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Figure 2 – Detail of the 1943 lodge charter fromLodge 240 (no name shown).129: Arapaho II shows the name asBroad-Winger Hawk until thename was changed at an unknowndate to Egwa Tawa Dee. There isno listing in 1936 and no namefor 1938 and 1940. In 1948 and1949 the name is Broad-WingedHawk. From 1951 the name isshown as Equa-Tawa-Dee, whichis probably a spelling error. Thepatch illustrated for the lodge inthe Wabaningo book shows thespelling Egwa Tawa Dee, as it isspelled on all lodge patches.137: Most references show thespelling as Colonneh throughoutthe lodge’s history. First Flapssays the lodge name was Colonehuntil the middle 1950’s, as shownon the lodge’s first two flaps. Thelodge does not appear on the listsof 1936 and 1938, and is shownwith no name from 1940 through1948. (Robert Frizzell has locatedlodge documents that discuss thereformation of the Order of theArrow in Houston in 1945.) In1949 the name is Colonneh, as itis in 1951. The name is spelledColoneh for the first and onlytime in 1952, and then Colonel in1953 and 1955. If the name wasindeed Colonneh in 1949, the useof the name Coloneh on twosuccessive patches could be amisspelling and or another CrazyHorse effect. The Wabaningobook says there were no patchesup to 1951 but Robert Frizzell isattempting to locate a 1950Journal of The American Scouting Historical Societynewspaper photographhe has seen that shows ayouth wearing a 137f1.The spelling Colonel in1953 and 1955 could bea misspelling ofColoneh and possiblyconsistent with Colonehappearing on flaps.There is some beliefthat an OA lodge wasestablished in Houstonmuch earlier than nowaccepted. The man whohelped found Lodge 36transferred to theHouston area in the1920s. Lodge 36 wasinstrumental for much of thespread of the OA in Texas. Thereis a troop document from 1928that mentions the Order of theArrow existing at summer camp.A 1971 lodge history, revised in1978, mentions that an earlyname used by the lodge wasMitigwa and that the totem was abeaver. Lodge 36 had been namedMitigwa originally. ColonnehLodge actually issued a 40thanniversary patch in 1968.A lodge document from 1945shows the name “HoustonLodge,” but this could be just acontraction of the expression “thelodge in Houston.”138: Name is listed as Yoqui inArapaho II but Yaqui on theNational lists. Yaqui is a knownNative American name. I recentlyacquired a set of membershipcards that span the history of thislodge through its three names andthese confirm the dates of namechanges that appear in The BlueBook. The membership cards alsoconfirm the name Yaqui. Thepublished dates were derivedfrom examination of the listsavailable at the time.157: The 5/48 list shows the name asDelevan, which was the name ofthe principal council camp.Thereafter the lodge name isLeekwinai. The OA Bulletin of11/43 lists the name as Delevanin a chart of new and changedlodge names. The name is alsolisted as Delevan in the list oflodges in the OA Bulletin of 3/44.Lodge members say the earlycharters are lost and no membersrecall the name Delevan.163: Arapaho II shows the lodgename as Tslagi until it changed toTsalagi in 1987. The lodge nameis shown as Tsalagi in 1940,1943, 1944, and 1948, changingto the misspelled Tslagia onfollowing lists. The implication isthat the lodge name was originallyTsalagi until a new spellingcame into general use after 1955.173: The lists show the name asOjibway from 1944 through1952, changing to Ojibwathereafter. Ojibway could havebeen a misspelling that wascarried forward until corrected in1952.194: Arapaho II shows the name asChequah throughout, as does thelist of 1944. The lists of 1948 and1949 show the name as Chequa.A controversial OA patch exhibitsthe name Chequan but there is noevidence associating this patchwith Lodge 194 other than thesimilarity of the name. Wisconsincollectors believe it is a chapterissue from another unknownlodge entirely.195: Arapaho II shows the originalname as Ma-Ta-Cam and impliesthe name was changed to KingPhilip in 1965 when it mergedwith Lodge 370. A patch existswith the name Ma-Ta-Cam butsome people believe this was thename of a lodge program, not alodge name. Lodge 195 appearsin lists of lodges in OA Bulletinsof 3/44 and 5/48 with the nameKing Philip. These lists may predatethe Ma-Ta-Cam patch. Ma-Ta-Cam is the Native Americanname for the Chief known tocolonists as King Philip.198: Arapaho II lists the only namefor this lodge as Ottawa from itscharter date on 6/27/41 until itmerged away in January of 1945.In the OA Bulletin of 11/43, theArea P Leader notes that “Ba-Ta-23