The Red Cloud chief., 1919-10-30

~WeD all their lives. For the time these boys e
forgot all about cities and civilization
n the joys of swimming. boating, mountain
climbing and athletics Of all kinds. lnstrnc-
Ion In scouting was. of course. mingled with
hese sports. At oil of these camps the scouts
md good time while gaining in health. self
'eliance and everything that helps 10 prepare them
,Ur the unselish patriotic service which is the
heroic dream of every true scout In khaki
How far can the summer camp serve the ambl
tious scout who wishes to advance In his tests?
How can the routine work of the camp he made
IN Interesting matter OF service to the camp
community? On the trail of these and many
u'ed questions, several hundred camp directors
working. 1t Is clear that the best way to
,et ch camping is to let the boy actually camp. The
presence or proximity of an experienced camper
viii help him to learn the best way more readily,
with less hazard. but the way itself Is that of
the apprentice rather than the book student The
l,ubit Of sef-reliance and of common sense can
best he developed in camp where instruction In
combined with hours and days that throw the
boys on their own resources
Must Not Be Fooihardy.
Repeated warnings are being sent out by Scout
Executive George w. Ehler Of Pittsburgh. Pa, to
scouts undertaking life saving not to venture
fnolhardy ventures nor to make useless sacrifices.
Scouts are likely unnecessarily to endanger their
own lives. II must be made clear to the scout
hat every person must be well able to swim If he
would save others from drowning. No will be
conslde eel a coward who Is not able 10 swim and
who refuses to so to the aid of another in danger
ar Ehi,r advises that every scout In the troop be
made II swimmer.
It is directed that each troop In camping where
there Is water enough to practice rightly be di.
yil,d inlo victims and rescuers The boys must
be tuugh1 to practice on each other the various
-grnsrs' Tor carrying person through the water.
Especial practice should be emphasized for break
ing the "strangle hold" If the boys learn quickly
What variety Of experiences these scouts had !!
The camp of the scouts from North Dana, Mass.
vas ON Lase NessepOnsett Near this lake Daniel
Shays encnmped with 1000 men in the famous
Shays rebellion Of 17S8-S7, that 1t is historic
soil. Here also once lived the notorious Glazier
Wheeler. a cOunterfeiter. and here he had u cave
where he tdrned out spurious coin.
What upon further exploration may develop into
one OF the wonder caves of Arkansas was discOv-
cred near Gienwood by hoy scouts. It Is high up
the rocky fnce of the Burnham Mountain cliff
The entrance is small. but opens into an immense
room, from which n fissnre extends downward to
u series Of spacious chambers. The Arsenic caves
20 miles west. and the cave on Markham mountain
five miles northwest, have long been points Of in
terest for visitors, but this TO be the mother
of them all.
Forty scouts from Salt Lake City made the
trip to Wonder mountain. The trail leads up Provo
ranyon. under forests Of aspens along rugged
prec,pices skirllng along clear mountain streams
and through miles of alpine flowers. Camp was
made at Emerald lake, which is covered with Ice
Camps at Squaw Point.
A troop from New York city camped at Squaw
point on the Hudson river The experience to be
remembered the longest was the trip that r. j.
Anderson, local school teacher, took with the
troop on u dark night. The trail led up hill
through u swamp In woods, I'm the field, over
walls through bushes. and at last they came to
some old wine cellars. Mr.. Anderson then put
out the only night they had Ghost stories cac,i-
lated to make them brave In the dark and initiu-
ton into mystic tribe followed up to midnight
The troop has some very good evidence OF Indian
activities In the shape of Indian relics such as 40
arrowheads, ten spearheads, one Indian hoe one
meal grinder, ten Indian sinkers, 10 tomahawks
several pieces of flint. and an Indians skull In
very good condition.
Boy scoue. digging into large mound near
Park River, ~. d., unearthed the skulls and the
skeletons Of three Indians, who must have been
buried there long ago. as the mound was there
when the earliest pioneers came TO that section
OF the state 1t Is believed that further excavatng
will yield some interesting relies of aboriginal
Indian days.
Scout Morgan Coyte of Troop No. and Scout
George Petrie of Troop No. B. both OF Rdgefeld
Park N j., pitched their tent near New Bridge