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z8 Woodcraft Mantial for Giils REQUIREMENTS IN THE BIG LODGE Wayseeker To qualify for a Big Lodge— that is, to enter as a Wayaeekc one must: Be over twelve years of age. Know the twelve laws and state the advan- tages of them. Take one of the initiations. Be voted in unanimously by other members of the group. Wayseeker Having passed this, the candidate becomes ^ a Wayseeker and receives the Big Lodge Badge of the lowest rank, tliat is, with two green tassels on it. The next hi^er rank is that of Pathfinder. Pathfinder To win the rank of Pathfinder, the Wayseeker must know the Star Spangled Banner and take the following fifteen tests: X. Have one month's honorable service without stain on record in Big Lodge as Wayseeker. 2. Walk four miles in two hours and write a satisfactory account of it. 3. Swim fifteen yards. (If this is impos- sible, the Tribal Council may substitute five minutes' daily calisthenics, followed by a wet or dry rub, for one month.) 4. Enlist a new member m one of the lodges. 5. Know the Pole Star, the twp Dippers, and at least uree other constellations. 6. Know ten forest trees, leaf and trunk. 7. Know ten wild flowers by observation. 8. Know fifty signs of the Sign Language. 9. Know ten totems as found in the aty; or ten edible wild plants. 10. Transplant successfully four kinds of trees, flowers, or plants, or make a bird box or restaurant, according to specifica- tions of the Audubon Society, and see that it is properly placed. 11. Prepare of wildwood materials only, and lirfit tmee suc- cessive camp fires with three matches; or siqqply wwkdeolt ptcM firewood for cooking three camp meals. 12. Tie five of the foSowing standajrd knots and know w sir Pathfinder