At this camp I had the unique experience of showing all these seasoned Westerners that it was possible to make a fire by the friction of two sticks. This has long been a specialty of mine; I use a thong and a bow as the simplest way.

He is responsible for the appropriation and incorporation of what he believed to be American Indian elements into the traditions of the BSA. The work of Seton and Beard is in large part the basis of the Traditional Scouting movement. S.

S. Seton also influenced Lord Baden-Powell the founder of Scouting.