He has spent his time, his efforts, and his wampum without stint and under circumstances which often gave good excuse to do otherwise." On the 7th sun of Hunting Moon, G. S. D. 404, Deputy Great Incohonee J. B. Mendenhall addressed a circular letter to all Tribes and Past Sachems in the Reservation of Kentucky, from which the following extracts are made: "Your attention is again directed to my talk of the 11th sun of Beaver Moon, relative to the institution of the Great Council of Kentucky. Miantonomo Tribe, No. 1, adopted 106 pale faces last sleep, and I will institute Hiawatha Tribe, No. 7, at Louisville, Ky., on the 9th sleep of this moon, with about 70 charter members. This will give us a total of about 700 members and 50 past Sachems in good standing. Every Past Sachem will therefore take notice and make a special effort to be present in the hunting grounds of Lexington on the 27th and 28th suns of Hunting Moon, G. S. D. 404. The council fire will be kindled at the 10th run, rising of the sun, and the Great Council Degree conferred upon all Past Sachems then in waiting, and the transaction of business will begin immediately thereafter. The institution will take place in Red Men's Hall, 38 East Short street. Osceola Tribe, No. 18, Ashland, and Miami Tribe, No. 17, Newport, are now under my jurisdiction, and they will pay their per capita tax to the Great Council of Kentucky, as soon as instituted, instead of to the Great Council of Ohio." The Great Chief of Records of the Great Council of the United States, in his report to the G. C. U. S. for G. S. D., gives the following statistics for the Tribes in Kentucky under the jurisdiction of the G. C. U. S., which does not include Miami, No. 17, and Osceola, No. 18: Number of Tribes, 5; adopted, 267; admitted by card, 2; withdrawn by card, 20; Past Sachems, 26: total membership, 249. [Illustration: FIRST GREAT COUNCIL OF KENTUCKY.--LEXINGTON, KY., DEC. 27, 1895. First Row--John I. Winter, Frank L. Smith, J. Hull Davidson, J. R. McConnell, W. C. Conley, P. G. S. of Penn., Chas. C. Conley, P. G. I., J. B. Mendenhall, W. E. Fite, A. F. German. Second Row--W. B. Wilkerson, W. C. Diederich, Willie Walker, J. W. Hollar, R. W. Jones, O. R. King, T. M. Russell, J. W. Crumbaugh, John Armstrong, R. Eason, E. G. Van Zandt.] CHAPTER VII. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GREAT COUNCIL OF KENTUCKY AND ITS RECORDS FROM 1895 to 1907. In compliance with request of petitioners from various Tribes in Kentucky, Great Chief of Records of the Great Council of the United States, Charles C. Conley, acting Great Incohonee, and Past Great Sachem William C. Conley, of Pennsylvania, acting Great Chief of Records, appeared in the wigwam of Miantonomo Tribe, No. 1, hunting grounds of Lexington, on the 27th sun of Hunting Moon, G. S. D. 404, for the purpose of kindling the Great Council fire of Kentucky.