The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-23
.H0LMB0E GETS
FINE EILMS0F
SIOUX COUNTRY
Publicity Picture Co. Returns
from shooting Up Indian
Fair r.,
PROSPERITY SEEN THERE
Red Men Have Good Cattle and
Horses and Many Own Fine
Automobiles
PROSPERITY SEEN THERE

F. Holm6oe and George V. Halliday
OF the Publicity Film Co. returned
Sunday from three-days tour of the
Indian reservation and visit to the
Burnstad ranches at Pollock, S. D.,
and in Logan county. During the In
dian fair at Fort Yates the Bismarck
motion picture men snapped several
hundred feet of unusually interesting
film showing the Sioux methods OF
living. their pOwwows and councils,
Indian races and sports and agricul-
tural exhibits.
The fair was one of the most sue
cessful held in recent years. and more
the state line attended At least 500
tents were pitched on the grounds, the
Indians coming early Thursday morn
ing and remaining until Saturday ev-
ening. The Publicity Film peo-
pie induced number of the
most noted members OF the Can
nonball tribe 10 rig up in full war re-
gala and pose for the camera. Among
those who were filmed in the gorgeous
garb OF by-gone days were Red Fish,
chief Of the Cannonball Sioux. and
Holy Horse. Black Bear Dog. Eagle
Staff. Dubious Mission Red Winter,
Red Bow and Different Track Bull,
head men OF the Cannonball, and Mrs.
Good Boy Elk. Mrs. Allan and Mrs.
Shoot the Clothes, Cannonball women
woh are prominent in the councils Of
their tribe, and who have been active
in Red Cross work and other patriotic
matters.
All of the dances OF The Sioux eX-
cept those OF purely military nature
were interpreted in costume before the
camera. In one of these $40 men and
women took part.
\ drive through the length of the
reservation from Solen 10 Pollock. S.
d.. reveals a general state of pros
perity among the Indians, reports Mr.
f1OlmbOe. Their cattle are sleek and
in fine condition and as a rule they
are of registered stock. The horses
are large. powerful draft animals, the
Pinto pony OF ten years ago having
almost entirely disappeared. and the
Indian farmers seem we'll provided
with machinery, which they keep in
good repair. In 80 out of 100 homes
passed Oil the Journey, d Red Cross
banner appeared, while in a large pro-
portion of the windows there was also
at least one service star.
While q majority of the homes are
still the squat log cabins which first
succeeded the native teepe. there are
scores Of fine frame dwellings,. with
good barns and other buildings. Many
Of the Indians own cars. and those
who do have good ones. The younger
generation shows the progress OF civil
iZatiOn in neat dress. and EurOpeaniZ-
ed carriage and thorough mastery
of the tongue of their white neigh
bors Very few Indians either young
or old showed evidences of disease or
debility. The Sioux have always been
noted for their splendid stature and
c rtain native nobility of bearing, and
these characteristics have been hand
ed down to the younger generations
and preserved by them through the
course of their education in reserva-
ton schools and government colleges.
The agricultural displays were num-
erous and of an exceptionally high
quality. The exhibitors were con-
fined to no one neighborhood, but
came from all the tribes, indicating
that farming IS becoming Senerally
popular.
The films of the reservation cOun.
try were made under the personal d.
rection of G. p Burnstad, who grazes
his fine herds of Herefords and his
Percherons over 40 900 acres in Logan
county. and on both sides of the river
in the vicinity of Pollock, S. D. Burn
stad. who recently was adopted into
the blood brotherhood of the Sioux,