The Portland daily press., 1897-04-23
Red s MEMS POWWOW.

Grand Council of Maine Meets in
Bangor.
Reports of Officers, Award of Prizes and
Election of Officers for abe Ensuing
Year.
Bangor. April 22.-At the business
meeting today of the Great Council of
Maine, improved Order of Red Men,
the forenoon was occupied with commit
tee reports and routine business. The
roll call showed 90 present. Great Senior
Sycamore X. M. Libby of Portland, re-
signed, and Albro E. Uhas of Port
land was elected to fill the vacancy.
Clarence L. Buchanan of Yarmouth wes
elected Great Junior Sycamore. First
prize in golden tomahawk contest was
awarded to tMaohigonne tribe Of Port
land, for excellence in comforting adop-
tion degree. First prize for increase in
membership was awarded to Rockamee-
COOK tribe OF Deering. In the Pocahon
tas degree contest, the first prize was
awarded to Nokomis council Of Lisbon
Falls. law was passed requiring all
tribes which infringe upon others' ter
ritory to pay three times the amount of
money taken from the candidate to the
tribe from which he WAS taken.
10 was voted to hold THE next council
meeting in Lewiston. The following
chiefs were elected: Great Saohem, A.
X. Chase of Portland; grand senior saga
more, Il. Buoknam, Yarmouth; grand
Junior sycamore, II. b. Seal, Deering;
grand prophet, Fred E. Whesler, Wood
fords; great trustee, for three years, John
Locke, Jr., Portland; great sannap, j.
H. Eacott, Lisbon Falls.
Great Sachem Fred E. Wheeler, in his
"long talk after describing in detail
| the successful work of the past year.
says:
would recommend that this Great
Council be located for the kindling OF its
council fires in the hunting grounds Of
Portland, Maine, lin the even years. and
that mileageEofa two CENTS per mile be al
lowed its great chiefs, representatives,
finance..committee and committee on ap
peals and grievances, for each nj lie trav
eled, over. twenty five miles. Mileage to
be computed by the finance committee by
the nearest travelled cute.
| would arec0mmend that Chiefs of
Records of tribes lie required to notify
the Great Chief of Records within ten
nf the of oil MI al
communications, giving the date when
read before the tribe, to be countersigned
by the Sachem Tor acting ESachem) and
| under seal of the tribe. ANY failure to
comply with the above shall be reported
| by the Great Chief of Records to the
| Great Sachem, who shall report the Same
| to this Geat Council, when action against
| the offending tribe shall he taken.
| l would recommend that inasmuch ms
| the Great Council of the United States
has adopted a law permitting the admis-
| sion of pale faces at mt less than
| eighteen great suns of age. that our
General Laws Section 33. article XIV, ne
amended by striking out the word
"twop y-one'' in the third lire and the
would recommend that charters be
granted to this following tribes:
Umbagog, No. 40, of Livermore Falls.
Wawawnunkn, No. Al. of Rumford
Falls.
Mollyockett. No. AZ. of Norway.
Domhegon, No. 43, of Brunswick.
would recommend That Tribe No. 81
be changed. from District No. 6 into Dis
| trict No. 5.ss
That Tribe No. 45 be PLACED in District
| No. 6.
That Tribes Nos. 40 and AZ be placed
| in District No 8.
That Tribe No. Al be placed in new
district, numbered 49,
| These changes will be less expensive
| than any other com binatioD.
| would recommend that the charter
| fee. for new tribes be twenty-five fathoms,
and that twenty copies of the General
! Laws and one get Of rituals be furnished
| free, all other books to be purchased of
the Great Council.
would recommend that the charter
fes of Degree of Poeahontas Councils be
fifteen fathoms, andsthat one set of
rituals be furnished free, all .other hooks
| tosbe5purohased of this Great Council.
| l would recommend that Section "a,
Article XIV, General Laws. be amended
| by striking out all after the word tap
plications" in sthe beginning of the
fourth line, and inserting in the place
thereofsthe following:
(Which may be inside to any tribe in
| this reservation. Any tribe receiving an
application from pile face residing in
town or city where there is a tribe,
shall previous to referring the said appli.
cation to the investigating committee,
| instruct the Chief ofReoords to commu-
nicate with the Chic of Records of the
said tribe or tribes, relative to the health,
character and fitness OF said applicant.
| The said tribe or tribes shall, as soon as
practicable not later than two seven
suns, make report thereon to the tribe
which referred the application. Upon
receipt of thez report t shall be imine
diately referred MISUNDERSTANDING com
mittee and become part of their re-
| port"
W. E. st. John, tte great chief of
records, in his "long ak" says:
MEMBERSHIP ACCOUNT.
Number of members al last report, O. EGO
Number OF adoptions since last
report. ~. n. 026
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