All:  Faith, hope, and love.

C:  Who is great?

All:  He that serves.

C:  What is our sign?

All:  The sign of the cross.

C:  Sing we a song of valor.

All sing:  “The Son of God goes forth to war.”

C:  Let us be seated. (He gives one rap with the tomahawk.)

C:  Brave ——­ ——­, admit any who are late and have given you the motto.

C:  Medicine Man will read from the Book and pray. (All kneel for the prayer.)

C:  Brave ——­ ——­ will read what we did last.

C:  Brave ——­ ——­ will find who are here. (Each one-present answers
“Ho” when his name is called).

C:  Brave ——­ ——­ will tell what wampum we have.

C:  Is there any business to come before our Wigwam? (Reports, unfinished business, and new business.)

C:  Is there one fit to join our Wigwam? (If there is a candidate who has secured his parents’ consent and who at a previous meeting has been elected to membership with not more than two ballots against him he can be initiated at this time.)

C:  Brave Right Hand, what shall we do now? (Right Hand says how the time shall be spent.)

CLOSING

Chief calls to order with a whistle.  Each Brave takes his place quickly and quietly. (Moccasins or gymnasium shoes are worn in all Wigwam sessions.)

Chief gives two raps.  All arise.

C:  My Braves, we are about to leave the Campfire.  Let us join hands and repeat our covenant. (All join hands and repeat clause by clause after the Chief.)

    We covenant with our Chief and one another: 

    To be true men,
    To protect the weak,

    To honor woman,
    To make the most of life,
    And to endeavor to please God. 
    So do we covenant.

Then the national anthem is sung and the following yell is given: 

    Who are we? 
    Chee Poo Kaw
    Waupun Wigwam,
    Rah, Rah, Rah!!

This club proved of value in a town of three thousand which had a dozen saloons and no organized work for boys or young men.  It was supplemented by a brotherhood for the older boys.  In the clubroom was a large fireplace in which a wood fire burned during the sessions.  The room could be partially darkened.  The walls were covered with Indian pictures and handicraft, and the surrounding country abounded in Indian relics.  In the summer the club went camping on the shore of a lake nine miles distant.  From another of the many successful clubs of this type the following article on “Purpose” as stated in the constitution is worthy of note: 

    “We gather in our Wigwam that we may become strong as our bows,
    straight as our arrows, and pure as the lakes of the forest.”