The Chito Hashi J-1 Jacket Patch was a special award that was created by our lodge to recognize people who were thought worthy of the vigil honor but could not be awarded it because of the limited number of vigil slots deligated to our lodge because of our small size. There were 25 of this version of the Chito Hashi ordered and all were given out. My sources say that they were presented in 1973 and 1974 with only one or two presented in 1975. Shortly after those were given to members, there was a need for two more Chito Hashi patches. The next order of only five patches was only close in appearance, see Chito Hashi J-2. There are suppose to have only been 5 of the J-2 version of this patch made. Since this patch is an early patch of our lodge and there were only 25 of them made, they bring a high price if you can even find one to purchase.

The symbolism on the Chito Hashi is the same as the rest of our lodge insigna. My sources say that in the early years of our lodge, we based our Indian theme on the Natchez Indians. The Chickasaw Indian was native to Mississippi also. The two dog wood blossoms come from the Chicksaw history as found on our web site under History of the Chickasaw Nation. I have posed the question to my experts as to why part of the symbolism is from one Indian tribe and some more from another. They are still gathering information on that one. The logger head snapping turtle is the lodge totum and of course the WWW were added as per lodge guidelines. There is no fleur-di-leus on the Chito Hashi.