MOTION PICTURE RECORDS OF INDIANS 187 
tion of pitch to make a basket water-  atically and energetically in North 
tight, the gathering of mesquite beans, America, while there are Indians still 
the grinding of corn, the preparation living who have habitually performed 
and cooking of the century-plant stump. these native industrial acts. After the 
Men were photographed flaking arrow- disappearance of primitive life, films of 
heads, feathering arrows, and put- this sort will be invaluable. 
ting sinew on a 
bow. The rather 
simple process of 
discharging an ar- 
row from a bow, 
taken on twenty- 
five feet of film, 
illustrates the posi- 
tion of holding the 
bow and the arrow 
release practised 
by the Apache, 
two points of con- 
siderable compara- 
tive interest. It 
was not possible to 
secure films of re- 
ligious ceremonies 
because of the su- 
perstitious attitude 
of the Indians. 
Films of a gam- 
bling game in pro- 
gress and of two 
old men taking a 
sweat bath were 
secured. 
Considering the 
results obtained, 
the method is not 
excessively expen- 
sive. It ought to 1 — Apache women shelling acorns and grinding and shelling corn 
b i 2 — Gathering mesquite beans, the pods only of which are edible 
e applied system- [Still pictures taken in connection with motion films] 
