. The book of woodcraft . Cut n 458 The Book of Woodcraft Cut II is an example of this. The seat should be notmore than two feet from the ground, and even at thatheight should have a footstool. The stool J is of white mans construction, but Indiandecoration, in red, black and white. The log seat, or Council seat, K, is a useful thing that eachBand should make in the Council ring. It is simply a logflattened on top, on the front side. It has a board back,supported on two or three stakes, as shown in L. This isdesigned for the Otters. HEAD-BAND Each brave needs a head-band. This holds his feathe
. The book of woodcraft . Cut n 458 The Book of Woodcraft Cut II is an example of this. The seat should be notmore than two feet from the ground, and even at thatheight should have a footstool. The stool J is of white mans construction, but Indiandecoration, in red, black and white. The log seat, or Council seat, K, is a useful thing that eachBand should make in the Council ring. It is simply a logflattened on top, on the front side. It has a board back,supported on two or three stakes, as shown in L. This isdesigned for the Otters. HEAD-BAND Each brave needs a head-band. This holds his feathersas they are won and his scalp if he wears one is fastened to itbehind. It consists of a strip of soft leather, long enough togo around the head and overlap by two inches; it is fastened. at the rear, with a lace through the four holes, like the laceof machine belting. A bead pattern ornaments the frontand it may be finished at each side in some broader is the foundation for the warbonnet and has places fortwenty-four feathers (two eagle tails). See Warbonnetlater. Some Indian Ways 459 The feathers are made of white quill feathers, the tip dyeddark brown or black; a leather loop is lashed to the quill endof each to fasten it on to the head-band. Each featherstands for an exploit and is awarded by the Council. Anoval of paper is glued on near the high end. This bears asymbol of the feat it commemorates. If it was GrandCoup or High Honor, the feather has a tuft of red horsehairlashed on the top. WARBONNET OR HEADDRESS ITS MEANING The typical Indian is always shown with a warbonnet, orwarcap, of eagle feathers. Every one is familiar with thelook of this headdress, but I find that few know its mean-ing or why the Indian glories in it so. In the days when the Redm
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