Boy scouts of America : a handbook of woodcraft scouting, and life

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BOY SCOUTS AMERICA
of
A HANDBOOK
OF
Woodcraft, Scouting, and Life-craft
By
ERNEST THOMPSON SETON
With which is incorporated by arrangement General Sir Robert Baden-Powell's
SCOUTING FOR BOYS
Published for the Boy Scouts of America
124 East a8th Street, New York City
by
Doubleday, Page & Company, New York y
/
1910
BIRCH.BARK ROLL COPYRIGHTS
istEditioninLadies' Home Journal
Copyright, 1902,by
THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
2d Edition
Copyright,1903, by
THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
3dEdition
Copyright, 1904,by
ERNEST THOMPSON SETON
4thEditionin "AssociationBoys"forJune
Copyright, 1905,dy
ERNEST THOMPSON SETON
5thEdition
Copyright, 1906,by
ERNEST THOMPSON SETON
6thEdition
December,1906
7th Edition
Copyright,1908,by
ERNEST THOMPSON SETON
8thEdition
Copyright, 1910,by
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
9th Edition,CombinedwithScoutingforBoys
Copyright, iqio,by
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
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THE OUINN « lOOEN CO.mCM
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CONTENTS
PAGE
Preface ix
Introduction xi
Introduction to the Early Editions i
The American Flag 5
PART I—ORGANIZATION
(Adapted from B. P.)
Officers, etc 8
Members lo
Tests II
Badges and Medals 13
Badges of Merit 14
Medals 19
Uniforms 23
War Songs 25
Crests, Totems, or Patrol Signs 26
Scout Law . i 31
Summary of Instruction 34
PART II—SIGNS AND SIGNALLING
Morse Code 56
Rememberable Morse 57
Wig-wag or Myer Code 58
Rememberable Myer 59
Semaphore 60
Indian Signs and Blazes 61
The Watch as a Compass 64
Old Sayings and Weather Signs 64
Outdoor Proverbs 66
.67
Measuring Distances
.
PART III—CAMPING
Camping Trips 71
Outfit for Six 72
Tents 74
Teepees 75
Camp-grounds 75
Beds 76
Lights 77
CONTENTS
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Water tj
CMoasmqpuitRooeust,inBelack Flies, etc '7J8^
Camp-fires 79
Use of Firearms 81
Camp Cookery 81
How to Make a Fire by Rubbing Sticks 84
What to Do when Lost 89
First Aid to the Injured 93
The Stars, etc 99
Finding Latitude by Stars 113
Sundial 114
Archery 115
Building a Log-cabin 122
Teepees 128
Knots 134
Tracking or Trailing 136
American Dialects 139
PART IV—THE GAMES
(Copyright 1906, except those marked B. P.)
Deer-hunting 140
The Bear Hunt 143
Spearing the Great Sturgeon 144
Tilting in the Water 146
Canoe Tag 147
Scouting 147
The Game of Quicksight 148
Far-sight, or Spot-the-rabbit 149
Pole-Star 149
Rabbit Hunt 150
Hostile Spy 150
The Man-hunt 151
Hunt the Coon 152
Spear-fights 152
Navajo Feather-dance 152
Feather Football I53
Cock-fighting 153
Hand-wrestling 153
Badger-pulling 153
Poison 154
Hat-ball I54
Duck-on-a-Rock I54
Roadside Cribbage ISS
The War Dance 156
The Fire-flyDance 158
(B. P.)
Lion Hunting 163
Plant Race 163
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CONTENTS
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Throwing the Assegai 164
Flag Raiding 164
Stalking and Reporting 15^
"Spider and Fly" 166
How to Teach Stalking 166
Scout Hunting 167
Relay Race 167
Stalking 167
Track Memory 167
Spot the Thief 168
"ShSompugWglienrdsowover the Border" . .' 168
169
Shop Window (Indoors) 169
Follow the Trail 169
Scout's Nose ' 170
Scout Meets Scout 170
Shoot Out 170
Kim's Game .171
Morgan's Game 172
Snow Fort 172
Siberian Man Hunt 172
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PART V—THE HONORS
Class I Red Honors
Heroism
174
Riding
174
General Athletics, by /. E. Sullivan and Dr. L. H. Gulick . . . .174
Athletic Specialties 178
WLaotnegr--dsisptoarntcseaAntdhlTetriacvse,lby /. E. Sullivan and Dr. L. H. Gulick . . 117798
Mountain-climbing, by Sir Martin Conway 181
Target-shooting 182
Eyesight 183
Big-game Hunting
183
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Class H White Honors
Campercraft and Scouting 185
Archery, by Will H. Thompson 187
Long Range, Clout, or Flight Shooting 188
Fishing, by Dr. Henry van Dyke 188
Bait-casting, by Lou S. Darling 189
Class HI Blue Honors
Nature Study——Vertebrates, by Frank M. Chapman .... 190
Nature Study Lower forms of life, by John Burroughs 190
Geology, by Prof. Charles D. Walcott 191
Photography, by A. Radclyife Dugmore 192'