fell
low with whom Pc would mot be
caught dead
In the gallery the Indian Is a good
subject. lie won't come in unless he
wants his picture or wants money.
But once inside. he is patient. His bold
features and his lack of bumor make
his face always firm and Interchangeable
You seldom see an Indian laugh. His
garb is always many-colored; this
makes a good effect The trinkets he
wears break the mCnOtony OF the
plate.
Among the best sitters 7 have said
the major to me. are Louise. the
daughter of TwO-Slaps, the spokesman
for the tribes. White Thunder and
Show-a-way. They are an educated
and I can control them. Here, Jet me
show you their pictures.
With this the major laid before me
the photograph Of the girl With her
spotted blanket cast about her. beads
strunk about her neck. big shell ear
rings. her dark hair parted straight in
the middle and falling I'm two long
plaits. Sc was really a pretty girl
look of good humor lit her eyes and
cast half d smile over her face.
Now this White Thunder has got
white blood In him. His father was
one OF the captains ON the upper Co
Iumbia in the early '70s. He is the best
looking fellow I ever saw. Just look
a. that face and those muscles"
And the beads. said I.
.'Oh. yes: he wears them and the
blanket, too. Lots of the half breeds
live in the tepee. The fuli-biOods,
though, kind O. look down on them.
"ShoW-a-ya.y here is a full blood He
rally ought to be the chief of the Cay
uses. ] think. He wears the clothes
of a chief He's not allowed 10 use the
magic wand of Office. so YOU see he
has in his hand a harmless feather dUs-
ter
What phase Of Indian photography
do YOU like best. major?' 1 asked.
We'll / like all sorts. Making peo-
pie is very interesting, it is kind O.
like anything else. IF it's hard to get.
YOU want it. But ! reckon I like the
landscape side best. This gets you out
Of doors. Besides, an Indian always
picks n pretty spot to pitch his tepee
on-among trees and beside a stream"
And here the major showed me prints
from his landscape negatives; a few
Of which in their reproduction I shah
leave to speak for themselves
Copyright 1904, by Charles n. CrevTdson.l