New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-22

Indians. They had come up with outfit and
found it deserted at O'Clock the day before The
children the molasses and wanted some badly
They showed about it by licking their fingers
very expressiveIy- They waited till night for 10
come back so as to buy some moIasses for the
children. Now almost any white under the
circumstances. would have considered that he was
doing perfectly square thing in leaving proper
equivalent and taking what molasses he wanted
But that the old fashioned Indian way
Touch what didn't belong to him? No. sir. that
was proper So they went into camp for the
night wait for 20 get home That is a true
story of the old fashioned Indian 1t is traits like
this want OUT boys to know when they play In
dian just as much as his bad cruel side
I've got Indian band that camps out in New
Jersey, that has girls and forty boys in IL l
call them the Wocdcraft Indians. but they fire.
ouently call themselves the Seton Indians. They
wished me 10 be the first chief, but said: No, I'm
no chief; I'm q medicine man. III be around when
1 and make medicine for you. Your chief must
be who can be on the ground all the
time. and he must be able to lick any other boy in
the tribe.
Just as soon as 1 said that they know who it
would have be. He elected and he could
not only maintain his authority by force of arms
but he natural born leader.
Now, this tribe plays Indian in a way that's
worth while. They understand what they are
about. and they practise the virtues and skill of
the old fashioned Indian. For instance. most peo-
pie suppose that Indian just sticks on any old
IT,
those gathers represents deed. and great one
perhaps the riskins of his life. His feathers told
all who looked upon him the Indians character and
achievements. Every boy that plays Indian wants
to wear feathers but with the braves Of the Wood
craft tribe every feather means deed The tribe
gives its feathers for teats of woodcraft
With the Indians the COO featker-just a plain
eagle feather-meant achievement. and the gran
COO which had d bunch Of red horsehdIr TED
got a hundred feats OF woodcraft that command
feathers If a boy OF a certain age can walk
rhree miles
his COO: If he does better. he get his gran
stfarge woods and he gets back 10 camp in twenty
rlEutes. it means that he took bee linz a very
COO Then there certain old games famous
me f5r quick sight: Two squares marked of
IKE checkerbOards. on one rings have been placed
7'he BIZ ket is lifted for I'VE seconds Then the
Indian who Is y hes 70 arrange me oIeT if
l. h can gel il % per cent right he gets coo II
= r S spot ri Rd rab 5 IS for far sight and the
boy who demonstrates to the coqncii Ihst ne can
sets a gran COO This was great test OF sight
Peiades was the seven stars showing that tn ny
supposed every one could see seven stars II thT
ana the name for the North Star is the Home
Star The Noodcrafts have long list OF feat5
7 tell you. Tie feathers won in such way mean mean
something The boy who wears them has right
10 be proud OF them
TO BUILD \ GOOD TEPEE
The bows who are playing old fashioned Indian
with me for medicine man have got TO learn how
to make good tepee. one that will be vateTtlsht
and comfortable and an Indian bed that won't give
YOU rheumatism One of the rules is no guns The
old fashioned Indian had guns He used bows
and arrows: and there is Just as much fun in a
bow and arrow. and you always know whether II 5
loaded or not. Another rule IN camp IS no
matches The old fashioned Indian had no
rneicbee Ha made mis- fire with little wooden drill
In a socket and every Woodcraft Indian has got
to do the same. ,-.-..
Here Mr. Seton gave very careful description
IF the famous fire making process, Illustrated oy
rhs zTereOU1con- and then, 70 the intense delight
NJ the housefuI of BOYS. he brought his apparatus
an m 1ne stage and drew fire from the sticks hln-
ETciter7enf reigued as the smoke drifted up
ward and eliminated he blew the coal INTO z
brisk little flame ii -, -
tsrhat look me a minute and a half said he I
hava done il in thirty-one seconds which l pc
49, s tna record Well every brave IN the " God
rats who can do that sets COO II he can % II