In the BSA, only three people (Ernest Thompson Seton, James E. West and Elbert K. Fretwell) have held the position of Chief Scout, which is separate and distinct from the position of CSE.
Its founders belonged to the Order of Woodcraft Chivalry, a shadowy English group influenced by the thinking of Ernest Thompson Seton's Woodcraft Indians (later renamed the Woodcraft League of America), whose most lasting creation was the Woodcraft Folk.
Ernest Westlake, an anthropologist stimulated by the ideas and work of Ernest Thompson Seton bought the land as a site for his newly formed youth movement the Order of Woodcraft Chivalry.
Ernest Thompson Seton's Woodcraft Indians In fact, the true name of the Order means Brotherhood of Cheerful Service in the Lenape language.
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He used Ernest Thompson Seton's Woodcraft Indians to make the organization interesting and appealing to youth, which lead them to incorporating traditions and legends of the local Lenni Lenape (Delaware) Indians in the OA's ceremonies.
Ernest Hemingway | Hunter S. Thompson | Richard Thompson | Richard Thompson (musician) | Ernest Shackleton | Fred Thompson | Ernest Borgnine | Tommy Thompson | Ernest Tubb | Danny Thompson | Seton Hall University | Thompson | Ernest Rutherford | Ernest Renan | Thompson submachine gun | Thompson River | James R. Thompson | Ernest Chausson | William Hale Thompson | Ernest Bloch | Ernest Bevin | Ernest | Emma Thompson | Thompson Twins | Thompson Square | Ernest George | Dorothy Thompson | Ernest Gruening | Ernest Dowson | Ernest Bai Koroma |
Soper spurned organized religion, and was influenced by Henry David Thoreau's Walden Pond and the works of Ernest Thompson Seton.