Brother Ellerkamp was a charter member of Shawnee Tribe, No. 9, at Louisville, and was one of the few faithful members of that Tribe to hold out against the desertion of nearly 150 members, leaving about 18 to shoulder a debt of several hundred fathoms which was finally paid off. Later Brother Ellerkamp became a member of Cherokee Tribe, No. 8, when the Tribes consolidated. While a member of No. 9 he was admitted to the Great Council of Kentucky in 1899, and at the same session was elected Great Junior Sagamore, being advanced to the stump of Great Senior Sagamore the following great sun, and was elected Great Sachem at Danville in 1901. During his administration great work was done for the uplifting of the Order, and while he had much to contend with he made for himself an enviable reputation, even though he was sick a large portion of the year, and could only direct the action of able lieutenants. At the conclusion of his term as Great Sachem he was elected Great Prophet and Great Representative to the Great Council of the United States for two great suns. He was elected again for two great suns in 1905, and re-elected in 1907, where he is now serving. He has served upon many important committees in the Great Council of the United States, and was a member of the Committee on Permanent Long House, and to his good offices on that committee is largely due the selection of Louisville as the permanent location of that building. He was a member of the Committee on Law and Usage that edited and arranged the present code of laws of the Great Council of Kentucky. Brother Ellerkamp is now practicing law in the hunting grounds of Louisville, and is as ardent a Red Man as ever, attending the councils of his Tribe and never missing a session of the Great Council of Kentucky. [Illustration: JOHN D. WALKER] =PAST GREAT SACHEM JOHN D. WALKER= 1902