174 The Book of Woodcraft 



Let each imitate some animal, or all the same animal. 



Practise cockfight. 



Practise spearfight on tubs. 



Feather-blow. 



Bear hunt. 



Rat-on-his-lodge (with Httle sawdust bags.) 



Learn: 



The flags of some other nations. 



The flags of the weather bureau. 



The stars. 



The evergreen trees. 



The Indian blazes and signs. 



Learn: 



First aid. 

 Sign Language. 

 Signaling. 



Songs: 



Some songs for camp. 

 War song of Sitting Bull. 

 Omaha Tribal Prayer. 



Dances: 



The War dance. 

 The Dog dance. 

 Snake dance. 

 Caribou dance. 



ROBE OR WAR SHIRT CONTEST 



It will be found stimulating to oflPer a grand prize for 

 the individual that scores the highest in the whole camp- 

 out, according to a given scale of points. We usually call 

 this a Robe Contest, because the favorite prize is a Saga- 

 more's robe — that is, a blanket decorated with figures 



