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- 7. Have a knowledge of the game laws of the state in which
he lives.
- 8. Preserve and mount the skin of a game bird, or animal,
killed in season. (Preserve only for L. L.) 9. Mount for a rug the pelt of some fur animal.
- Io. Know 25 different kinds of trees. (15 for L. L.)
- IL Know 30 different wild ñowers. (20 for L. L.)
12. Know 10 diñerent snakes. (5 for L. L.) 13. Know ro different fungi. (5 for L. L.) 14. Know the signs of weather. 15. Make ñre with the rubbing-sticks.
The Storm Cloud Dance
This is an Indian dance widely used in the West. It is danced by one girl (or boy) using a. white drape for the cloud. For a child this should be of cheesecloth or veiling about two yards long and a yard wide. For a stronger person a heavier drape even a white blanket is sometimes used. This dance needs a. large Circle and should not be attempted in a small room. It portrays the strong and rising wind playing with a cloud, beginning slowly but ending in a Cyclone when the dancer spins and shrieking falls flat, while the cloud settles on her face. The music is chiefly drum, sometimes only drum. Trailer means the hands raised high and wide apart holding the cloud so that it ñoats behind. The Díp consists in bending low to one side so that one hand points straight up, and one straight down, it is given ñrst on one side then the other, the cloud ñoating behind. . The Eagle Swoop is given every six beats and it takes three beats to do it beginning with the hands raised in the trailer, lower the left hand to near the chest raise the right straight up but forward, swing both down to left, then by swinging the right hand round the head and both hands into trailing position the cloud swings clear. After six more beats repeat at other side. The Flying Soud or Drivíng Cloud thus, hold one end of the drape in left hand tight against the right shoulder, the other end in the right hand with arm fully extended and level the drape tight between the two hands, then running very fast once around wave the right hand up and down so that the cloud undulates. The Double Swoop is much like the Eagle Swoop but the dancer turns face to the right when the left hand swings over, then
