Patrol Emblem History/Legend/Yell Information

[Nate Pack295]

I am hoping to get some help procuring information on the history/legends of the Patrol Emblems., specifically the Indian Patrol. I have searched the internet far and wide and only found uniform wear information and pictures. To save some time below are the sites I have visited to date:

 

http://www.scouting.org/Media/FactSheets.aspx

 

http://www.wildrice.com/Troop339/BSpictures/PatrolEmblems/PatrolEmblems.html

 

http://www.geocities.com/~pack215/web-den-emblem.html

 

http://www.gilwell.com/patrolPatch/

 

http://www.geocities.com/~Pack215/allpatrols.doc

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Nate

[Kudu]

Patrol Emblems started out as Native American "Band" Totems in Ernest Seton's "Woodcraft Indians," the youth group from which Baden-Powell took some of his first ideas for Scouting in 1906. See:

 

http://inquiry.net/traditional/seton/birch/organization/totems.htm

 

The entire handbook can be found at:

 

http://inquiry.net/traditional/seton/birch/index.htm

 

B-P's Patrols were all named after specific animals, and the graphic image appeared on the Patrol Flag, not on the Uniform. Each Patrol animal was represented by a specific color-coded knot worn on the left shoulder of the Uniform.

 

See:

 

http://inquiry.net/images/placement.gif

 

http://inquiry.net/images/B-P_Uni_Badges2.jpg

 

When the BSA finally emerged as the most powerful Scouting association in the USA, Ernest Seton became one of its founders and new versions of his totems were introduced as Patrol patches, but not as Indian-specific as in his Woodcraft Indians association.

 

B-P's first description of Patrol Calls can be found at:

 

http://inquiry.net/images/sfb-patrol_flag.jpg

 

A Patrol Call is an imitation of the Patrol's animal, but a Patrol Yell is a cheer.

 

Some early Scout Yells and Patrol Yells from around the world can be found at:

 

http://inquiry.net/outdoor/campfire/helps/yells.htm

 

Kudu