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Date Lodge 304 Lodge 4391945-48 Cayucos Doesn’t exist1949 Miwok Doesn’t exist1950 Disbands? Charters as Miwok1951 Doesn’t exist Miwok1952-54 Doesn’t exist Disbands; doesn’t exist1955 Recharters as Cayucas (typo?) Doesn’t exist1956-57 Cayucas or Cayucos Doesn’t exist1957/58 Changes name back to Miwok Doesn’t exist1959 Miwok Doesn’t exist1960-61 Doesn’t exist Doesn’t exist1962 Reforms as Chumash Doesn’t exist1964 Chumash Recharters as MiwokTable 2 – Chart of possible name changes in lodges304 and 439.incorrectly spelled Wenona on anumber of National lists. TomBall’s testimony must be consideredhearsay, however. Withoutthe evidence of charters from1949, 1950, or 1951, the possibilityremains that the lodge usedthe name Wenona for severalyears (the Crazy Horse effect).When Dwight Bischel correspondedwith the lodge in 1951,they were apparently using thename Wenona because that ishow he addressed them and theydidn’t correct him, according tohis notes. During that correspondence,Mr. Bischel was given oneof their sateen flaps by the lodgechief. That correspondence islost, unfortunately.283: Arapaho II and The Warshieldshow the name as Cimeroonduring the lodge’s short existencefrom 1945 to 1948. The list of 5/48 shows the name as Cimaroonand the council name asCimaroon Valley. The councilname was actually CimarronValley and the lodge name mayhave actually been Cimarron.304: Arapaho II shows the name asCayucos from 1945 to 1947,Miwok from 1947 until 1960(disbanded from 1950 to 1954,and again in 1960), and recharteringagain in 1962 as Chumash.The lists of 1948 show the nameas Cayucos. The list of 1949shows the name as Miwok. Thereis no listing for 1951, 1952, orJournal of The American Scouting Historical Society1953, implying disbandmentor charter lapse. FirstFlaps says that a flapexists for Cayucos 304,while others believe it wasMiwok flap. According tothe Wabaningo book,lodge 304 had no patchesin 1951, when its namewas already Miwokaccording to the 1949 list.The 1955 list shows thename as Cayucas. This isone of the most confusedof the lodge names andmerits a much longerdiscussion. Jeff Morleybelieves that the 304 discussionmust include the history ofMiwok 439 that chartered in1950, existed for two years,disbanded, and rechartered in1964. A possible chart of the twolodge’s changes is shown on thetable.A possible 304/439 scenariooutlined by Jeff Morley goes likethis. An exec from 304 transfersto Santa Clara Council in 1950.He takes the name “Miwok” withhim to new council and starts OAthere. Old lodge in Santa LuciaCouncil goes defunct because theold exec was the one whosupported it. The OA fizzles in439 after 1951. In 1955 guys inSanta Lucia want OA again andpick original name when theystart again—Cayucos 304. Theydecide, however, that Miwok wascorrect name around 1957 or1958. Then the OA fizzles againin Santa Lucia. A new grouprestarts OA in Santa Lucia in1962 with new name Chumash.In 1964, OA restarts in SantaClara Council. They see the nameMiwok is available, so they takeit.396: Arapaho II shows the originalname as Nea-To-Ka in 1948,changed to an unknown name in1949. The lodge with the unknownname disbanded in 1951,rechartering in 1953 as MahoningLodge. The lists are consistentwith this information. The list of5/48 shows no lodge existing.The lists of 9/48, 6/49, and 1951show the lodge existing but withno name known. The lodge isagain not listed in 1953, butappears in 1955 as Mahoning.411: Arapaho II shows the name asUnilachtigo from its originalcharter in 1949 until merging in1967. The lists consistently spellthe name Unilachtego from 1949through 1955. Early patches fromthe lodge are spelled Unalachtigo.First Flaps and the OA PatchGuide by Roy More assertUnalachtigo is a different spellingof the name. Several people recallbeing told by old members thatthe lodge was required to changeits name because it was the sameas lodge 168. These comments,however, are hearsay withoutdocumentary evidence. Laterpatches issued by the lodge from1950 to 1955 spell the nameUnilachtego, as on the lists. Oldmembers state that the lodge andNational recognized differentspellings for the name until thelodge caved in and finallyaccepted National’s spelling.While this is hearsay, it wouldexplain and reconcile the conflictingevidence of lists and patches.The name shown in Arapaho IIdoes not appear on any list orpatch.These lodge names are examples ofthe difficulties encountered preparing alisting of all historic OA lodges. This workcontinues and is to be updated in futureeditions. New lodges are added to the databaseas they come into existence. Wecontinue to seek hard documentary evidencein those cases that are not yetsatisfactorily resolved.The heavy reliance on the Nationallists as documentary evidence is a compromise.When stronger evidence is found,it takes precedence. I encourage anyonewho can provide such evidence, or whocan provide other information where it ismissing in the listings, to contact me or topublish elsewhere so we can discover andshare the true history of the Order of theArrow.25