At this adjourned session much business of only local interest, however, was transacted. A resolution was adopted to kindle the Great Council fire semi-annually instead of quarterly, once in Louisville and once in Newport or Covington. The council fire was then quenched. =1856.= THIRD GREAT SUN COUNCIL. The council fire was kindled with due solemnities in the hunting grounds of Newport, on the 21st sun of Buck Moon, G. S. 5616. Representatives were present from Chickasaw Tribe, No. 1; Black Hawk Tribe, No. 2; Pocahontas Tribe, No. 3, and Tecumseh Tribe, No. 6. Great Sachem Elias Reese presented his long talk, regretting that he had not been able to institute any new Tribes, but reported the Order in a very healthy condition. The election of Great Chiefs for the Grand Sun ensuing resulted as follows: A. J. Francis M. W. Great Sachem John Hughes M. W. Great Senior Sagamore John Amann M. W. Great Junior Sagamore Wm. Schmidt M. W. Great Prophet Peter Ruhl M. W. Great Chief of Records Vincent Schinkle M. W. Keeper of Wampum Elias Reese Great Representative to G. C. U. S. The finance committee reported total receipts for the Grand Sun, $374.40; expenses, $324.50; balance in the wampum belt, $49.90. No business was transacted at this session worthy of being recorded on these pages, and after the Past Great Sachem had instructed the brethren in the secret work the Great Council fire was quenched, to be rekindled in the hunting grounds of Louisville, on the 13th sun of Cold Moon, G. S. 5617. On the above date the Great Council reconvened, and representatives were admitted from Kentucky Tribe, No. 4; Tecumseh, No. 6, and Delaware, No. 7. The Great Sachem reported that he had granted a dispensation for a new Tribe at Louisville, to be known as Delaware Tribe, No. 7, and that its first council fire had been kindled on the 2nd sun, Traveling Moon, G. S. 5617. Reports were received in correct form from all Tribes except Chickasaw Tribe, No. 1, and Choctaw, No. 5, and as no further mention is made of No. 5 in subsequent records, it is probable that it was at this time defunct. Past Great Sachem Elias Reese, Great Representative to G. C. U. S., made a lengthy report, stating at that time there were nine States having Great Councils, viz.: Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, District of Columbia, New Jersey, Ohio, Kentucky, Delaware, and New York, and that hereafter the Great Council of the United States would be a representative body, exclusively. He also reported that P. G. I. Geo. W. Ford had been appointed Vice Great Incohonee for Louisiana, Tennessee and Texas. A committee was appointed to have the Great Council of Kentucky incorporated. The council fire was then quenched. =1857.= FOURTH GRAND SUN COUNCIL.