The adult Cub Scout partner.

A name of respect for a good leader in Cub Scouting, such as Cubmaster, Den Leader, Den Chief, school teacher, or parent.

The chief wolf of the Seeonee wolf pack in The Jungle Book. A nick name for one of the Pack Scouters, usually the Cubmaster.

A title of respect in the Cub Scout program, referring to any good leader – parent, teacher, minister, Cubmaster, etc. The name originated from Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book.

Pronounced Ah-kay-la. A title of respect used in Cub Scouting. Any good leader is Akela. The name comes from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.

Akela (occasionally called The Lone Wolf or Big Fox) is a fictional character featured in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories collected in The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. He is a wolf, chief of the Seeonee wolf pack and presides over the pack's council meetings. It is at such a meeting that the pack adopts the human cub Mowgli as one of its own and Akela becomes one of Mowgli's mentors.