Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-02
Tribal Headquarters.

IT1Dal headquarters.
Once in Colonia Lerdo, the little town on
the Sonora side of the river where the Coco
pas have their tribal headquarters Mr..
Cushman made a feast with a portion of
the contents of his boat and invited thereto
Head Chief Pablo Colorado, Second Chief
Captain Tom Moore, all the other lesser
| chiefs and their respective followers. The
next day, while the taste of the good things
served up to them by the pale face still
fingered pleasantly in their mouths, Mr..
CuShman hung up In conspicuous place a
batch of gaudy Autographs, supposed to
represent views of the exposition whittier
he was anxious to take group of the In
dams as part of the living chronological
exhibit.
When Pablo Colorado and Captain Tom
Moore-goodness knows how he got the
name-and their clansmen had gathered
ABOUT the chromos, their new found ac-
quaintance explained them.
valent.
Captain Tom Moore and the rest grunted
acCuiescence.
Gorgeous" he added. and went through
long list of descriptive adjecuves ex-
hausting his knowledge of both Coc0pa
and English. And every time the listeners
nodded
Then Mr. Cushman came to the point.
1T would do you heap good to go there"
he said.
This time the Indians lost their interest
They shook their heads.
"Oh, we'll" said Mr. CuShman "if Won
don't want to go, that's the end of it,
knew it would do you good to go, and
came down here from thousands OF miles
away to tell you so, because I'm your
friend but if you don't want to 60 all
right. l don't care"
That was the last Mr.. Cushman said 20
the Indians on the subject for DAYS In
the meantime he lived their life and occa-
sionally tudiciously placed a square meal
inside Captain Tom Moore, his head chief
and the rest. But the indifference about
those gaudy chromos and the great ex-
hibitlon they portrayed was supreme.
Held Pow-Wow.
After time, just as child acts under
similar conditions, the Cocopas became
intensely interested in the white mans
proposal, on account of this very indffer-
ence, and the first thing Mr. Cushmen
knew they had called a pow-wow. The
talk lasted for three nights. When it was
finally at an end, Mr.. Cushman was in
formed that the Indians had decided
against his friendly advice.
'0h, WELL" he said, its immaterial to
me. But I'm sorry for your saiSes, because
the trip would do you good
Again he employed Indifference and free
food, and after a week he was again
warded by. the knowledge that the tribe
was indulging in another talk.
This time the redmen announced that
some of them would probably go if they
were paid enough. What would the pay
be?
Mr. Cushman hedged. What did they
want?
In a devious way it came out Then Mr.
Cusman shook his head. He couldn't give
SO much. The real benefit was the good
it would do them. not the money. Blu.
maybe. If enough of them would go, he
could give so much.
More powwow. more indifference and
more food eventually led to compromise
and the Indians putting themselves on rec
ord that they would accompany their friend
to the ends Of the earth.
Despair Follows Joy.
That night Mr.. Cushman slept in the
seventh heaven; the next day he dropped
back to earth with thud delegation OF
Cocopas stood before him. They had come
to tell him, their spokesman said, that they
couldn't go after all. They had forgotten,
the day before. that the crops were to be
planted during the time when they would
be away. That would never do. They
would have no food when they came back.
Then what would they do. and their wo-
men and children? Their white friend
would have to go to the great show without
them
AS the Indians argument unfolded, Mr..
Cushman had a happy inspiration. When
it came his turn to talk he said:
You want to go with me because 1t will
do you good. l want you to go for the same
reason, because l am your friend and you
are my friends will fix 1t about the crops.
l will show you how to put in your crops
before you go, so you will not miss the
good 1 have told you about
The Indians fell back with establishment.
Change the planting time? Impossible.
Their white friend could do many great
things, but not that.
But 1 can" he insisted. "and will II
you don't want to miss the good I've told
you about"
Curiosity at last led Pablo Colorado and
Captain Tom Moore to beg Mr.. Cushman
to show them how such wondrous thing
could be done. He did. to their complete