The New York herald., 1922-03-19

and the treeless buttes form a striking
background. There is rivalry-friendly and
otherwise-among the older squaws In the
art of tepee construction and the result is
an effective scattering Of typical Indian
habitations.
Old Chiefs Wear Regalia,
Youths Ride Wild Broncos
This is the time when old chiefs wear
the full regalia of savage times. There is
unlimited display of festive clothing Rest
less Indian youths in the sombrero of the
West ride merrily forth on high strung
broncos They seem never to be still.
Coy young Indian maidens stroll from
lodge to lodge Many of them are well
dressed in up to date finery, but only a
few wear hats The Indian woman does
not take to her white sisters headgear.
Now and then appears an Indian in au-
tomobile-come to the fair to spend the
day only! He seems almost traitor. An
Indian in boiled shirt driving car of
many cylinders. But If he be properly
approached this same modern will wrap
himself in a gay blanket, and, holding a
wisp of maize will pose for the camera in
the attitude of conquering chieftain of
old.
The size of the exhibition hall varies
according to the importance Of its particu-
lar reservation. This building contains
material evidence that wise Bureau of
Indian Affairs has trained up the red man
in the way he should go. For although
he is fond of the outdoors he does not
take naturally to tilling the soil, being
inclined rather to Craze his land How
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which has established experiment. farms
on every reservation, the protogees Of the
Government are gradually acquiring SCI
entifc knowledge of agriculture.
Exhibition hall is filled with creditable
samples of Indian grown corn, wheat, po-
tatoes and other products. The women
have on display preserves, loaves of bread,
canned and dried fruits, sewing and fancy
work. The best exhibits are awarded
prizes as at the white mans fairs.
But although he is gratifed at these
evidences of the red mans development,
the white visitor is frankly more inter
ested in the corner of exhibition hall that
has on hand the typical Indian handicraft,
for such work is the Indians natural
a thing of beauty.
Gets Polite Hins
He Should Move On
l fingered long at the booth of native
work. Overlong was apparently the ver-
dict of the stolid Indian attendant. Finally
after asked innumerable questions about
the buckskin hunting jackets, gloves and
moccasins: the ingredients of the pemmi-
can, which delights the palate Of red
man: the intricacies of the peace-pipe cere-
mony-after / had found out more than he
thought an ordinary person should know,
this serene individual said calmly:
you want see horses run? Buck? You
find boys way down past stand"
Somehow thought perhaps he might be
limiting, so left.
The bronco busting at an Indian fair is
the young braves idea Of wonderful time.
Many a time we pay much money to
see professionals who do poorer work. And
the horses are not trained. There are still
many unbusted broncos. The time will
come, however, and that before many
years, when the horse will have fallen into
more or less disrepute as means of In
dian navigation, even as IL has In the CEN
ters Of civilization. Already the red man
shows a tendency to spend his tribal
moneys for motor vehicles.
The young Indians who were in the SER
vice execute a military drill--well done
and enthusiastically applauded. The In
dian is intensely patriotic. He dearly
loves any ceremony that involves the Stars
and Stripes, and he still unconsciously