From Cole, April 16, 1926, two pages, painting "Where Tracks Spell Meat", bronze "Dancing Warrior", and request for illustrated envelope and letter.

April 16, 1926 PGC:EG Mr. Charles M. Russell, 6816 Odin Street, Hollywood, Calif. Dear Charlie or Mrs. Russell: I have just today returned back to the big City from God's country and found the big picture en- titled "Where Track Spell Meet''[sic] all crated up, and I am taking it home tomorrow, though I have not yet un- crated it . The bronze of yourself on horseback I have uncrated and found in good condition. If you will send me your bill I will be glad to remit my check at once . Will you please be good enough to send me your customary little note telling something of the picture. As usual, I wish to keep your note along with the picture. I do hope you will paint me the sheep picture. You can make the sheep herder as dead as you think nec- essary. Do not put it off too long or you might get out of the mood. I do also want the little bronze of the "Dancing Warrior" from a good casting. Please try to get this for me. I have two favors I want to ask of you; the second favor is not so important. It is that I want to get hold of some of 0. C. Seltzer's ^or Joe DeJongs[sic]^stuff provided he will do me some real good ones. Sometime when you see him tell him or write him the kind of pictures I am interested in for my collection, and that I am responsible, etc., and that he should have some of his work in my col- lection for posterity sake. The same thing goes for Joe de Jong[sic]. You remember you did get him to send me one sample picture last Winter and I returned it as not being good enough. The first favor is the real important one. Won't you please write me one or two letters illustrating the envelopes and letters as you used to. I refer to the kind you have sent in days gone by to the old Stand Saloon, Morris Weiss, Schatzlein and others of your good friends with whom I would like to be classed. I should say that if you do this for me it would be possible, after making the sketches on the envelope, to have the Post Office put [next] -2- put their official cancellation mark carefully on the envelope, and then by expending another two cents for a stamp, put your valuable illustrated envelope inside of a new good one to protect the real one. Won't you please do this for me right away? I need not tell you how highly I will prize it. Whatever charges you may have in connection with it I will be glad to meet as usual, but I do above everything else want a friendly letter with illustrations addressed to me from you. Mrs. Cole joins me in every good wish to both of you. Sincerely yours,

[Transcribed by Melynda Seaton, 2011-12-17]

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