BACKWOODS HANDICRAFTSMAN
The Degree of Backwoods Handicraftsman may be conferred on any one who takes seven of these tests:
1. Make a birch or hickory broom.
2. Make a hunter’s lamp.
3. Make an Indian or willow bed.
4. Make a four-poster to carry the willow bed.
5. Make a wooden kneading trough.
6. Make a noggin or wooden drinking cup of a tree burl.
7. Make a basket to hold at least a quart using raffia, spruce roots, rattan, or other strong material.
8. Make a box or vessel of birch bark tight enough to hold any ordinary grain.
9. Build a cabin.
10. Temper a knife.
11. Build a boat to carry one or more.
12. Make a Navajo loom.
13. Build a stone or brick bake oven.
14. Tan a pelt with the fur on.
15. Remove the hair from a calfskin without using a knife or injuring the skin.
16. Repair a boot with a patch.
17. Make a pair of moccasins.
18. Use an axe correctly.
19. Weave a rug or mat.
BIRD SHARP
(Bineshi)
The Degree of Bird Sharp may be conferred on any one who takes eight of these tests:
1. Identify fifty native birds in a collection. (When the sexes differ greatly, they count each as a bird.)
2. Identify twenty-five native birds in the field.
3. Identify twenty-five native birds by note.
4. Make a local list of twenty-five birds with remarks on arrival, departure, abundance, etc.
5. Mention twenty birds of great value to agriculture and say why. ..text pokračuje
