Baden-Powell and Burnham rode many times into the Matobo Hills on patrol , and it was here that Burnham taught Baden-Powell to the ways and methods of American indians and cowboys and taught him woodcraft ( better known today as scoutcraft ) . During the siege of Bulawayo , the two men rode many times into the Matobo Hills on patrol , and it was in these African hills that Burnham first introduced Baden-Powell to the ways and methods of the indigenous peoples of the Americas , and taught him woodcraft ( better known today as scoutcraft ) .