Suggested Programs 169 



May, the Planting Moon 



Outdoors : 



Make collection of wild flowers. 



Take first over-night hikes. 



Nature compass signs. 



Begin sleeping out your hundred nights. 



Indoors : 



Make a dummy deer for the deer hunt. 

 Make straw clubs for bear hunt. 

 Work on willow or Indian bed. 



June, the Rose Moon 

 Outdoors : 



Fishing, swimming, Indian signs. 

 Practise judging distances. 

 Learn ten trees. 



Indoors : 



Initiate new Indian boys. 



Study camp hygiene. 



Make a Navaho loom and use it; 



July, the Thunder Moon 

 Outdoors : 



Camping, canoeing, or hiking. 



Play scout messenger. 



Make a sweat lodge. 

 Undercover: 



Make camp mattress of grass. 



Learn the history of Tecumseh and Dull Knife. 



Practise camp cooking. 



Boil water against time, given only one match, 

 a log, a pail, and a quart of water. 



