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z n tw .: J-*' .. •4. f"S 1S» i\ §§i & 5* 3 fcC""" V if '•, &V- i"' & f/ & n v* ikv gr fc- *V a i, •-iv' V. «K h~ •C £•1 ginning the race over the de sert to capture rattlesnake. Later he handled them, even holding a wriggler in his teeth. As is the custom, watchers were gdways at his side, but few peo ple who have seen a rattlesnake i& action would care to entrust their safety to a watcher, how ever alert. But this ceremony was neccessary, for after it Cur tis was able to make a series of unique photograths of the cere mony. At another time a group ,ofIndians were at ceremonies when one brave, excited or an gry, grabbed several hansfuls of dirt and gravel and threw them ttt the camera. This unexpect ed and serious situation. Hesi tation would have spelled cow ardice to the Indians, and yet Curtis was, of course, powerless against the crowd. Neverthe less, he drew his knife and rush ep for the offender, who fled. The decision of the act pleased the Indians. Without any fur ther demonserations they com pleted their posings and the pic tures were taken. Mr. John Muir, the noted na turalist, maintains that one of the most exciting moments in his life was the sight of Curtis and his assistant fighting for their lives in a canvas canoe in the bay at the face of Muir Gla cier, when they were making photographs for the Harriman 'iA Mm v 7 5 S f* v v'V ,".- THE OOLALA LIGHT n Alaska Expedition. The weight of the two men and their equip ment bore the canoe down al most to the level of the water. Immediately in front of them, a great berg broke from the face of the glacier. To the rest of the party on a near-by hill, the canoe seemed to bave been caught in the fall. But, ^s the berg came to the surface and be gan to move out on the swell of its own making, the canoe came to the crest of the first great wave and began its fightiug for existence. The swells had hard ly subsided when auother berg broke off, and the men had to e i n e i s u e a a i n Some of the watchers looked a way to escape seeing the appar ently inevitable end. But Mr. Curtis came out of bis danger unharmed, as he has from the many others which he has en countered in his trips among the Indians. "Vigilance is watching oppor tunity tact and daring is seizing opportunity: force and persist, ence is crowding opportunity to its utmost possible achievement these are the martial virtues which command success." •_ l-c, .,- i Vs f* "*•. V.i«? .'*x V 1 "c Ikv'-t *"3% I 1 v