To be undiscovered as the campers filed into the site Dwayne and Pete in their canoe would await the signal somewhere out of sight, but nearby enough so that they would not have far to paddle nor bore the campers with an excessivly long trip. The war whoop was included in the case that the canoeists either didn't see the flaming arrow or in the more likely circumstance that it extinguished in flight.
Arriving ashore in front of the anticipant campers, Dwayne and Pete would ceremoniously ignite the campfire with the torch and begin the programme.
HOWEVER, on this particular occasion the campfire site was on a barren point in a rather large lake. It was almost a mile to the opposite shore. There was no suitable place to hide anywhere near the campfire site.
Dwayne and Pete pondered the situation. As the evening fell around them, they noticed that there was a bank of fog was forming out on the water. They could hide unseen in that until the signal was given ashore.
So there they sat in the quiet of the fog as the twilight darkened. Paddle in hand, Dwayne silently kept the canoe from drifting. Hidden out of sight in the bow scuppers was a short can that held a lit candle. With this, Pete was ready to light the ceremonial torch when the signal was given.
Soon in the distance ashore they saw the lights of the string of campers approaching the campfire site.
About that time they also heard the sound of a speeding motor boat. As they looked around they discovered that it was headed straight for them.
Dwayne yelled, "Light the torch! Light the torch!"
Pete shouted back, "Paddle, man! Paddle!"
Dwayne repeated, "Light the torch! Light the torch!"
Pete turned around to Dwayne and said, "Look, anyone going that fast in a motorboat at this time of night is one of two things; he's either drunk or he's crazy. If I light that torch, what is he going to see? .....two war painted Indians wearing feather bonnets and buckskins in a canoe in the middle of the lake!"
Dwayne yelled, "Paddle, man! Paddle!"