The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1919-10-23

along The Hackensack river. Having satisfied
their apretlies the scouts turned In for the night
Scout coyte on awakening saw opposite his face
n small. thick bundle. coil Very quickly he
realized thnt II was yennmous snake Of the
eopperhead variety and instinctively he thrust
his arm upward 10 protect hts head and neck. He
Ind not done too quickly. however. for the
reptile had sprung forward. burying its fangs
deep into the protecting arm. Withdrawing
quickly and wrlggling on into the shruhbery along
the river bank
Young Coyte awakened his companion and they
improviSed onrnIquet from his handkerchief and
a small stick. Realizing that the wound was not
flowing freely enough he cut into and around the
bite until II bed profusely. Emptying the contents
of a cartridge into the break In his flesh, he APP
piled flame to the powder and wlthsood the ten.
porary pain. 1t was later determined that he had
successfully Offset the possibility of a fatal result
through his coinmendable presence of mind He
had burnt all trace of poison completely from his
arm and In few days was again back at his job
none the worse for his experience
Ii is u principle Of the boy scout movement To
avoid secret ceremonies and limitations. High
tensoned limitations are dangerous to BOYS In the
adoescent stage. The virtues Of the ceremony
carried out, however. by the scout council for
Delaware and Montgomery counties, Pennsylvania
are so obvious, It's thrills real and yet reason
able, that II can readily be used
Their camp site was occupied many years
ago by the tnami tribe of Indians This tribe
had an Initiation ceremony for It's young men
which has been preserved up to the present day.
Scouts who have taken camp honors by doing
specified amount of work in scoutcraft are given
this initiation under the direction of r. Harrinc
ton and Alnnson skinner Of the Institute Of Amer
lean Indians of New York The ceremonies are
performed by Amos overload, q Sioux Indian con.
neeted with the institute. They are described as
follows:
Ceremonies Of Initiation.
The ceremonies should begin before dusk and
with the fasting, etc, should last about 70 hours
The frs, thing before beginning the ceremony is
To make m Indian sweat house for publication
then To build large fire distance east Of its
entrance and TO heat T. stones varying from the
size of coeonut to tim; of II mans skull Two
forked green sticks should be provided to roll the
hot stones into the sweat house; also two large
earthen jars Of water should be placed at the
back Of the sweat house opposite the door to-
gether with about peck OF cedar twlgs about
SIX inches long. When all Is ready the chief
wearing only breeehtloih. stands nj the door of
the s~eat house and addresses the candidates.
lined up stark naked before him. He makes
speech TO them, something like this:
MY sons, we are about to take you little way
along the Unami trail to show you the ways of
the Lenape grandfathers. But first we must
purify ourselves outwardly by the sweat BATH
inwardly by the black drink tmade of herbs) for
such ~ the custom that has been handed down to
us. When one has been purified in these ways the
powers Of nnture Will look upon him with favor.
and the winds will whisper sweet words In his
ears-all will help him to endure the trials that
must be his tomorrow"
He then goes into the sweat house and seats
himself In the back, opposite the door; the cand.
dates follow and seat themselves around the
sides The Oshkosh roll the II hot stones into n