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The red drawings are great help as I can? make them in much shorter time than the oil portraits and shows the type just as good. There are only 6 white people here two school teachers two missionaries one field matron and my self I have a fine place to board, home cooking and a nice place to sleep & work in. I have painted in picture of the snake dance for Mr Hubbell showing two figures their costumes and the attitude they are in during the dance one has a snake in his mouth the Indians posed for me I may paint another figure in. In the Snake dance there are three important figures, the most important is the Indian dancing with snake in his mouth the next is what is called the "huggu" he has one arm around the Indian and in the other hand he holds the snake whip to charm the snake in case he attempts to

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