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In the city keep silence from after school till bed time for three days.
2. Keep good-natured. Keep absolutely unruffied, for one day of twelve hours, giving a smiling answer to all, no matter what they say or do; but physical violence is forbidden.
3. Keep a straight face for one hour, in spite of all attempts of others to make the candidate laugh. They may even tickle her face with a feather – but do nothing to cause pain or distress.
4. Exact obedience. For one week give prompt, smiling obedience to parents, teachers, and those who have authority over you. This must be certified to by those in question.
5. Show a useful woodcraft article made by herself, as a basket, a bed, a lamp, a bow, a set of fire-sticks, etc.
6. She must take five coups according to the standard of her age.
7. Sleep out, without a built roof overhead for three consecutive nights, or ten, not consecutive.
8. Fast far twenty-four hours.
Summary of Requirements in the
BIG LODGE
Wayseeker
To qualify for a Big Lodge Tribe, that is, to enter as a Wayseeker one must:
Be over twelve years of age.
Know the twelve laws.
Take one of the initiations.
Be voted in unanimously by the other members of the group.
Having passed this, the candidate becomes a Wayseeker and receives the Big Lodge Badge of the lowest rank, that is, with two green tassels on it.
The next higher rank is that of Pathfinder.
Pathfinder
To win the rank of Pathfinder, at least fifteen of the following tests must be taken:
1. Walk six miles in two hours and write a satisfactory account of it.
2. Swim fifty yards.
3. Understand and demonstrate the use of hatchet and whittling knife.
