The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-17
POWWOW AND BARBECUE
RED MEN AND OTHER VISITORS
WILL OvERRUN sHELBYVILLE.
Gas Supervisor Leach Still After the
Oil Men-GOOd Work by Deputy
Fish Commissioners.
1ecial to the Indianapolis journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYVILLE, Ind, Aug. 1.-THE an
nual district powwow of the Improved
Order of Red Men OF Indiana began a
three days meeting in this city tonight
with representatives from all the tribes in
the reservation. All the trains to-day have
brought visitors in droves. Many belong
to the order, bur most of them are at
tracted by the news of a great crowd and
Shelby county barbecue Fully 5000
strangers are sleeping in the city tonight.
Ffteen tribes have entered the contest for
prizes in the adoption degree and began
working in the lodge of Kiowa Tribe at
$50 o'clock this evening and will continue
until some time tomorrow morning. The
tribes entered in the contest are Inguasha-
qua, No. 81, of Columbus; Otonkah, No a.
Of Connersville; Tanpah, No. 1O2 Rush
vile; Metamora, No. u.s. Edinburgh Ponti-
ac, No. 49, Carbon; Quapaw, No. 143, Lin
ton; NaWassa, No. 1870, Indianapolis; Wat
tee, No. 1872, Cicero; Pokagon. No 236, In
annapolis; Wenonah, No. 1872 Greenfield
Seminole, No. 125. MartinsviIle and Ponca,
NO. $780, Eminence. The contest in the Po-
cahontas Council is being held in the Odd
Fellows Han, on West Broadway, with
eleven councils conteSting.
The business session of the poWWoW
was held at the Courthouse at 7:30 o'clock
Tonight with delegates from all southern
INDIANA. District President Judge K. NJ.
Hord, of this city, presided. with Charles
Breeding, of Edinburg, secretary. An ad-
dress of welcome for the city was made by
Mayor Joshua Enos and by Hon. B. S.
sutton on behalf of KioWa Tribe. They
were responded TO by number of visitors
RESOLUTIONS were adopted declaring that as
the Great Council had fixed no limit to
the boundary Of the southeastern indiana
poWwow it should be co-eXtensiVe with the
State of Indiana; that each tribe sending
delegates should contribute 81 for each
delegate to pay postage, stationary and
ike expenses; that the tribe entertaining
the poWWow should pay all expenses eX-
cept the personal expenses of the dele
gates; that each tribe should be entitled
to one delegate for every fifty members
and that the Great Council should fix the
boundaries of the several districts in the
The contest between the different towns
for the powwow in 1898 was extremely
spirited all day. Oregon, No. go of Ander-
son, Arizona, No. 1872 of Bloomington and
the indianapolis tribes were all anxious
and active in the contest, but at the meet
ing tonight Bloomington was selected as
the next meeting place by a unanimous
vote.
A motion was made to dispense with the
district poW-WoWs and hold a great pow
WOW in Indianapolis in the month of the
corn moon in 1898. which was adopted and
afterWard reconsdercd and referred to the
Great Council. Officers elected for the next
Fresident-Joseph Kirby, Bloomington.
Vice President-Dr. j. NJ. Armstrong,
Brookville.
Secretary-Frank Rose, Bloomington
Treasurer-Jacob Becker, Indianapolis
Every game of chance known to Hoosers
has been running full blast to-day in the
Streets alleys saloons and on the fair
grounds. The tiger with all his stripes and
spots is out for the public to inspect. Great
crowds are collected about the chuck-a-
luck and spindle tables. On the fair grounds
here the people are to be Toasted with a
barbecue of twelve beeves and eight hun
dred gallons of burgoo" tomorrow is a
"hooche-cooche" exhibition that would
rival anything that flourished on the
the big day Twelve thousand people have
been prepared for. In the morning will be
a procession followed by an exhibition
drill of the Chieftains' Leauge, of Terre
Haute, in continental costume, and by the
indianapolis Light Infantry. The twelve
beves which are to be fed to the crowd
were put on the splits Saturday at noon and
have been turned every hour since then.
Eight hundred gallons of "burgoo" have
been prepared and the great kettles will
begin simmering tomorrow at daylight to
be hot and fragrant when served.
Shelbyville has expended $1,000 in pre-
pairing to entertain her visitors in honor
president, Hon. K. M. Hord. The usual
crowd of crooks and skin" gamblers that
make a practice of following the county
fairs and old settlers meetings is here to
do everybody. Detective Grady of the
Big Four to-day pointed out ten pick
pockets and thieves to the local police who
have made no arrests thus far. Grady
said this afternoon that more than one
hundred of the worst crooks in the coun-
try are here.