Under the Totem-Pale Chiefs and Braves

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 131, 24 August 1927, Page 6

Under the Totem-Pale Chiefs and Braves

Letters to Redfeather are answered as under: Morning Messenger: The hand of greeting to this new Guide Brave, who has found the trail to the Wigwam. I am delighted to meet you under the Totem Pole, and trust I shall often hear from you. Parts of your letter I have used in the Guides’ Corner. Paddle Carver: I was delighted to meet this keen Guide-Brave, and hope you will call on me again. Many thanks for your letter, sealed I observe, with your very fine pen-name. Twinklefoot: Greetings, silver-voiced one, “hunter of the lost woodland ways that only the stars remember.” Thank you for your charming letter. I managed to find a copy of the “Daffodil Book of Poetry.” and trust it has reached you. I hope the Wigwam will have many more poems from your pen. Many Feathers: I was pleased to see the friendly face of this young ScoutChief at the door of the Wigwam. Give my best wishes to Travelling Bear. Silver Antler: The hand of goodfellowship to this new Chief, who has crossed the mystic threshold. Little Buffalo has reached his destination. Are you on holiday too, I wonder? Fleet Wing: I was very pleased to have your letter, Fleet Wing, and to read how you found your way to the Totem Pole. It is always a delight to me to read letters written in the true spirit of the Wigwam. Perhaps you would like to contribute news of your troop to the Scouts’ Corner from time to time? Red Star: Your tracking lias boon to some purpose, Red Star, for you have guessed the Paleface name of Silver Dove. How -thoroughly you read the Wigwam page. Nothing in it ever escapes you. I should miss the soft “scuff-scuff” of your moccasins if you did not come down the trail each week. Little Blue Bird: Another new Guide-Brave to turn back the flap of the Wigwam. Greetings and welcome. To which company do you belong? I shall always be glad to have your Guiding news. Would you please let me know your age when next you write. Eagle Feather: Many thanks for your cheery letter, with all the Wellington news. It will be splendid when you come to Auckland. You will then be able to come in person to the Wigwam. Did you meet the relative you were expecting? Littie Grey Dove: Your autograph book fell with a business-like thud at the door of the Wigwam, and is mow despatched on its return journey, with the Great Chief’s mark therein. I immediately turned to the last page, but found that some waggish person had forestalled me. Great Eagle: The song of the Sioux this week lias a message for Great Eagle. I wonder if you are assisting in that wonderful drive at present being conducted by your troop? The Wigwam page seems very popular at Avondale. Little Buffalo: Greetings to this Chief, who is following a far, far trail. I trust that you will enjoy your holiday, and return with great stories of the chase. Red Leaf: Many thanks for your charming letter and story. The heroine was not deeply versed in Homecraft, and I smiled over her valiant efforts to serve a truly up-to-date dinner. I hope you will enter an essay 1 for the competition. Laughing Whirlpool: I was delighted to have your letter and can picture your pleasure at seeing your poem in print. It is a most thrilling business, isn’t it? I hope you will enjoy the term holidays. What a grown-up hand you write. There is a poetry competition running at present. I shall be looking forward to your entry. Glistening Spear: Greetings to this new Scout-Chief and the hand of goodfellowship at the door of the Wigwam. I am delighted that you have found the trail. • Best wishes to the new

troop and its keen young supporter, Glistening Spear. I shall always be pleased to have news of St. Francis. Black Wolf: I hope you do not mind your change of name, and also that you will soon grow used to it. To make you this Sort of wolf, I have used the first syllable of your Pale-

face name. Best wishes to Avondale. Blue-fringed Moccasin: This keen little Guide-Brave will find extracts from her last letter in the Guides’ Corner. I hope that you too will find the trail to the friendly* teepee of Red Star. Silver Heel: Your bright little poem has found its way into the Guides’ Corner, Silver Heel. I hope you intend entering something for the competitions. Red Star lias told me of your frequent visits. I think you are going to be firm friends. Little Forest Flower: Greetings and welcome to this newcomer, who lias wandered on shy feet down the wellworn trail. I hope your visits will be very frequent now that your name is safely inscribed on the Totem Pole. Dancing Blue Water: I was delighted to have your letter and the interesting enclosures. I should not have liked being the camera-man during that buffalo stampede. It was certainly a “close-up.” Yuu are going to have some splendid “hikes” this summer. I think I shall accompany you on my magic moccasins. Congratulations on your success at the Fancy Dress Ball. Flying Cloud : Many thinks for your letter and the photograph of this fair Brave of the Great Out-Doors. As I write it is propped against a bowl of violets. Flying Cloud in her bathing suit, dappled with morning sun. Your arms and shoulders, I perceive, are a beautiful rich mahogany. Little Brown Moccasin: Greetings, O fleet one, whose footprint is now on the trail. It is a great joy to meet you Under the Totem Pole. I hope you like the pen-name I have inscribed thereon. Lightfoot: Your charming letter lias come safely to the Wigwam. Only good fortune can favour the pen that dips in naught but the ink of sincerity. Big Elk: Your fragrant offering is now distilling its sweetness in the Wigwam. Many thanks for the kind thought. Blue Morning: I was delighted to receive your fine drawing, depicting the meeting of the Earth Chief and the daughter of the Sun God, as disclosed in “The Love Song,” by Sighing AVind. The artists and writers of tlie Wigwam should surely combine. I hope you will enjoy your holiday in Christchurch. That city is always at its best at this time of the year. —REDFEATHER.