Show f- f J Ji 1 s t tji ji v d J f.- f. I t aye ave of Sympathy for lor or Vanishing Race Created I Ij j sp St 1 by Portrayal TT v 1 oi of f T Hiawatha TT c in Moving Ti Pictures TB t Y t 7 1 I I t r 1 a y t t a s a nS i i a 43 e F c a a u. u y t x c t ari yr fig y F b X Yv S i q S S aIa rIL s 4 A i 4 e 4 rG Lt J. J 1 b h A c CRO IN IND ZAN CHIEF PF or T.- T. CUSTER SCOUT Alta St t r 1 4 HEN Rodman Ro man Wanamaker fitted out the now famous ex expedition W which spent all last summer studying stud tho the North American and which obtained tho the wonderfully real is tic views of In Indian ian life lifo that thatTO are arc de de' delighting lighting thousands d daily in the Wana Wana- Wanamaker Wanamaker maker auditorium he ho little dreamed that one result of tho the gigantic undertaking undertaking under under- taking would be the tho wave of sympathy 6 for tho the vanishing race that promises to sweep the country county r t rIf If iu in the coming years sentiment for l tho first t American shall find more moro sub sub- expression in the erection of ofa I- I teya a colossal bronze image imato of the tho noble nobl red i-red red TC 1 man nian in New York harbor a recent t estion of Mr Ir Wanamaker which rs to havo o taken seed tho expedition which b did its work wod so thoroughly r Jt ays will be re regarded PS as s the corner r l' I 4 stone of a movement which rescued the thet t f Indian ian from complete oblivion ion t air r Wanamakers Wanamaker's idea that a masi mas- mas i ive lve statue of or an Indian placed at tho the to the new nw world would woul bo be the tho J. J which 1 fitting memorial to the race d 1 such a prominent part in in our C history was launched at a dinner liven by bv hint him for Colonel William F. F ody Buffalo Bill Mr Ir Wanamaker Ja little bit timid about lt how it ito itou o ou ll bo 10 received lie He has always been l n 1 ted led l 1 deeply in iii the American Ina Inna In- In a and nd na ho he was vas of aft afraid aid his sentiment the matter might o w led him him too far away from tho l. l To fo his llis intense gratification ratification the i idea ea made an instantaneous hit Soldiers Like Idea Colonel Cody General Nelson A. A Miles General Leonard A. A Wood Gen Gee v i era erst Horace Porter each of whom has VV dad ad more than a pictorial acquaintance 7 with our picturesque predecessors an and each esch of wl whom om spoke at the dinner grew enthusiastic on tho the spot and declared that the idea had their heartiest ili- ili Other speakers present took u proposition and tho the finish of the I dinner found three hundred men talking talking talk talk- I in ing of nothing else All are prominent nent neat in one way or another for the gathering was broadly representative Their eagerness to see see tho the proposed statue a a. reality makes it certain that is the near noar future Miss liss Liberty will h to divide popularity with p poor or Lo How the money to build such a memorial shall bo be raised is a matter of detail said Mr Wanamaker Such Sucha a a. statue should not be ono one mans man's gift to the United States There are any number of Americans who could afford to pr present nt such a memorial to the coun coun- try I should be glad Iad to do it myself but that is il not to my mind the right idea It should be a national gift ft The idea idel carried out by any anyone one individual indi could T represent present nothing but the tho sentiment sentiment senti senti- ment meat and generosity of a single man The rhe same work done under national aus aus- by congress contress or by the people themselves would have hac historic si significance for all ea cance nee Government Go officials ha have vo approved i the the plan plan and it looks as if the tho movement move- move went ment will assume concrete form within V t the next fc few months If the Wanas Wana- Wana s- s fy aker expedition had done clone nothing ir in ore than plant this seed it would be bey entitled to the tho praise which has bas been showered upon it it from all sides ides But har aone is doing and will continue a Seventy five thousand New Kew t and and whoA who A Ie a tended th the e Indian exhibit exhibitions ions in auditoriums during the know more about the R s Indian than they than they ever er Tf r J. J e. e the Subject y kt to Dr Joseph Jospph K Dixon who 7 of paige e of the expedition and andt t h s s- audience over every step o y to the accompaniment of c. c l f a set Indian Set Set- of Indian vie disi dis dis- fon oa i the canvas lectures are ed edu edu- instructive and entertaining Dixon n X n is regarded as one of the pL i d' d speakers on the lecture ledure to today today- ay He lie i s steeped ped in In- In Into and to his wide wid knowledge e on on- ti subject su jeet be he brings a graceful gift tift of bi r which does not p permit his leer lee lee- Ur r s s. s to 10 row crow grow heavy S 'S me idea of or the demand to 10 see ce the the- I h i. i and nail entertainment at the store may h he be pa pained i nod from r i it that the seating capacity i eo e v vast st auditorium ha has been pre pre- pr for two weeks to come om Notice e ewhen i when tickets will be distributed tea led in the papers ant and on such fuh the gi-the the men in charge of the T have their hands hands bandl full Hundreds d J aai i turned away at every performance and nd eases cases have not been infrequent r where persons have ha tried to buy seats seat Wooing as produced in the Wanamaker auditorium is a Ii living living liv liv- v in ing breathing reproduction reproduction-by by means of beautifully colored morin moving pictures pictures- of of Jon Longfellow's fellow s 's Indian epic er E Every detail of the beautiful love story is reproduced fa faithfully it h T The e slides were made made from from photographs and life pictures pictures pictures pic pic- tures taken bv uv the expedition in the heart of the Indian country in Wyoming Wyo Wyo- Wyoming ming mint and Montana Whole days das were spent and hundreds of miles milts traveled in order older that a single detail might not be r 4 I I i I A t THE rs r 41 a f MINK E H PS po gy t L H AND HL S WIFE s missing Whole tribes tribe were sorted out outto outto outto to find tho the characters whose photographs photographs photo photo- graphs would best servo to bring out ut she bo ho full mcanin meaning of the Longfellow legend Like an Indian Camp The stage of the auditorium is a arc arc- reproduction re re- reproduction production O i of an Indian fi camp and prior l r aP l to the lecture t e itself a band of teal real Indians In In- Indians go 10 through their native nath-e dances and sports A vocal and instrumental pro program ram embracing Indian songs and music precedes feature and when the tho auditorium is darkened for the display of the thc Hiawatha pictures pictures pic pic- tures hires the thc atmosphere Is perfect From Prom the first view which illustrates s liol Jori By th the shores of Sto Stood Stood- d' d the wigwam of Nokomis I Dark Dak behind It rose the forest Rose nose the black and gloom trees pine trees There the th wrinkled old Nokomis Nursed the little Hiawatha Rocked hl him in his linden e cradles t to the tho tho- tho view which shows shows' the the v vanishing ri shing r race ce the brow bro of f a distant lull Inn the story IS portrayed with that fidelity to detail which has lias marked all the educational exhibits exhibits' ts' ts in I tho the Wanamaker stores I Leaves Audience Spellbound I That last picture of a small bind band of Indians winding slowly u up the he hill bill and down the other side for the for the last time leaves the audience spellbound Dr Dixon doesn't sa say a word at this point I Ho lie doesn't need to The Thc picture p tells I the story tor of ofa a a Taco race that has gone n and I the final view o showing t a t barren plain completes the illusion ion After fter the lec lec- lectures tures delightful tures-delightful crow crowds s swarm marm through h the adjoining corridors where whre enlar enlarged e l pictures of the characters character in the play play- together with scores Cores of other interesting interest- interest in ing g Indian photographs and views help to round out ai delightful two hours I Here they can see Eli Black Hawk Hawk- and md his wife vire Angela ni la Star the co couple selected from thousands from thousands of Indian men I and women to pose for the parts of Hiawatha Hia Ilia watha and andt t Wrinkled old Nokomis there is-there to the very verv life liCe Another An An An- other picture Shows Hiawatha bringing tho the deer to his bis lady loves love's home Then there therl are splendid pictures of Chief Bread Bread- lire FireBear Bear ar a Sioux warrior Bird Bird- Over Ali the Over Bad Man a n Crow scout and scores orell of other Indian celeb- celeb cities Then Then- there are views of BigGoose Bi Big BigGoose Goose canyon can i Wyo and other favorite haunts of the Indian Praise Praie for forth forthe the e Idea I I one Xo-one falls fails to the the- enterprise of j I the man who ho such an Idea or orI orthe orthe the untiring untiring- efforts of tb the men who ho carried carried carried car car- I ried out the plan but It Is doubtful if the most enthusiastic spectators realize the I difficulties that had to be sur surmounted be before before before be- be fore the task was accomplished I Because the Indian is fast moving mo toward toward toward to- to ward hi his last frontier because cause the nations I are arc looking at the sunset of a dying race j I and because the rising generation ration needs to know more about the history or I ou our and the part the Indians played In It It these are the reasons which I Mr Ir Wanamaker gives gl for organizing the expedition which spent five e months studying studying study stud i iI ing the Indian In a manner that would I compel I le leaI a aI true true- e o o geographic h hl and d ethnic n record I Dr Dixon was placed fa r In to charge Of f the I expedition which left New York Tork a a. year ear eara a ago o this month and which hl h did not return I until untO Just before last Thanksgiving In day Dr DIxons DIxon's son end and two photographers as asI I I assistants assistant completed the outfit The supreme supreme su su- su preme purpose of the ex expedition t 0 was to tomake tomake make eaP a picture that should should to be a classic classic- la J on early American history M r than foot feet of motion picture film mm was used fin getting Ketting lh the stor story of Hiawatha's wooing I the home life customs games and ceremonies cere cere- I I monies of the Indians The expedition II covered 6 O miler mile miles being made i l on horseback The members of the tho party lived ate and slept with the Indians and got their information at first hand band Permission to Take Pictures Permission to take tale photographs and motion pictures was obtained first from the Indian affairs According According- to Dr Dixon Maj Mai S S. S G G. Reynolds Reynol s. s United Mates tates tal S Indian agent at the Crow agency gave him every assistance possible In Iii return for the courtesies extended by br the government the records photographs and andall andall andall all the other data collected by the Wanamaker Wanamaker Wana ana maker makr expedition have been placed at the disposal of the government Careful study was made of through which the Indians once roamed the superb mountain ranges the stately forests the majestic waterfalls and the vast plains all of which have contributed to the character and life of the Indian So Some Sope e writers have bare said that his sublime surroundings surroundings' on his native heath were I responsible le for his stolid dignity It was 1 into this picturesque country that the made expedition its way In order to portra portray portray por por- tra tray the Indian on the hunt Jt it was Cas nEa ne necessary necessary nE ne- a to obtain pictures of tic tire wild ant ani- mats through roam hatt r rh 1 his I V t I- I Permission Per Per- Permission mission to do this was granted b by the department department department de de- of the Interior Herd of Buffalo One of the unusual S pictures taken k by bythe th the the- motion O O picture I i nr machine c I Ut shows a herd lp of buffalo occupying a corral on the mountain moun- moun tain side above I Lamar amar Valley This herd henI numbering less and said to be the remnant of the countless thousands that h roamed amP d the plains was Photo photographed I t a at great risk Hunted fas as 1 they have been I. I may man they have havo very grown g ct extremely ee a wary i ri and with with- no I his life in peril Early Karly arly in tho the I journey the exp a camp campon campI on the Crow reservation The most prominent I II I nent Indians of t the thc reservation w warriors d dand criers I and their theil children composed the interesting interestIng interest- interest Ing ling group which hh was seas studied at close dose range ranle for more than two months Major Reynolds d his interest Inthe in inthe inthe I the success of the undertaking by as assembling assembling as- as Indians on the reservation sen Once a year ear he bra brings his charges to together together to- to gether In an exhibition where where they display display display dis dis- play their farm products horses and attic cattle cat cat- tic tle and enjoy t their il dances and gam games s nt after the e fashion n of a c country fair In n this tills gathering there were Sioux Crows s feet Black and S Th The various tribes got along splendidly together and ent entered red Into the the dances and other ere Ceremonies with great s spirit The motion machine registered x a sham battle that was participated in by the tho Crows and Sioux Siou This picture Is one orte of the best of the tho entire collection In all aU these the pictures every effort was ex exhausted ex- ex hausted to eliminate any hint of the white man it being the desire of Mr Ir Wanamaker to too have every have have- everything everything-as thing thing-as as natural as possible Hard Work V Entailed The rf- rf real l' l hard ham work of the expedition began buan when the reproduction of Longfellow's Long Long- fellows fellow's poem was waR undertaken Moro than iliac twenty Indians were wei examined be before before be- be fore fore- forea a Hiawatha and a a. Minnehaha er selected sleeted The couple sele selected to to portray the famous characters are full rull blooded l I Crow Indians the young young- woman oman being noted for her beauty among the different I tribes The birch bark canoe cano which figurea figures fig fig- urea ures in the story was a obtained after a I r number b of difficulties I le had been overcome Three expeditions of Indians went to the I Big Rig Horn range of mountains to kin kill the I deer which Hiawatha Is pictured as carrying carrying car car- arI ar- ar n-Ing n to the tepee of Minnehaha The I poem is pictured by b- Indians on real In Indian Indian Indian In- In dian ground Dr Dixon took en Indians from J Lodge odge Grass Mont fifty miles to to- Sheridan Sheridan Sheri Sheri- dan Wyo yo and then In wagons hauled them tip up the mountainside to park under tinder the shadow of Cloud Peak where the Crow medicine chiefs went for forI I meditation and inspiration Subsequent Subsequently I Subsequent Subsequent- i ly 1 they were taken to an elevation of soot feet Pt where among th the IIno rIad peaks th the famine sc scene ne of the poem was worked out Show Cust Custer rs r's a On One of the most Interesting features of I the photograph exhibit are the pictures s of th the place where bere General General- Custer and his bis valiant little bad ba d made their last A cross marks the resting place of or the tho gallant commander while several score headstones s silhouetted sil against a dreary background mark marl the graves of his tile men Four of th the cluster of Indian scouts ts that guided gulden Custer Into the death deathtrap |