The Saint Paul globe., 1897-08-25

C0UlcIL OF RED MEN
THE BIG CHIEFS OF IMPROVED
ORDER SPEND BUSY
RAF.
HAVE WAMPUM IN PLENTY,
AND REVIEW OFOTHE WORK OF
THE TRIBES FOUND SATIS-
FACTORY.
THOMAS VA SACHEM.
THOMAS w. sCoRBBGREAT sACHEA
List of the Other Braves Who Were
HOnOred in the Selection of
Officers.

ent were:
Great sachem, Charles H. Brown. of Mime
apohs; great senior sycamore, Thomas W.
Score, of St Paul; great junior sagam6re'
WiNiam ]. Rohr, of st. Paul; great chief OF
records George D. Crocker, of Minneapolis; /;
great keeper Of wampum' J. & A: FoFsell. Of ell, OF
st. Paul; great sannap, A. b. Frost OF Brain
erd; great mishinewa, q. Myers, or AUSTIN; !;
great guard of wigwam, F. J. He'll, OF ST:
Paul; great guard of forest, F; Moodrun, OF
Minneapolis; representatives, Carl Berglund,
Of Minneapolis, and M. M. Mitchell. OF st.
Paul; great trustees, A. P. Guy, G. A. REM,
c. K. Schacht, all Of st. Paul.
Also the members of committees and
the following representatives from dill
ferent tribes throughout the state:
No: 2, St. Pau1-F. C. Wagner and F. x.
Virnig.
No. 8. Minneapolis w. Roland and B. B.
Brett.
No. 4. St. Paul-C. R. shacht and G. F.
>. No. 2; stillwater-P. D. Lott and John
Zingerlee.
No. s, St. Paul-H. C. ,Boyeson and F. w.
Borges.
No. g. St. Paul-4George Beals.
No. 10, Minneapolis-H. A. Finlayson and
j. Bayard
No. II, Minneapolis-W. H. Foster
No. II, Albert Lea. H. -Menafee and John
Dorr.
son and James Cullen.
No. IA, Minneapolis N. H. Ransom and j.
E. Harris.
No. Is, Minneapolis-C H. vallender.
No. 16, Austin-R. M. Hazelton and 0. j.
Simmons
No. II, Duluth-C. W. Thompson and R. H.
Pierce.
No. Is, Wells-M A. Tolan.
No. 10, Jackson. w. Muir.
No. 20, Winona--G. w. Hoffman and George
Fisher.
Past Grand Saehems M. S. Mead and
w. J. Rohr, of ST. Paul, and also sew
eral past sachems of different tribes,
were also present.
The forenoon was occupied largely
by the reports of the great chiefs The
great sachem made a long talk, in
which he reported the order to be in a
prosperous condition. in Minnesota
there are twenty tribal councils with a
membership of about 1000, and there
are also several other applications to
be acted on. The membership of the
order in the country is not far from
250,000 The great Sachem recon-
mended the adoption of pale faces at
the age Of eighteen years instead of
twenty-one, which was subsequently
acted upon favorably.
The long talk of the great chief of
records showed that on the first of the
Buck moon the tribes had the snug
sum of $7,97108 in the wampum belt:
there was expended during the year for
relief (sick benefits) $685. 95 and $50 for
funeral benefts-there was only one
death during the year. All other ex-
penses footed UP $4,342.42. The various
tribes had expended 1868 10. for para
phernalia. Thee sum Of $724.15 has been
expended for work in extending the
order and during the coming Great Sun
this work will be pushed forward even
more rapidly.
At the afternoon session the election
of officers took place and resulted as
follows:
Great sachem1Thomas w. Score, of ST..
Paul.
Great Senior Sagamore-A. E. Frost. of
Brainerd.
Great Junior Sagamore-C. w. Thompson,
of Duluth.
Great Prophet-C H. Brown, of Minneap-
lis.
Great Chief of Records-George D. Croeker,
of Minneapolis.
Great Keeper of Wampum-J. A. Forssell,
of ST. Paul.
Representative to the Great Council of the
United States-M. NJ. Mitchell, of st. Paul.
The rest of the session was occupied by
the transaction of minor business. The great
sachem appointed the following chiefs
Great Sannap-F. x. WIRING, of st. Paul.
Great Mishinewa-W. H. Ransom, of Min
neapolis.
Great Guard of Wigwam-J. A. zingerlee,
of Saltwater.
Winona.
Great Trustee-E. Meyers, of Austin.
Committees
Ffnance-Milton S. Mead, of No. 2; James
Cullen, of No. ,13, and Fred Woodworth. of
No. 10.
Laws and Usage-B. B. Brett, of No 8; Ross
Hazard, of No. Is, and A. F. Sweetzer, of
No. Is.
State of the order-George Fisher, of No.
20 O. J. Simmons, of No. 16, and R. H.
Pierce, of No. II.
Returns and Reports-F. j. Hebel, of No. 4;
J. E. Harris, of No. IA, and M. A. Tobin, of
No 1S.
Mileage and Per Diem-C. R. schacht, of
Boyesen os No. s.
Appeals-F. A. Hutson, of No. 9; G: Berg
lund of No. 8, and ]. s. Noble, of No. 15.
The next Great Sun council will be kindled
in Winona, in Sturgeon moon (August), 1898.
After the business session closed,
Great Incohonee Robert T.. Daniel, of
Georgia, raised up the elected chiefs
to their proper stumps and then gave
"long talk" on Red Manship and it's
early history. It is supposed to have
its origin in the Sons of Liberty, that
body of patriots who disguised them
selves as Indians in ITS and converted
Boston harbor into a tea pot. In 1872
this was revived under the name of
the Society of Tammany," and still
later became the Red Men. In 1847 the
fraternal features were added to the
society and it became the Improved Or
der of Red Men The order will cele-
brate it's fiftieth anniversary in Phila-
delphia next September
Last evening the visiting chiefs were
regaled by the White Cloud tribe, of
st. Paul, by social session and feast
the latter consisting of fat dog stew
yenison, elk haunch buffalo marrow
and corn cakes,