The daily gazette., 1879-11-14
The Pipe Of Ieace.
KEoKUK TRIBE, NO. 3, 1. o. II. Nj. SMOKE
IT AT THAR TwENTY-sIxTH ami
VERSARY.

| kEOkUk TRIBE, NO. D, 1. .. IL. M. SMohE
IT AT THAR TwENTY-sIxTH ami
| vERsARY.
The council pipe of Keokuk tribe, No.
3, |. o. X. NJ, was smoked last night by
the braves on the occasion of the twen-
ty-sixth ann yersary, and many pale
faces were in, tied 10 the affair and took
part in the friendly whiiis.
The anniversary was held in the lee
ture room Of the Masonic Temple, and
the occasion was a most enjoyable af-
far rejecting great credit upon the tribe
and upon all those who took any part
in it.
The room was beautifully decorated |
with the national colors and the stage |
was trimmed Off after the peculiar man |
ner of Red Men. Suspended fIom the |
ceiling was stuffed iox, and the words |
"Keokuk," (sly-fox) attached beneath.
Prominent among the decorations were
the regalia of the tribe. Upon the
stage were seated the following warriors
and pale faces:
Great Prophet Joseph Pyle, Past
Great Sachem of Pennsylvania 4. Il.
Stewart, Past Sachen of Pennsylvania
Charles ii. Newhall, Post Great Inco-
honee of the u. s. Judge Geo. w.
and Chief Records of the U. s. Joshua
Mais, Past Great Sachem of Delaware
: Sylvester Rheinhard, Chief of records
OF the trib Jno. Il. Barr, paeface S. j.
Wiley, paleface ii. e. Conrad, pale
face Dr.. j. ii. Caldwell, paleiace Prof
Jas. Ii. CIabb,
The Quintet Club, consisting of
Mi ses Eva Zebley and Eva Crouch,
aud Messrs. Atwood Zehley, Joseph
Coley and ii. w. Zebley, sang 'Safely
Through another Year." in opening, and
. Rev. DR.. Caldwell led in payer.
Grand Prophet Joseph Pyle then
=, made speech of welcome in which he
said he was glad TO seee so many pre-
sent; he hoped they would enjoy them
:, selves. It. had been n years since Keo-
! kuk Tribe lighted its first council fire;
= at first il had eleven warriors and seven
II of these had gone to the Happy Hunt
i ing Grounds. Fourteen hundred meet
J. in!s Ii ID been held since the tribe had
I. been in existence. The Grand Prophet
7, S id he did not want TO talk long others
L were present who we're old in the order
i aud they wodld do the most of the
4 ak ng.
/ The club sang "Dreams Last Night"
2 in fine syle.
J Chief of Records Joshua Maris read
j. he report. The improved Order OF
Re | Men is a traternal and ben, VIOLENT
or anization, and originated as patriot
ic band, known as the Society VI Red
Men, among the volunteers in Fort
Mifiiin in 1913. It is different from all
other fIaternal organizations, and pecu-
liarly American. Members must be OF
81 good moral character, sound in body
G. and mind and believe in the Great
y Spirit. The order has become most
Jr extensive and extraordinary association
to the astonishment of IL ose who cal
sec no l,ouL ,hi"s 10.
rY Keokuk Tribr was instituted in 1852
ee Nov. 18th, by p. s., w. ii. Gear, o
T. Della. Tribe, No. |, and he was assisted
: by p. s., Jno. 5. Hazel, =. s., Jacot
Karsch, p. s., c. McAllister Bro. 5
OO n. d. Fork, aud Bro. }. l.. Price. (Iht
Oo Keeper of Records now read few ex
uo tracts in reference to the life of the not
ed chief after whom the tribe had beer
90 nam d-Ke0kuk.) At the klndllng OF
the council fire the following chief
an were elected;
w. S.-A. 5. Sutton.
s. Say.-Geo. Wright.
~ J. Says. l.. Il dgers.
G. of RIOS. Pyle.
90 X. of W.-Wm. Wallis.
These chiefs, with the appointment
made. constituted nucleus that wa
90 destined to become the alma mater @
lbe order in the Delaware huntin
+, unds, the fact not being denied tina
mn very tribe in this jurlsJictson owes it
''V rxistenc, to this tribe. The tribe wa
,lso the father of Pythianism in thi
state for Washington Lodg
LOO No. /, X of =. at its foIma
ton was composed almost exclu
oo sively of members of this tribe. p. q.
'oo Edwin uirst confirms this assertlo
100 .hich some deny. Keokuk has alway
led in things of interest TO the FISH
M has more pluck, vim and energy tina
''' any other body OF the kind in the city
The report did not deal with details {
20 the tribes his ory, as Edwin Hirst, til
~" historian of tie tribe, is engagt d in mai
ing full history.
100 Ihe following figures accompanied I'll
report: Amount received from all source
sl5,OOs.7S, amount paid out for sic
100 benefits and funerals, $4 500; for reli,
200 of widows and orphans and other dona
''1o tiops, SI3z; Tor nurse hire, $50; p'
800 ceptaee Grand Council tax, $l,057.1
D.OU entertainments, &C., $407.3S; salarie
'Vo rents, &C., SS,330.23; total, $l5,0Oo.7
900 Assets, S1,904.56; present membershi
900 81; members deceased and buried b
O.Uo Tribe, IL; widows in care of Tribe, D.
o0S George r. Kornng gave seleciit
900 on Tue Either, which was well receive
O.oo Morris III. Goiham, Great lncohoi
y S."U oU next spoke. He said he felt glad at bt
0.0O ing present, and that he would endeavt
900 to give a few facts in reference to Il
. ~ order. In 1913 the British came up Il
wv Delaware river, and began to ravage u
= oo country. Then the only fortlhcaii'
" "'@ q" from the Capes to Philadelphia WI
go Fort Mitllin on the Delav a shore,w whit
900 was garrisoned by a few hundred lnval
'o'oo oUo troops. The Inhabitants of New Cast
200 and Wilmington began to feel gre
fear, and many of them left Their home
900 in those places and fled across the Pen
N M sylvania line. A young man i'll Ph'l
800 delphia. who was member of Dem
= cratic Association there called meetiI
'ooo at Stratton's Hotel one evening, and o
.e 90 of that was organized the Junior Arti
lery. They marched to Fort Milllin al
defended it, and here they organized
society of Red Men, which was not OF
e. for social purposes but for the benefit
air. the members and the support OF tie eau
,ere of liberty. Thus the l. Y. Il. M. Orig
the ma ed The speaker went back TO I