Evening journal., 1921-10-15
MY TRIP TO MOHAWK VILLAGE.
BY Paul s. BurnIfam.

BY Paul y. Burnllam.
II left Wilmington on 18th OF Sep
tember on Colonial express. arriving in |
New Haven at 4.30 p. m, where 1
changed for Springfield, arriving
there at about $50 p. m. was
met at station by one OF the Spring
field scouts, who put me on a troll
ley for the exposition grounds. II
sure was surprised when got there.
1 had expected to find just a little
place and here was an enormous
bunch OF tents. buildings, etc, in
fact, the Eastern States Exposition,
as Il was called, was just like our
State Fair, only three times larger.
after entering the grounds. I
found the Mohawk Indian village.
The village was made of six huts,
and a long-house. The huts were
used TO sleep in and the long-house
contained exhibits OF scout hand
work. The construction of these
huts is very interesting. There are
no nails, wire, or rope used in their
constructor. They are made up Of
poles lashed together with raw-hide
and tough roots. and covered with
strips Of heavy bark. The village
Is surrounded by a stockade, made
up OF about ten-feet poles. These
poles we're secured as the Mohawk
indians used to get theirs, namely
by burning at the base instead Of
copping. It is needless to say the
village attracted quite a great deal
Of attention.
after making myself known I
was taken over and given some
thing to eat. All the boys and girls
camps on the grounds, OF which
there were about five, ate in one big
dining tent, and the meals served.
here we're certainly great. Later
in the evening Mr.. Lewis, scout ex-
eoutive Of Springfield, outlined our.
weeks work, saying that the key
note OF our weeks work was SER
vice. After we became acquainted
a whole bunch Of fellows took
walk around the grounds.
"There was a dandy half-mile dirt
track. a large arena. called the Col
iseum. which seated 10000 people
which was used for horse shows, cat
tie Judging. scout exhibits Of differ
ent kinds on Sunday morning we
were given physical examination
bv one OF the Springfield doctors, and
given our passes to the grounds.
Then we we're taken in machines
belonging 10 the council to church,
and then on a sightseeing trip
through the city and vicinity. AS
the exposition opened at noon Sun
day. when we got back there were
quite a number Of people coming in.
After dinner we we're given orders
TO divide up in patrols and each pa
troll had to get up some sort OF an
exhibit. The patrol I had charge
OF selected First Aid, and we got up
a pretty nifty exhibition which we
nut on several times a day for the
rest of the week. The evenings
were given over to entertainments
provided by the Springfield Council.
Sunday night we had a magician,
who sure was slick.
Monday was Governors Day, and
the governors from seven OF the
Eastern States we're there. We
marched down about IL o'clock in
the morning and escorted them "a
! tnelr respective ntduiuditeiS. Inc
different oranges we're also there in
body. Twenty OF US fellows were
selected to go over and cook beef
steak for them. Gee, it sure was a
hot Job. There were two pits due
about fifty feet long by three feet
wide. in which there was a char
coal fire, covered with CRATES. Each
fellow was given two CRATES to tend
to. As you could get about ter
steaks on a CRATE, you can see We
had some job. We cooked steaks
for about 10000 people and ther
after they were fed, we cooked some
for ourselves. o boy, we sure did
eat. Monday evening we were in
vited to attend the Hippodrome
Spectacle" as 1t was called. at the
race track. II started OF with auto
nolo than abOuf twenty acts of VaIS-