Scout Notes

1.On Old-Time Scouts[277]
2.On Taking a Message to Garcia[278]
3.On Socks and Feet[279]
4.On the Tarpaulin Bed-Sheet[279]
5.On the Diamond Hitch[279]
6.On the Indian Bow and Arrow[282]
7.On the Lariat or Rope[282]
8.On Neatness and the War-bag[283]
9.On Tea[283]
10.On the Medicine Kit[283]
11.On the Straight-foot Walk[284]
12.On Sign Language[284]
13.On Sign for Bird Flying[286]
14.On Making the Tarp Bed[286]
15.On the Reflector Oven—and a Shovel[287]
16.On a Whistle Code[287]
17.On Brushing Teeth and Hair[287]
18.On Snagging Fish[287]
19.On Drying Boots[288]
20.On Records and Maps[288]
21.On Right or Left Footedness[288]
22.On Weather Warnings[289]
23.On Watching Teeth[290]
24.On Lightning[290]
25.On Bedding Place[290]
26.On Cooking[290]
27.On the Tarp Shelter Tent[291]
28.On Guns[291]
29.On Treating Pack-Animals[292]
30.On the Scout Camp Place[292]
31.On Camp-Law Protection[292]
32.On Division of Guard Duty[292]
33.On Trailing[292]
34.On Marking the Trail[293]
35.On Respecting the Enemy[293]
36.On the Parole[293]
37.On the Sign for Escape[294]
38.On Tying a Prisoner[294]
40.On Making a Fire[296]
41.On the Clock of the Heavens[296]
42.On Stars[298]
43.On Sunday[300]
44.On Smoke Signals[300]
45.On Surgical Supplies[301]
46.On Antiseptics[302]
47.On Climbing Trees[303]
48.On Wigwags and Other Motion Signaling[303]
49.On Sprains[308]
50.On Caches[309]
51.On Use of Medicines[310]
52.On Forest Fires[311]
53.On Fire Fighting[312]
54.On Deep Wounds[313]
55.On the Squaw Hitch[314]
56.On Picketing and Hobbling[315]
57.On Respecting Nature[316]
58.On Dislocations[316]
59.On Litters for Wounded[317]
60.On Jerked Meat[318]
61.On Dressing Pelts[319]
62.On Aluminum[320]
63.On "Levez!"[320]
64.On Appendicitis[320]
65.On the Nose of Horse and Mule[321]
66.On Being a Scout[321]

PICTURE SIGNS

"'You git!' he ordered."[Frontispiece]
"Bill Duane went through him."[78]
"It was our private elk patrol code."[178]
"Like cave-men or trappers we descended."[215]

THE ROLL CALL

The Elk Patrol of Colorado:

First-class Scout Roger Franklin, or General William Ashley.
First-class Scout Tom Scott, or Major Andrew Henry.
First-class Scout Harry Leonard, or Kit Carson.
First-class Scout Chris Anderson, or Thomas Fitzpatrick the Bad Hand.
Second-class Scout "Little" Dick Smith, or Jedediah Smith.
Second-class Scout Charley Brown, or Jim Bridger.

The Red Fox Patrol of New Jersey:

First-class Scout Horace Ward.
First-class Scout Edward Van Sant.

Friends and Enemies:

Sally and Apache, the Elk Totem Burros.
Bill Duane and his Town Gang, Who Make the Trail Worse.
Bat and Walt, the Renegade Recruits.
The Beaver Man.
The Game Warden, the Forest Ranger, the Cow-puncher, the two Ranch Women, the Doctor; Pilot Peak, Creeks, Valleys, Hills, Timber, and Sage and Meadows; Rain and Fire and Flood; the Big Trout, the Mother Bear, the Tame Ptarmigans, etc.

THE LONG TRAIL

Afoot, One Hundred Miles through a Wild Country and over the Medicine Range. Described by Jim Bridger, with a Few Chapters by Major Henry.


PLUCK ON THE LONG TRAIL