Redmanship in Kentucky for Fifty Great SunsSmith, Frank L.
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Redmanship in Kentucky for Fifty Great Suns
Smith, Frank L.
Improved Order of Red Men. Great Council of Kentucky
Black Hawk Tribe, No. 2, instituted G. S. 5612, (1852), at Covington.
Pocahontas, Tribe, No. 3, instituted G. S. 5613, (1853), at Newport.
Kentucky Tribe, No. 4, instituted G. S. 5614, (1854) at Louisville.
Choctaw, Tribe, No. 5. instituted G. S. 5615, (1855) at Alexandria.
Tecumseh Tribe, No. 6, instituted G. S. 5615, (1855) at Louisville.
Deserted to the Independent Order in 1870.
Delaware Tribe, No. 7, instituted 2nd Traveling Moon, G. S. 5617,
(1857) at Louisville. Deserted to the Independent Order in 1870.
Osceola Tribe, No. 8, instituted 29th Sturgeon Moon, G. S. D. 375,
(1866) at Lexington. Surrendered its Charter in 1874.
Seneca Tribe, No. 9, instituted 25th Traveling Moon, G. S. D. 375,
(1866) at Louisville. Surrendered its charter in 1873.
Minnehaha Tribe, No. 10, instituted 19th Flower Moon, G. S. D. 377,
(1868) at Newport.
Oswego Tribe, No. 11, instituted 12th Traveling Moon, G. S. D. 377,
(1868) at Bowling Green.
Metamora Tribe, No. 12, instituted 19th Cold Moon, G. S. D. 378,
(1869) at Hopkinsville.
Hiawatha Tribe, No. 13, instituted 12th Sturgeon Moon, G. S. D. 378,
(1869) at Hopkinsville.
Cherokee Tribe, No. 14, instituted 8th Hot Moon, G. S. D. 379, (1870),
at Paris.
Minneola, Tribe, No. 15, instituted 6th Hot Moon, G. S. D. 380, (1871)
at Murray or Kings Lodge.
Wyandotte Tribe, No. 16, instituted 10th Sturgeon Moon, G. S. D. 380,
(1871), at Maysville. Surrendered its charter July 8th, 1875.
Miami Tribe, No. 17, instituted 25th Buck Moon, G. S. D. 385, (1876)
at Newport. This Tribe was the result of the consolidation of
Pocahontas Tribe, No. 3 and Minnehaha Tribe, No. 10, and is still
working. It is the only connecting link between the old Great Council
and the present.
Shawnee Tribe, No. 18, at Winchester.
Osceola Tribe, No. 19, instituted 26th Buck Moon, G. S. D., 399,
(1880), at Ashland, with 15 charter members by Harry C. McKey, Great
Sachem of the Great Council of Ohio. This Tribe was never a member of
the Old Great Council.
Mohawk Tribe, No. 20, at Louisville.
CHAPTER X.
=ROSTER OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GREAT COUNCIL OF KENTUCKY.=
1854-1884.
The figures before the name indicate the date of admission, and
figures following, the number of the tribe to which the Past Sachem
belonged at that time.
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