Show drawing of 1 ir N mi Z drawing by joseph J kanosh utah writer speaks highly in praise of the ability of joseph J pik lull blood Pa livant indian and says with training joe would have become nationally known JOES WHITINGS WRITINGS ARE EAGERLY LOOKED FORWARD TO UPU because of having read my remarks about joseph J lt in dian than at kanosh charles kelly wrote to him had joe make him a bow and arrow and two very tine fine beaded hat bands one to kelly a order the de sign furnished by kelly and the oth er just as joe wished to make it him self kelly Is well pleased and con finues in correspondence with joe from salt lake city then prof R A morns morris so liked joe s articles that he wrote me a lot of questions asking joe the inner religious thoughts of the indian show ing that morris a student of the in dian than and a man who when a boy played with the indians many times and likes liles them had a deep interest which prompted art inquiry clear from new yori york many of my frenda have written me that they like my indian stories and as joe has hag written the best ones I 1 am glad to transfer the compliment com to him as the more deserving now comes a man who lived thirty years or more with the indians and whose writings have appeared in the native american and other pages friendly to the cause of the north american indian mr J P F gibbs he writes me marysvale Marys vale utah august 1930 1930 mr frank beckwith delta utah dear sir and friend two unanswered letters remind me I 1 am delinquent but I 1 receive your weekly message the chroni cle and it pricks me into action the chronicle la Is surely hitting the high places in the matter of deeply interesting historical and scientific material of local origin from the quantity quality and variety of the subject matter and the wide field from which you are personally gath pring it I 1 am wondering not when do you eat but when do you find time to sleep 7 in joe Pik s recent stories of indian life legendary hunting bunting etc there was difficulty in determining which was most to be admired his piquant quaint picturesque style of presentation or the singularly ar aboriginal drawings joes joe s illustrations of the secluded mountain glen with the female cou con gar and kittens in repose Is haunt ing in its striking realism the lion ess is absolutely perfect in outline and in pose a composite of rest falness and contentment yet with head erect and limbs prepared tor for a deadly spring in the event of an at tack on herself or kittens the draw Is so true to life as to be startling in its evidence of rare genius in an untutored man had joe a s gift tor for descriptive writing and skill in tree free hand sketching been cultivated in early life and followed up with technical training he would have re calved national recognition as a writer and illustrator of indian life lite I 1 knew and loved his kinsman nimrod the hunter and I 1 hope that some day I 1 may meet joseph J pik himself 1 I asked joe about nimrod cheth er that was his indian name or just the ithe white man mans s name and joe hesitated while he he called and then hal he said we call him the same joe has re cleved letters from mr gibbs and already they feel ted I 1 hope to be present in person when I 1 bring them together I 1 would like to meet mr gibbs at joe s house in kanosh the drawing mr mi gibbs praises Is reprinted at the top of this piece I 1 am just as profuse in my praise sit of it as mr gibbs Is your trip to antelope spring one olf the richest localities on earth for fossil trilobites us ripple and raindrop markings of a hundred million years ago was a vivid reminder of my own experience of forty years since when I 1 and my son david collected ibs lbs of 0 fossils tor for the U S geological survey there the sensation of searching tor for petrified bugs Is not unlike that of prospecting for gold and silver wish I 1 could have been with you notwithstanding the lack of pe reward and admitting the narrow circle of recognition tor for your unselfish expenditure of time and cash you are arousing interest in the young tor for information along lines of knowledge far in advance of the hum drums of everyday exist ence some day the chronicle files will be i t source of historical and re search information such as no oth er periodical in the west Is attempt ing you are getting infinitely more out of life than any person merely cash and then more cash with sympathy tor for your efforts along unusual trails and with as its su rances of admiration and friend ship I 1 am cordially youra yours J F gibbs joe will be much grat idled to receive the praise which mr gibbs gives his writings and his drawings joe will write me a story in a few weeks which I 1 shall be very glad indeed to publish and I 1 may have some indian reminiscences from prof R A morris in new bory city who had lota lots of play hours with the indian boys and then later friend ship with the grown up indians I 1 know morria morris can give us some good dope it encouraged to assail the task before passing the drawing to one side note the skill with which joe has gotten the proper perspective without the use of shading lines iines the eye la Is told that the animals are on a flat ledge with a sharp bluff back of them and to the right and across the canyon tilled filled with trees is the table mountain in the rear then the pose of the creatures see the left hind fot tot of the lioness so turned up as to show the ball of the toot foot well done and skillfully executed simplicity the text books say Is the charm of art thou not paint but one picture on an one canvas one thing simply told with the fewest number of lines possibly Is the rule of art joe has but one picture simply told no super superfluous loua flous lines and yet every thing told that can be conveyed in the setting |