Our ritual team on which I was Allowat Sakima (by viortue of being lodge chief)drove over to Nawakwa with Elroy Birsch who was the Asst. Scout executive and camp director of Camp Tesomas. Someone from the Chippewa Valley professional staff who was an OA member had conducted the Ordeal starting the night before and ending about 3:00 Sat. afternoon. Since there were no ritual bowls at the camp, and since we wanted to hold the ceremony in a somewhat secluded place we organized it in a field just outside of camp. At 4:00 PM with the sun shining brightly and cows mooing in the background we donned Indian regalia and conducted the Ordeal induction ceremony. I believe there were about 20 scouts and adults inducted but I understand the list of the charter members has been lost. (The only person I know for sure that was inducted that day was Helge Grotte, at that time scoutmaster of the troop in Cornell, because we talked about it in later years.) We had an early supper at camp with the new members and drove back home that evening.