Under the Totem-Pole Chiefs and Braves

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 238, 28 December 1927, Page 6

Under the Totem-Pole Chiefs and Braves

Letters to Kedfeather are answered as under: Blue Fire: Many thanks for your friendly letter and your further assistance for Sixpence Time. It is splendid that you have been promoted at Guides. You will be looking forward to next vear's meetings Greetings to this keen little Brave who comes so frequently down the trail. Silver Dove: The Kakamai breakingup evening must have been a happy function and I should have liked to have peeped in on you all. That poor family will be much mystified at a visit from Father Christmas. I shall be anxious to hear all about it. Greetings to Kakamai and all success to the camp. Dew of June: Congratulations to this Brave whose story has placed her in the list of prize-winners. It is a dainty little tale. Your Christmas card with its friendly greetings has reached me safely. Many thanks, Dew of June. Little Grey Dove: It seemed a long time since this little Brave had come down the trail and I was delighted to have another letter from you. Yon have been having a busy time with your studies, but I am glad to find that you have passed your examination. Sixpence Time is now closed. Perhaps you would like to help if we run the fund, or one similar, next year. Great White Bear*: I was glad, to have your letter, Great White Beai\ anq to hear of that successful bottle drive. The camp should be a very happy one, this vear. Your letter to me went flying oft in the envelope to Little Beaver, but he sped it back to the Wigwam by return mail. Many Tokens: Your friendly arrow alighted with a cheerful “ping” at the door of the Wigwam. Many thanks for your greetings and the coin? for the treasure box. Joy to “the little row of Wigwams” that will harbour so many of my faithful braves. Brave Hunter: I was glad to hear again from this trusty Chief, and to have your coin for Sixpence Time. Holidays must taste good after such a long period of study. Good wishes and good hunting. Little Beaver: You should be an expert camper when you have digested the 800 pages of “Camping and Woodcraft.'’ No, I have not read that one. It will be splendid if some of the boys of Great White Bear’s troop are available to go camping with you. Best wishes. Little Beaver. Eyes of the Morning: Many moons have

passed since this Brave stood with the Children of Redfeather under the Totem Pole, and I was delighted when the east wind delivered your message. Congratulations on your charming study of “Christmas in Camp.” It is filled with the true spirit of Guiding. • Blue-fringed Moccasin: So this Brave is holiday-making? From your letter you appear to be having a happy time. Manv thanks for helping with Sixpence Time*. The httle faithful one will find that vou nave been thinking of her. She will* be glaa when you return, I think. , <r H l eav . er Hunter: Congratulations on . Christmas m Camp,” Beaver Hunter. It if, o el l gh ufly “scouty” one. Many assis «ns. the Sixpence xime iund. lou are going to have a pleasant holiday camping with vour old £S? p - „ Beine in T Tew Plymouih again will call up memories of that long cycle I ' lC ht,.. T od htmting to this Chief. * T?Circling Owl: Your jollv little B™ es have done splendid work for Sixpence Time and their efforts are Brjatly appreciated. You have a liannv Thi% wlli'UkS t , hey very unselfish} date! 11 k true Guides at no great k °"° Cloud: It is a pleasure to greet this new Brave at the threshold of the I liked your story very much and hope you will enter for the competitions from time to time. Does your pen-name appeal to you? 3 Red Eagle: I was glad to have your

PROVERBS ABOUT PRIDE Pride goes before a fall. af?er de B ° eth ber ° re and <*ame goeth Pride Is the sworn enemy to content. chokes e 'thim Wlth many coat. l<Je may lUFk under a threadbare humility. ° ftCn b ° rrOW3 the cloa k of plfceJ 1 ® and erace dweU never In one Pride and poverty are ill met, yet often dine together. Th ° d t P hought mldnißht iS the noon of And her zenith with —~ *—sMrs> Barbauld.

MAN’S DUMB FRIEND The horse has a pood natural brain* it has a wonderful memory, it has at* fection, it is capable of touching sen* sacrifice, it can do clever thing? wj®" out instruction. But we are told ' it shies, and is given to panic. : human beings start as foolosihly shadows as a horse at heap of ston_ and they are given to panic of 1 most calamitous type with little no excuse. . . If a strap or rein break the hors® may give such a plunge of terr°J to rid him of half his harness: but thing that has terrified is of an known nature to him. for we F blinkers over the horse’s eye. aa fl sees only what is just in front. What better example of dewgr could we have than this of the tcrr 0 fighting round Loos in 1916? a Guards regiment noticed a n - standing between the firing lines, picture of woe. For two days nights the poor creature rem * i-a there; then soma of the men era out from the trenches into No Land, and discovered that the no was standing over its dead nm sl . Xothing they could do cou. i*suade the horse to stir from J>_ s vigil, so the men crawled back to trench. Later other troopers out and blindfolded it. and only the faithful animal consented to Vpt ? c . away from the man it had so pat ally loved.

J greetings and the little poem Thi«* 1 1 ,riz m n 5 f -hs-!-j the Wigwam. Ir °m { Little k Swift Canoe: i your charming story which has nbULt | you first in the list. It appeals to very much. I hope I shall often the paddle-splash of my faithful tit Swift Canoe. Red Leaf: Fo you have not forgotten jme even m the joys of searching t j cockles at Cockle Bay? The “sapohir ! sea. edged with pink.” should call a few stories. No. the Wigwam not be closing for the holidays. On T he w r jis a paper model of a tepee with th t flap turned back, and under it is writ* ne 1 --The tent of Redfeather :s ever open t i the w arriors of the trails ” Tt J® . work of a very faithful Chief. Harvest Moon: Greetings to this i awa> Bi a\ e and congratulations on ing off two of the prizes it was j day when Harvest Moon first set fcw>* on the trail. I have but to c!os*» L?' eyes to see the blossom tree and voL I “rainbow dusted butterflies.” j thanks for your charming gift. ‘ Macy ’ Little Buffalo: Many thanks for voir , further assistance with Sixpence Tinv*~ You are making good use of vour days and I hope you will have a hip}; time w tten jou seek the far nonh I again. ' ; Twmklefoot: Congratulations fo thi, I Brave wno comes down the trail bringing with her rare caskets ot jewelled "Ships" is one of the b«st poems to (appear in the Wigwam page. Flying Cloud: Many thet.ks for your delightful letter and the package of essences My maid of the Great Otn. doors has a kind heart. I listened lor your footstep that day and was afraid I had missed you as I had to make a | brief journey into the land of the Paleface. However. I left a message frr you, pinned to the Wigwam flap, but on]-.-j the birds and the beasts dr=w near to ; Peruse «- } hope you will soon find an | opportunity to come down the trail. Mv I best greetings. Flying Cloud. Shining Feather: Congratulations on your fine drawing, "Space” which has now | greeted you from the Wigwam page. ? I hope I shall soon see more of vour srtwV Red-Winged Blackbird: The" .Taoarea; evening must have been delightful' t» watch and I should have liked to hay.

been on the outer circle of those almond. .i ed , laci J^ s round the camp-fire. Maas t £ al .l ks , for your interesting report 1 shall always keep space for First Churrt ne-ws in the Guides’ Corner. The birthday cake has reached me safely it u very kind of you. ’’ “ * „.A asle ,, Feath ®, r: Greetings tc this Chit* ne h r?h V- KO W be takin F the trail for th« north. GootJ hunting and a pleasant jourSilver Heel: Many thanks for your flat trihT • an e st °r>" ar ’ <J a b=» for the con '; ib, 'Y on for Sixpence Time. The Brook j'^ is pering \ oices had a sweet storv to tell, and I am not surprised that you loitered there listening to it. Good hunting and good camping to Silver Heel Wildflower: Greet nes to thil faithful Brave and many thanks for your coins for the treasure box. I wonder If Star baVe bee ” lately to the tepee of Red Little Feather: The Indian maid on your calendar is now looking down at me from the wall. Very many thanks for ypur kind thought ard also for your five sixpences for the treasure box. Red btar will be delighted to have your letter. Greetings and best -wishes to nr'* g:>od Brave, Little Feather J^. av ' n 9 Pampas: A true Wigwam Christmas card for this Brave, even to th* picture of a tepee. Thank you very much. My wishes ‘'or you are just th* same. Greetings from the children of Redfeather. Red Star: Many thanks for your charming card and gift, little faithful one. It is most kind of you. I. too. hoj>« that the coming year rnav be one of pez.ee and prosperity for all ‘the children of th* Wigwam. I have sped your arrow to Sitting Bull. Every good wish to Red Star for the coming year. Shimmering Pool: I was delighted in have another arrow from your far-away tepee. You must have had a happ* time when the three companies combined and went to the Rabbit Run. Best wishes to this faithful Brave. Blue Morning and Little Silver Crescent: Greetings to these Wellington Braves, and many thanks for the charming memento. I hope you are enjoyin? your holiday. Silver Wing: The bluebird calendar fluttered safely into the Wigwam, Silver Wing, and now has a place of honoir on the wall. Only happy days coaW pass under those outstretched wings Singing Arrow: Many thanks for wonderful mod*l canoe, in which I wou.'i dare any rapids. As I write, the red feathers of the Indian figures are stirring in the breeze. Perhaps thr-se two peoF are Singing Arrow and Redfestner L minfature. What do vou think about it?