454 The Book of Woodcraft 



"The Fawn" went to her mother, and improving my 

 offer, told her that "that white man will give much money 

 to see the red teepee up." 



The squaw looked out. I held up a doUar and got only 

 a sour look, but another squaw appeared. After some 

 haggling they agreed to put up the teepee for $3. The 

 poles were already standing. They unrolled the great 

 cloth and deftly put it up in less than 20 minutes, but did 

 not try to put down the anchor rope, as the ground was too 

 hard to drive a stake into. 



My sketch was half finished when the elder woman called 

 the younger and pointed westward. They chattered 

 together a moment and then proceeded to take down the 

 teepee. I objected. They pointed angrily toward the 

 west and went on. I protested that I had paid for the 

 right to make the sketch; but in spite of me the younger 

 squaw scrambled like a monkey up the front pole, drew 

 the lacing-pins, and the teepee was down and rolled up in 

 ten minutes. 



I could not understand the pointing to the west, but five 

 minutes after the teepee was down a dark spot appeared; 

 this became a cloud and in a short time we were in the midst 

 of a wind-storm that threw down all teepees that were 

 without the anchor rope, and certainly the red teepee would 

 have been one of those to suffer but for the sight and fore- 

 sight of the old Indian woman. 



ART 



All students of the Indian art are satisfied that in this we 

 find the beginnings of something that may develop into a 

 great and original school of decoration. Not having 

 learned their traditions, conventions, and inner impulse, 

 we believe that at present we shall do best by preserv- 



