Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-01
lMp'O ORDER OF RED MEN.
The Annual Session of the Great
Council of Delaware.

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Distinguished Visitors to 30 Present
The Condition of the Order in This
Jurisdiction-Neariy Held Its Own Not
witlistanding the Hard Times.
Special Dispatch to Gazette and journal.
LEwEs, Oct. 3l.--The annual session
OF the Great Council OF Delaware,
Improved 0, r. NJ, which will begin
tonight, has attracted many visitors
here. Great Sachem George G. Byron
will preside and 100 representatives are
expected to be present. Most of the
representatives arrived at noon. The
following Great Chiefs of the Great
Council of the United States will be
in attendance Andrew H. Patton of
Massachusetts, Great Incohonee; Joseph
Pyle, Great Keeper of Wampum /;
Thomas X. Donnalley of Pennsylvania,
Past Great Ineohonee ard National
Pennsylvania, Great Chief OF Records.
The reports OF the Great Chiefs, the
Deputy Great Chiefs, the Great Repre-
sentatives and the Standing Committees
will be presented tonight. Chiefs for
the ensuing year will be elected
tomorrow morning and the adjourn
ment will probably occur tomorrow
afternoon.
The report OF the great sachem re-
views his official acts and says:
"Fhe standing OF the order in this
Jurisdiction is about the same as at last
report in regard to number of members,
but the number of tribes has been in
creased from 90 to 80, and we have
reason to congratulate ourselves that the
order Is in as good standing as it is, as
this has been hard great sun on secret
beneficial orders in the manufacturing
districts of the State, as SO many have
been out of work or on short time, but
as the tribes have been able to fulfill
their obligations to their members, we
believe, that upon the return of game to
our hunting grounds the Imp'd o. II.
NJ, will make great progress in this
Jurisdiction.
"We arc glad to say that while there
were but two or three tribes in this
jurisdiction one great sun ago that had
good working teams in the new work
there are now several who can perform
the work in the manner that it should be
done, and, we think, that the two new
tribes deserve credit for the manner in
which they perform the adoption work.
And we hope it will not be long before
every tribe in our hunting grounds will
have good teams, as we consider that
good adoptions will be the means of in
creasing the membership of the tribes"
The reports of the deputy grand
sachems review their official acts.
Following is an excerpt of the report
OF the great chief of records:
Another great sun has passed since
last we met around our annual council
fire, and although the circumstances are
such that we might have expected a
considerable decrease in our order, am
glad to report that little Delaware has
very nearly held her own, the decrease
being less than l greatly feared. We
know that throughout the great reserva.
ton the order has decreased on account
OF the same circumstances. and we must
bear our proportionate share. Our mem
beers have made strong efforts to keep
up the number 10 the old standard, and
to greatly increase it, but have not sue
ceeded.
Amount In wampum belt al COM
:, mencement OF ternl. ,047. 80
hecelpts. .........,.......-.... l,fl704
DISBURSEMENTS, as per check
pOok.. ,.,............... ,56S.60
Balance IN Delt.. .................. $780, 3
MEMBERSHIP - CONDENSED FROM TRIBAL,
REPORTS.
Members last report. .................o5 1884
Adoptlons during great sun. 200
numltteu ny card. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4
!'ihstatcu $500. ...... ........... IL
Members withdrawn by card ........ 4
Members expelled. ................. 9
M Ian, boa Ill
Members deceased. Observation-Disclosures. II
Present. membership per reports re-
celved.. ..................... .254l
Mem bership last report. ............. 1854
Decreased during great sun........... 10
helections during great sun, .......... 10
FINANCIAL.
Amount received for adoption,
dues ana degrees. .Sl4, 437. 20
Amount received from other
sources ..................... g. 7b7 90
Amount expended for benefits. 7'025. II
Amount expended for funehils.. 2,7sS. 60
Amount expended for charitable
purposes. ............. 1885
Amount of wampum i'll belts.... 5.SU36
Amount OF wampum invested. j.. 22,030. 20
Per capita paid Great Council.... 1852. rs
The report of the Great Keeper of
Wampum is as follows:
Balance in bank last G. s. report. 81 OF. 80
Deposited during the great sum-. 1,4l7.94
S2,465. 80
Disbursements as per check. ...... l,576.97
balance. ...,....,..... $50. SO
CHECK unused. ................... 7.35
Balance in bank per bank books s96. II
The reports Of the great representa-
tives review the annual session of the
Great lnunciI of the Initial Stntns