Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-07

themselves before sitting for a picture,
but I was wrong. Mr.. Lo has his own
individual ideas of what constitutes the
eSthetic in Mathematician, coupled with
superstition in regard to the proper ar
rangement Of paint. hair and ornaments.
all according to rote-puts him In the
wrong light, especially to the layman.
Except for the Cocopas. who live near
the mouth of the Colorado river, and
most of whom had never seen white
man, let alone a camera, ] have met
with not more than half dozen Indians
who feared the camera or to have their
pictures taken. Those that have refused
to sit simply stated through their in
terpreter that it was bad medicine.
lone Of the most interesting things 1
have learned in this work is that few In
dians like the profile picture. One chief
indicated to me he had no special oooec,
ton to such picture, but that he wanted
his made with two eyes and whole
mouth The average Indian prefers to
be taken standing, so as to snow the
whole body and not cut on. as one OF
them explained to me. and never saw
one yet that didn't prefer to wear head
gear or hat.
ION several occasions l have been
adopted In a way, as a sort of younger
brother by old chiefs. To one of these
| had given, on account Of being younger
brother several more prints of his por-
with great ceremony. he presented me
with a large-sized ek's tooth. which
pleased me very much-unt1 found That
1t was made of celluloid.
almost all Indians have three names.
an Indian name, it's equivalent in Eng
fish and an alias or American name.
Some of these names sound very funny.
One day had photographed six or seven
Indians and was recording their names
in the catalogue. The last man said he
had no alias or American name.
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Well. said l. what does your Indian
name mean?'
1.-The old fellow swore by all that was
good and holy that it had no meaning,
whatever, Just a name he said.
II didn't believe him. and was special
ly suspicious when I noticed an amused
smoker going the rounds Of the crowd
but the old fellow was obdurate After
they had gone out. one OF his compatriots,
a little sawed-or brave, came back and
stuck his head in the door Grinning all
over he said in stage whisper:
He name r,ean Darn Fool Dog
You can find In the catalogue here a
great many curious names aside from the
moro familiar type like Rain-fn-the-Face.
Crazy Bull and the like. For example.
here are Willie Gray Eyes, Scahby Bull.
Two StY1keSs OWenS Mule, Sour SQtetle,
The Milky Way and Dirty Face
Most Indians have . full share Of
curiosity. They want to see and feel
everything that comes in their way, and
they have no hesitancy whatever in rum
mag1ng through ones desk and private
papers.
"A box Of matches doesn't last very
long when q group of Indians is around.
Iahev seen an old man with the ecstasy
Of q child light fifteen or twenty matches,
one at o time. holding each aloft with
a long drawn-out So-o-o-o-or OF course.
this does not apply to the educated mod
ern Indian, but to the uncontaminated
old-timer.
II have seen many physical giants
among the Indians As q family perhaps
the Sioux furnish the most rugged ex-
amples, although I have seen some very
powerful men among the Cocopas in tho
far south. Once In Lower California we
had killed q wild hog Weighing several
hundred pounds that two Of our men
couldn't bulge. but 1t was rs easily liftsd
and placed on the pack animal az II It
were q pair Of saddle bags by one Of
these giants. Roaming Chief. a Pawnee,
who was In Washington several years
ago, IN six feet four inches high and
weighs something q little short Of 800
pounds. I might add that he 10 n hard
- Q rock The Cheyenne0 and Aropahos
algonquin stocl) are tall ana well built.