There is still infinite opportunity to make the subject of the Indian an important factor in American art. His decorative costume gives an element of color, while his life of action gives rhythm and movement, and the background of prairie and mountain provides dignity and grandeur for the composition. In but little of the mural work has this opportunity been used, though some of the decoration of state capitols has included isolated instances--Douglas Volk in the Minnesota capitol being one. Lawrence C. Earle has decorated a bank building with scenes of pioneer days. Ralph Blakelock, one of the most individual of painters, in his best period pictured the Indian. Elbridge A. Burbank has made many paintings of types and representatives of various tribes--since 1897 over 125 portraits. H. F. Farny, who did fine illustrative work in the ’80’s, has been one of the most prolific painters of the Indian subject. Two of his best are “The Silent Guest” and “Renegade Apaches.” Joseph Henry Sharp has also been a tremendous producer of the western life picture. He has painted nearly one hundred portraits of Indians and Indian pictures for the University of California and eleven Indian portraits for the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Sculptors have made ample use of the Indian as a subject. His muscular development, as well as his stoicism, is a monumental quality akin to certain aspects in the Egyptians. [Illustration: Copyright, 1914 Courtesy Snedecor & Co. THE ROPING By W. R. Leigh] SUPPLEMENTARY READING CROOKED TRAILS _By Frederic Remington_ JOHN ERMINE OF THE YELLOWSTONE _By Frederic Remington_ MEN WITH THE BARK ON _By Frederic Remington_ PONY TRACKS _By Frederic Remington_ STORIES OF PEACE AND WAR _By Frederic Remington_ SUNDOWN LEFLARE, Short Stories _By Frederic Remington_ THE WAY OF AN INDIAN _By Frederic Remington_ All of these books are descriptions and stories of life in the Great West as Remington saw it. They are all illustrated by the artist and author. GOOD HUNTING AND PURSUIT OF BIG GAME IN THE WEST _By Theodore Roosevelt_ HUNTING TRIPS OF A RANCHMAN _By Theodore Roosevelt_ RANCH LIFE AND THE HUNTING TRAIL _By Theodore Roosevelt_ Illustrated by Frederic Remington MY BUNKIE AND OTHERS A volume of pictures by Charles Schreyvogel RECOLLECTIONS OF FREDERIC REMINGTON _By Augustus Thomas_ Century Magazine, July, 1913. THE OPEN LETTER [Illustration: BUFFALO HUNT. By George Catlin]