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…make as though each lets fly an arrow. The first Caribou drops, the others turn in fear and run around about half of the ring, heads low, and not dancing; then they dash for the timber. The hunters run forward with yells. The leader holds up the horns. All dance and yell around the fallen Caribou and then drag it off the scene.
The Chief then says: “Behold, it never fails; the Caribou dance brings the Caribou, It is great medicine. Now there is meat in the lodge and the children cry no longer.”
The Council Robe
The Woodcraft Council Robe[1] is something which every one may have, and should make for himself. It may be of any shade, of gray, buff, orange, or scarlet. The best ones are of a bright buff. In size they are about five feet by six feet, and the stuff may be wool, cotton, silk, or a mixture. My own is of soft or blanket cotton.
The robe is used as a wall banner, a personal robe, or a bed spread, and has for the first purpose two or more tag-loops sewn on the top. For the second, it has a head‑hole or poncho-hole, an upright slit near one end (hh), and for the last, there are one or two buttons or tie‑strings to close the poncho‑hole. These are the useful features of the robe.
The ornamental features are the records on it. While these vary with each owner, the following usually appear: The Fourfold fire, near the middle; the Woodcraft shield, the owner's totem, the symbols of each coup and each degree won by the owner.
To this many add a pictographic record of great events or of camps they have visited.
- ↑ Více k tématu viz Roucho v kategorii Woodcrafterská symbolika
