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‘THE PQRR TRADER’
Motion Picture Folks Making
‘The Covered Wagon’ Find
Times Changed
In the days when Hendrick Hudson
was operating the Half Moon and
discovering the Island of Manhattan
the Indians were not very good
traders. ¥he fact that they sold the
Island for a few blankets, some rum
and a gun or two proves that. But
times have changed.
To get a string of beads away from
an Indian, espectaaly a squaw, these
days. It Is necessary to part with
something of value.
When James Cruze and several
hundred Paramount players arrived
In southern Utah to begin work on
"The Covered Wagon" coming to the
Jefferson theater Monday night. No
vember 19, with daily matinees there
after, they looked with gfeat sur
prise at the collections of moccasins,
beaded blankets, necklaces and hand
woven rugs, etc., that the Indians
had with them. They thought tour
ists had brought up all those things
years before.
In the course of two or three weeks
they began to develop a craving for
Indian trinkets. They began to make
offers. At first expressive grunts
were about the only things they re
ceived In reply. It was apparent
even to the city-bred members of
the cast that there was nothing Blow
about these Indians as bargainers.
Money appealed to them, but even
more than money they wanted
colored handkerchiefs, pearl handled
knives, expensive cravats, even silk
shirts and dresses. A lot of barter
ing went on while the picture was
being made, but when many of the
actors came to take stock of their
new belongings they found that the
things they had traded for them
would knock holes In their bank
rolls when it came time to replace
them.
