 James E. West, the first professional Chief Scout Executive of the BSA, contended with competing factions amongst the founders of the BSA, primarily Daniel Carter Beard and Ernest Thompson Seton, who pushed their pioneer heritage and American Indian themes respectively and personally ran their organizations.In contrast, West opted to use a modified form of the British program and push the story of Boyce and the unknown Scout.In 1926, the second presentation of the Silver Buffalo Award was to the Unknown Scout.