Ku Klux Klan: Its Origin, Growth and DisbandmentLester, John C.
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Ku Klux Klan: Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment
Lester, John C.
Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
Centaurs, Grand Council of, 144
"Century Magazine," cited, 53, 84
Certificate of Laps D. McCord, 38
"Cincinnati Commercial," prints the Randolph cartoons, 43, 192
"Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama," by W.L. Fleming,
cited, 49, 79, 113
Character and objects of Ku Klux Klan, 155
Clanton, Gen. James H., 33
Cloud, Dr. N.B., driven from Tuscaloosa by the Klan, 42;
see cartoon facing page, 192
Colquitt, Gen. A.H. Colquitt, a member, 27
Conditions in the South, 75, 76
Confederates disfranchised, 88
Confreries, 25
Congress investigates Ku Klux Klan, 27, 28, 30, 47, 48, 49, 131;
passes "Force Laws", 113
Constitutions, see Prescript.
Constitutional Union Guards, 18
Convention of Ku Klux Klan, 36, 37, 84, 133
Coon and Sibley, carpetbaggers, cartoon of, 43, and facing, 113
Costumes worn in the Klan, 43, 58, 59, 97
Council of Centaurs, 144; of Yahoos, 144
Cox, S.S., "Three Decades," quotation from. 11
Crawford, F.M., a member, 21
Creed of the Klan, 136, 154
Crowe, Major James R., one of the founders of the Klan, 19;
first Grand Turk, 21;
statement in regard to origin of the Pulaski Den, 22;
one of committee to prepare a constitution and a ritual, 54
Cutler, "Lynch Law," cited, 15
Cyclops, Grand, an official of the Klan, 57;
ruler of a Den, 86;
duties, 140, 161;
election of, 143;
appointment of, 160;
in a local order, 179
Cypher Code, 148, 176
(See also Register.)
D.
Decline of the Klan, 100-127;
causes of, 103
Dedication of Prescript, 150, 176
Den, the lowest division of the Order, 85, 136, 157;
at Pulaski, Tennessee, 19-21, 53
Disbandment of the Klan, 27, 52, 112, 128-130
Divisions of the Invisible Empire of Ku Klux Klan, 156
"Documents Relating to Reconstruction," cited, 18, 79
Dominions or Congressional Districts, 85, 136, 156
Dracovolans, or Flying Dragon, 147
Dragon, Grand, ruler of a Realm, 86;
duties, 138, 158;
how elected, 143;
appointed, 157
Duties of officials, 136-143, 157-165
E.
Edicts, or By-laws of the Order, 148, 174
Empire, The, 136, 156
Ensign, Grand, duties, 143
Ensign or banner of the Ku Klux Klan, 147
Exchequer, Grand, or treasurer, 57, 86;
duties, 142, 163;
how elected, 143;
appointed, 157-161
Expansion of the Klan's territory, 68-82, 156
Expulsion of members, 149, 174
F.
Fleming, W.L., "Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama,"
cited, 49, 79, 113
Flying Dragon, 147
"Force Laws," effect on Klan, 125, 126
Forrest, Gen. Nathan Bedford, Grand Wizard, 26, 27, 28;
testimony before Ku Klux Committee of Congress, 28-30, 80;
his estimate of the number of members, 95;
his opinion of the character of members, 65;
belongs to the order of Pale Faces, 30;
disbands the Klan, 27, 52, 112, 128-130
Founders of the Klan, 19
Furies, the staff of the Grand Titan, 86, 136, 156, 159, 164
Fussell, Col. Joseph, a member, 27
G.
Garner, J.W., "Reconstruction in Mississippi," cited, 49
Garrett, Dr. W.R., makes plates used on pages 153-176 40
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