Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-12-27
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Delegation of Apache Bead
Workers, Basket Weavers
and Other Artisans I'm
der Escort Of f. L. Graves
Leave in Special Car

How would you like to have Soma nna
hand you ticket from Phoenix to San
Diego and San Francisco and return
with Harvey House privileges, and a
house and lot at both of the expositions.
and nice salary, and all groceries and
| other supplies furnished for a wear.
and then to cap it all, agree to pay you
top notch prices besides for everything
YOU produced at your own trade ,
Sounds almost too good to be true. but
that's exactly the proposition that has
just been made to and accepted bv
nineteen of the Fort Mcdowell Apache
Indians, who will leave tonight in their
private car for San Diego.
The party is under the special escort
of f. L. Graves. the well-known Indian
trader of Phoenix and Scottsdale, who
is acting for the Santa Fe railroad,
whose Indian exhibits at San Diego and
San Francisco will be most complete
and interesting. For several months
Mr.. Graves mas been working with
| these Apaches and after it had finally
dawned upon them that his proposal
was not just a tale from the hills his
Job of inducement was over and the
most difficult task of selection began.
The party which leaves here this even
| ing is headed by Mike Nelson, the
handsome big Apache, who for some
time has been policeman at the Fort
Mikes pretty wife, an expert basket
weaver, her real name is Jinna Jookah,
| her mother and her four children, big
| Mike" is next in authority, then Lejah,
his squaW, George Blake and Quait-
| iah his wife and her mother and two
more papooses; Theta, an expert bead
worker, Dock Dogba, wife and baby
and Jo-wat- ira, a basket weaver.
AS soon as they reach the exposition
| grounds at San Diego. they will be fur
| nished with all necessary material for
| the building of homes exactly like those
they are leaving behind them. Every
thing they need to keep them happy,
comfortable and well-f fed will be fur
nished. and whenever the glOries of the
! San Diego fair pail upon their jaded
! tastes, they may go to the San Fran
cisco show, and if that gets tiresome,
they will be sent home. and their
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salaries, and every squaw as well as
every buck Will be paid monthly, are to
be RENTED to Mr. Graves, who has
arranged to deposit them here regularly
with the Phoenix National Bank, in
the savings department, so that when
each Apache returns, a fat deposit will
await them. AS everything necessary
is furnished for the Indians by the
railroad. they will be able to save their
entire salaries. for their pocket money
should be covered by the sales of bead
work, baskets, etc, as well as by the
many tips they will receive, especially
from the many camera hunters who
will wish the Apaches to pose for them
The Santa Fe is spending several
hundred thousand dollars on their In
dian shows and will have representa-
tives at beth fairs from practically all
of the Indian tribes that are located
along their railroad Each tribe will
be 'at home in its own Characteristic
hogan, wickiup or teepee, and no effort
will be spared to make the villages ex-
act reproductions in every way of real
Indian life. Basket makers. blanket
weavers. silver smiths may all be seen,
busy at their respective crafts. The
Fort Mcdowell Apaches are a fine lot
Of Indians and in their picturesque