Indian Scout Talks: A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls

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Charles A. Eastman. Indian Scout Talks: A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls

Indian Scout Talks: A Guide for Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls

Table of Contents

I—AT HOME WITH NATURE

II—INDIAN METHODS OF PHYSICAL TRAINING

III—HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH WILD ANIMALS

IV—THE LANGUAGE OF FOOTPRINTS

V—HUNTING WITH SLING-SHOT AND BOW AND ARROW

VI—PRIMITIVE MODES OF TRAPPING AND FISHING

VII—HOW TO MAKE AND HANDLE INDIAN CANOES

VIII—THE CAMP SITE AND THE CARRY

IX—HOW TO BUILD WIGWAMS AND SHELTERS

X—FIRE WITHOUT MATCHES AND COOKING WITHOUT POTS

XI—HOW TO MAKE AND FOLLOW A BLAZED TRAIL

XII—INDIAN SIGNALS IN CAMP AND FIELD

XIII—AN INDIAN BOY’S SPORTS

XIV—A WINTER MASQUE

XV—AN INDIAN GIRL’S SPORTS

XVI—INDIAN NAMES AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE

XVII—INDIAN GIRLS’ NAMES AND SYMBOLIC DECORATIONS

XVIII—THE LANGUAGE OF FEATHERS AND CEREMONIAL DRESS

XIX—INDIAN CEREMONIES FOR BOY SCOUTS

XX—THE MAIDENS’ FEAST: A CEREMONY FOR GIRLS

XXI—THE GESTURE—LANGUAGE OF THE INDIAN

XXII—INDIAN PICTURE-WRITING

XXIII—WOOD-CRAFT AND WEATHER WISDOM

XXIV—THE ART OF STORY-TELLING

XXV—ETIQUETTE OF THE WIGWAM

XXVI—TRAINING FOR SERVICE

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Charles A. Eastman

Published by Good Press, 2021

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The wolf on the open prairie and the silver-tip bear, a near cousin to the grizzly, will sometimes take a fancy to keep company with you for several miles, if he thinks you did not see him. In such a case, he will not follow you, but keeps abreast, just far enough away to avoid discovery. He will occasionally stop and watch you from behind cover; but do not be alarmed! He has no intention of attacking you. Probably he has a home and little ones not far off, and wishes to assure himself that the stranger has no designs upon his peace.

It is well known to Indian hunters that no animal offers battle to man except under very strong provocation. The grizzly bear is the notable exception to this rule. Others, even the so-called ferocious beasts, need not be feared except when pushed to the wall.

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