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Show The Jndlun iJCKKrn. Scores of picturesque squaws the Indian is invariably called "picturesque" by the tenderfoot writer are around begging peaches and apples. They pick the fruit from the ground by permission, and from the trees, too. if they are given half a chance carry them oll'andcut and dry them in thesun. The Indians either keep this dried fruit for winter food; barter them at the country stores, or sell them back, probably to the owners from whose orchards they first gathered the fruit. |