“It’s no use waiting any longer,” Mr. Holloway decided. “We’ll have to go ahead without them. Frankly, I’m worried. Something serious must have come up, or they’d be here.”
The ceremony began with the Cubs from both dens parading in a circle, about the camp fire.
Mr. Hatfield as Akela then emerged from the hogan.
Solemnly, he raised his hand in greeting.
“How!”
“How!” responded all the Cub Scout Indians.
“You my Indian brothers are the true first Americans,” Mr. Hatfield recited.
“How!” again answered the Cubs.
“Do you promise to continue to do your best to do your duty to God and your country?”
“HOW!” the Cubs shouted, howling so loud that the cry reechoed through the forest.