Evening star., 1916-08-27
boy SCOUTS CAPTURE !
ALL INDIANS .SCALPS
Game at Camp Archibald Butt Ends
With Midnight Surprise
of Redskins. I.

That Boy Scouts of Washington are
having 'the time of their lives at
Camp Archibald Butt, near Chesa-
peake Beach. Nd, the annual summer
camp of the local scouts. is shown by
The following letter. from Uric 8.
Genslinger of Troop SO. relates Incl
dents of one of the best known scout
games. His story is as follows:
THE biggest game of the season at
Camp Butt came off last week. 1t was
Scouts and Indians and was scheduled
to last from 10 o'clock in the morning
of one day until 10 O'CLOCK the follow
ing day. The boundaries were lines
from Camp Butt to Plum point by the
road and from camp to the point by
the beach. The area of ground COW
cred was about three square miles.
The eleven largest boys in camp were
chosen as Indians and wore red ban
danas about their heads. They were
under the leadership of Reginald Zim-
norman Of New York, who had played
the game before.
Given Fve-Hour Start.
Camp Director Patton and Mr.. Fos-
ter. two of the referees. had seen the
game played before. Mr.. Edison was
the third referee. The scouts were un-
der the leadership of Mr.. Winship.
scoutmaster of Troop 6S, and all wore
white handkerchiefs-
The Indians were given a five-hour
start, WITH plenty u eupp..-s. --.~
main object of the game was to cap
ture the scalps of the enemy. and the
side with the most scalps would win
cd
one Indian scalp. When scalped. or
dead, scout or Indian was compelled
to return to Camp Butt and be out of
the game. There were other point
winners. such as locating the enemy in
the large territory and trying to steal
his supplies. A rough-and-tumble
fight was the manner in which to se-
cure scalps. which were to be hung at
the belt
After long and rounabout march the
scouts established their camps on the
beach, about mile and a half from Camp
Butt. Spies were sent out and several
soon reported that the approximate loca-
tion of the Indians had been found. After
lunch was eaten a spy guided all the
larger scouts to the woods where the
Indian camp was supposed to be. They
were then divided into three parties and
started to scout the woods for Indians.
The smallest party soon found them but
could not locate the others to give them
the news. An Indian spy saw them and
of scouts were in the woods. SO the red
skins retreated.
Indians Get First Scalp.
"B. B. Wilson. an Indian, was the first
person on either side to capture a scalp.
He crept around house where two
scouts were viewing the land. and in a
fight covering the whole ground he
worsted one scout and escaped from the
other.
'"The Indians had established a camp
and campfire Of their own at night. One
person was on guard all the time. The
scouts. meanwhile. had discovered the
camp and just about midnight they
surrounded the place. Suddenly the guard
saw one Of the silent forms. Fifty scouts
jumped into the clearing instantly. and
before the Indians were thoroughly awak-
ened four or i've boys had piled on each
and scalped them. The game was over.
.Half Of the fellows came back to camp
that night, but the others waited until
The next day experiences were
related and the judges awarded the game.
10 the scouts."