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Figure 2 – Detail of the 1943 lodge charter fromLodge 240 (no name shown).Included below are discussions of individuallodge names by number that maybe considered controversial or surprising.5: A history of this lodge published in1942 mentions that the originallodge name was Indiandale, thename of their camp, and that theirtotem was the Bison. The namewas changed to Minsi sometimebefore 1936 when that nameappears in the minutes of theNational Meeting. The totem waschanged to the wolf head at leastas early as 1926, which wouldimply the name changed alongwith it.38: Arapaho II shows six names inuse by this lodge prior to theformation of the new lodge in1994 with that number. I couldn’tfind evidence for all of thesenames and I believe there may beerrors among them. One name,Pokawachne, was also the nameof neighboring Lodge 45 that at alater date either merged into 38 orwas absorbed by 38. AnotherArapaho II name for 38, IndianCreek, also has ties to the sameneighboring council, KewaneeCouncil. The Camp Book lists acamp in Kewanee Council by thename Indian Creek Lodge,suggesting a source of potentialconfusion. The National listsshow no lodge 38 existing in1936 or 1938 and a ShaubenaLodge 38 in 1940. My judgementJournal of The American Scouting Historical Societyof Lodge 38’s history isthe following. ShaubenaLodge 38 was charteredin 1928. It may have gonethrough several periods ofinactivity and charterlapse before absorbingPokawachne 45 in 1938.At the start of 1941,Lodge 38 changed itsname to Inali. The newname in 1941 mayrepresent a new start forthe OA within the councilafter its previous on andoff history.52: The name of thislodge is consistently spelled ChanOwapi on all lists consulted.Arapaho II lists the name asChan-O-Wapi, as do all patchesissued by the lodge.68: The name isWatchung in 1936and 1938 (thelodge wasassociated withWatchung AreaCouncil) andMinquin from 5/48 to 6/49. From1951 on, the nameis Miquin. I havecopies ofWatchung lodgemembership cardsfrom 1936 and1938 owned byGene Berman andBill Topkis, andcopies of otherlodge documents using that name.71: Arapaho II shows the name asChowa from 1933 until 1945when it is changed to Na-Tsi-Hi.The reference lists show the nameas Ohowa from 1936 through1940, no name is shown for either1948 list, the name is Chowa in1949, the name is changed to Na-Tasi-Hi in 1951, and finally toNa-Tsi-Hi thereafter. There is apatch contemporary with 1951showing the name Na-Tasi-Hi.All later patches from the lodgeshow the name Na-Tsi-Hi. In a1970’s collecting newsletter,lodge member Sandy Tallmanwrote that the original name ofthe lodge was Ottowa. The nameOttowa is obviously an authenticNative American name. Thenames Ohowa and Chowa couldeasily be typographical misspellingsof Ottowa, but the onlyevidence for Ottowa is hearsay.Member Dave Wolverton hasbeen actively researching thehistory of this lodge for manyyears and we have exchanged allthe information we have onnames. He may someday obtainbetter evidence for the names ofthis lodge.96: The list of 1936 shows the lodgenot yet in existence; the 1938 listshows the name as Tesomas, alsothe name of the principal councilcamp; the 1940 list shows theFigure 3 – Detail of the 1945 lodge charter fromLodge 240 (Ney-A-Ti).name as Tomkita Chara. A campbooklet of the era mentions theOA but not the lodge name. Ihave recently obtained a copy ofthe original charter for 1936 andit shows the name as TomkitaChara. The charter is dated 11/3/36, too late to appear in the 1936National Meeting list. The chartersuggests that the name wasalways Tom Kita Chara or somevariant, but without documentaryevidence contradicting the nameTesomas for the year 1938, wecan never be sure this wasn’t anexample of the Crazy Horseeffect.21