[Transcriber's Note: Italicized text delimited by underscores. Bold text delimited by equal signs.] Redmanship in Kentucky FOR Fifty Great Suns BY PAST SACHEM FRANK L. SMITH GREAT CHIEF OF RECORDS LEXINGTON PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR G. S. D. 418 [Illustration: publisher's logo] TO MIANTONOMO TRIBE No. 1 IMPROVED O. R. M. THE MOTHER TRIBE OF THE GREAT COUNCIL THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED IN F. F. & C. CONTENTS Page CHAPTER I. The Fore-History, 1765-1833. 9 CHAPTER II. The Establishment of the Improved Order of Red Men, 1833-1847. 13 CHAPTER III. The Establishment of the Improved Order of Red Men in Kentucky by the Great Council of the United States, 1852. 15 CHAPTER IV. The Great Council of Kentucky, 1854-1884. 16 CHAPTER V. Kentucky Under the Jurisdiction of the Great Council of Ohio, 1884-1894. 48 CHAPTER VI. Kentucky Under a Deputy Great Incohonee and the Establishment of Tribes by the Great Council of the United States, 1894. 50 CHAPTER VII. Establishment of the Great Council of Kentucky and Its Record from 1895 to 1908. 53 CHAPTER VIII. Brief Review of the Institution of Each Tribe in Kentucky, with the Significance of Its Name Where Possible. 126 CHAPTER IX. Roster of the Old Great Council of Kentucky. 155 CHAPTER X. Roster of the Present Great Council of Kentucky. 160 CHAPTER XI. Biographies of Past Great Sachems of Kentucky. 169 CHAPTER XII. Roster of Chiefs of the Old Great Council. 203 CHAPTER XIII. Roster of Chiefs of the Present Great Council. 205 PREFACE I trust that no apology is necessary for the making of this book. It is merely a record of facts which if not soon presented in this tangible form might easily be blotted out forever. As it is intended as a history and record of Redmanship in Kentucky only, I have made but brief mention of those intensely interesting events leading up to the establishment of the Great Council of the United States. They will be found recorded in the Official History of the Order in detail, and the reader is referred to its pages for the most complete information. The records of Redmanship in Kentucky have been diligently searched, a careful digest made of them, and I believe the information herein contained may be regarded as authentic. I am indebted to many brothers for kindly assistance in the compilation of these pages, and I wish to thank them one and all for the many courtesies shown me.