Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1911 — Invisible Indians. [ARTICLE]

Invisible Indians.

All Indians seem to have learned a wonderful way of walking unseen, making themselves Invisible like certain spiders, which,'ln case of alarm, caused, for example, by a bird alighting on the bush their webs are spread upon, immediately bounce themselves up and down on their elastic threads so rapidly that only a blur is visible. The wild Indian power of escaping observation, even where there is little or no cover to hide in, was probably slowly acquired in hand hunting and fighting lessons while trying to approach game, take enemies by surprise or get safely away when compelled to retreat. And this experience transmitted through many generations seems at length to have, become, what Is vaguely called instinct.—John Muir In Atlantic.