# | Year | Date | Name | Indian Name | Interpreted As | Notable |
1 | 1939 | 07/04 | Carl N. Helmick1 | Wa Pa Ha | War Bonnet | Scout Executive and Supreme Chief of the Fire, 1937 – 1972 |
2 | 1947 | 09/09 | John Herring2 | The Friend | ||
3 | 1948 | 09/04 | Kerby Hester3 | Worker | ||
4 | 1953 | 04/12 | Lewis Barksdale | One Who Helps | ||
5 | 1955 | 04/16 | Kenneth Kammeyer | Growing Flower | ||
6 | 1955 | 04/16 | Charles C. Pierce | Arrow Chief | ||
7 | 1955 | 04/16 | Charles Sterrett | Founder | ||
8 | 1956 | 09/04 | Charles Williams | |||
9 | 1958 | 08/30 | Thomas O. Pierce | Ro Heh Hon | Energetic One | |
10 | 1964 | 06/27 | Donald Fitzloff | One Who Enjoys | ||
11 | 1964 | William Gallagher | ||||
12 | 1964 | Paul Lukins | ||||
13 | 1964 | 06/27 | Ronald Richmond | Little Canoe | ||
14 | 1966 | 09/01 | William K. Gruber | Hard Worker | ||
15 | 1967 | 09/08 | Joseph Artino | Hiker | ||
16 | 1967 | 09/09 | Alan “Mo” Gotcher | Creates With Hands | ||
17 | 1967 | Robert M. Henderson | ||||
18 | 1967 | David Eldon Hoover | ||||
19 | 1967 | 09/09 | John Nauman | Highly Esteemed | ||
20 | 1967 | David N. Peterson | ||||
21 | 1967 | James Dean Summon | ||||
22 | 1967 | 09/09 | Samuel W. Tate | Big Boy | ||
23 | 1968 | 09/20 | Thomas Ballesteros | Helper | ||
24 | 1968 | 09/20 | Gene Cranford | Loyal One | ||
25 | 1968 | George Harris | ||||
26 | 1968 | Emmett Harvey | ||||
27 | 1968 | |||||
28 | 1969 | 09/06 | Richard A. Champany | Nagatamen | Reliable One | |
29 | 1969 | Dennis Duran | ||||
30 | 1969 | Wallace H. Hayes | ||||
31 | 1969 | 09/06 | William Needler | One Who Does Good Work | ||
32 | 1969 | 09/06 | Prudent One | |||
33 | 1970 | 09/12 | Gerald Delker | Inquiring One | ||
34 | 1970 | 09/12 | Craig Edwards | Farsighted One | ||
35 | 1970 | 09/12 | Henry J. Schmel | High Spirits | ||
36 | 1971 | 10/01 | Michael Cheley | He Who Keeps A Promise | ||
37 | 1971 | 10/01 | Richard B. Jackson | Little Big Man | ||
38 | 1972 | 11/25 | Grant Edwards | Calm Minded Buck | ||
39 | 1972 | 11/25 | Michael Goldware | Turkey Cock | ||
40 | 1972 | 11/25 | Steven J. Lambert | One Who Has Knowledge | ||
41 | 1972 | 11/25 | Bill McKowen | Determined One | ||
42 | 1972 | 11/25 | Jack Nelson | He Who Goes Afoot | ||
43 | 1972 | 11/25 | Richard Pohlers | Woodcutter | ||
44 | 1972 | 11/25 | Jim Tyson | One Tall Swimmer | ||
45 | 1972 | 11/25 | Terry J. Tyson | He Who Makes Others Happy |
- Does not appear on National Vigil Honor list but his signed Vigil certificate was located and purchased for the Cahuilla Lodge archive. Dr. Helmick was almost certainly the first Vigil Honor recipient in the State of California.
- John was long thought to be the first Vigil from Tahquitz until the discovery of Dr. Helmick’s certificate in 2018.
- Often listed as Kirby Hester, Kerby appears to be the correctly spelled name.