Southern Utonian | 1887-08-05 | Page 2 | Value of an Indian Cradle

I 1 value of an indian cradle to alie north of us as we traveled was w as iii large larg q indian reservation and at it more than one station I 1 saw thorn them crouching 0 about the building but I 1 should not have mentioned mention pol them had it not beef been atiq that I 1 saw baw a white man trying to buy a cradle from a squaw ho he offered 20 for it but she would not even turn her head to loor look at tho the money it is quite possible that the mother thought he be was bargaining for tile the papoose as well as the cradle but I 1 was assured that these women bomin sometimes expend sn incredible amont of labor and indeed for indians of money also upon their papoose pan panniers bors one casenas cas ewas vou cheol for ot 0 an offer I 1 of bein being refused the ind indians falls staling slating that there Z were ere 80 worth of beads upon tho the work of nit art and that it had taken eleven years to complete it youths companion I 1