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
Horace J. McFarlan, of No. 33 Great Sachem.
H. H. Denhardt, of No. 11 Great Senior Sagamore.
Lewis L. Bebout, of No. 60 Great Junior Sagamore.
W. C. Pelham, of No. 3 Great Prophet.
Henry Wood Ray, of No. 3 Great Chief of Records.
S. C. Moore, of No. 7 Great Keeper of Wampum.
A. C. Prewitt, of No. 33 Great Sannap.
Geo. W. Griffith, of No. 11 Great Mishinewa.
J. H. Kemper, of No. 18 Great Guard of Wigwam.
J. K. Moore, of No. 32 Great Guard of Forest.
The following Standing Committees were announced for the ensuing Great
Sun:--
Finance--W. M. Evans, of No. 8; Henry Schwieters, of No. 8; O. R. King,
of No. 1.
Law and Usage--L. D. Owen, of No. 8; W. C. Morgan, of No. 90; H. J.
Northcutt, of No. 37.
Returns and Reports--Robert Lee Page, of No. 80; Forsee D. Lee, of No.
71; N. G. Mothershead, of No. 57.
State of the Order--Thos. M. Russell, of No. 3; C. H. Bateman, of No.
50; Louis Vissman, of No. 8.
Appeals--J. Robin Garr, of No. 7; C. A. Melone, of No. 8; John
Hafendorfer, of No. 14.
Thanks of the Great Council were tendered Wyandotte Tribe, No. 3 for its
hospitality, and after the Great Prophet had said a prayer, the Council
Fire quenched in ample form.
=1904.=
TENTH GREAT SUN COUNCIL.
The Tenth Great Sun Council Fire of the Great Council of Kentucky was
kindled in the wigwam of Otego Tribe, No. 60, at Owensboro, at the 11th
run rising of the 10th sun of Flower Moon, G. S. D. 413.
Prior to the kindling, introductory exercises were held as
follows:--Addresses by Mayor Yeiser, and Judge R. V. Lightfoot, with
responses by Bros. R. L. Page, S. C. Moore, and Great Minewa, Thos. J.
Smith, representing the Great Incohonee.
At the kindling of the council fire there were present all the Great
Chiefs, except Great Prophet, three Past Great Sachems and 75 Past
Sachems.
Lee W. Zweydorf, of No. 7 and Ben H. Schrader, of No. 5 were appointed
to assist the Great Junior Sagamore in the examination of Credentials.
Past Great Sachem Willie Walker of No. 1 was appointed Great Prophet for
the session, Great Prophet Pelham being unable to be present.
Upon the recommendation of the Credential Committee fifty-seven
Past Sachems were admitted to seats in the Great Council, and the
representatives of sixty-two Tribes were recognized. The attendance this
session was 136.
It was agreed that Representatives of Tribes instituted so recently as
not to be legally entitled to representation be allowed mileage.
The Great Sachem announced the following appointments on committees to
fill vacancies:--
State of the Order--C. P. Harding, of No. 5; L. H. Roberts, of No. 10.
Charters--Claude B. Terrell, of No. 90; J. M. Clifford, of No. 10; Hugh
Johnson, of No. 81.
A communication was read from Great Incohonee Thomas G. Harrison,
expressing his regret at not being able to be present and appointing
Great Minewa, Thomas J. Smith as his representative.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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