Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-12-30
THE FIRST FAMILIES.
NATIVE SONS AND DAUGHTERS
OF WASHINGTON.
JO. Kuhn. Of Port Townsend Gives Some Ac.
count of an Organization intended to Perpet.
uate the Memories o! Pioneer Days.

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necessary for the purposes OF conduct
ing its own affairs and the relations OF
its members with each other Politi
cal and religious discussions are pro-
hibited; in its work there is nothing
to the conscientious
opinions OF any. Its objects are. q
uniform system OF administration
in fraternal union for the en-
joyment OF the privileges, benefits and
honors by all members, to perpetuate
the memories OF all truly pioneers,
and other early settlers, to collect,
record and preserve historical remi-
niscences for future publication with
biographical sketches, to improve the
of its members by encour-
agement in all laudable undertaking,
to assist each other in time of sickness
or need and bury the dead. AS Ma
tive Sons ana Daughters we are Justly
proud of our ancestry and nativity.
To the brave men and women, (our
pioneer parents) OF the far Northwest,
this State and nation owe greater
debt of gratitude than can ever be
paid them. Of the Pilgrims who
crossed the Atlantic and landed on
Plymouth Rock much praise has been
sung, and their defendants, proud Of
their ancestry, annually celebrate
Forefathers' Day, to their memory.
The descendants OF the early settlers
OF New Amsterdam honor their fore
fathers, as do those descended from
the companions Of William Penn and
Lord Baltimore. The trials and priva-
tions of the Pilgrims of New England,
the Dutch of New York, and of Penn
and Baltimore doubtless were great,
but nothing to be compared with that
by the pilgrims to this great North
west, whether such came by land or
sea.
The pioneer men and women OF 80
or 40 years ago, here on Puget Sound,
were almost as one family from the
Columbia to Victoria, but seem Of
late to be growing apart, and are fast
passing away, and in 4 little while
the last one of them will rest from his
labors, and it remains with the Native
Sons and Daughters to see that their
life's work was not done in vain, and
their memory and good deeds be not
forgotten.
The order owes its existence to
that feeling implanted in every hu-
man breast, loyalty to country love,
and proud of their nativity. Theirs
as birthright is the grandest country
on earth; new and fresh from the
hand of the Great Creator; not an
over populated. worn out region with
out future, but a new country pos.
sessing unlimited resources, untouched
and unsurpassed elsewhere. With
such a panorama of fruitfulness be.
fore them as o band of comrades
worthy of our pioneer parents, there
should be nothing unattainable
through united efforts. Our common.
wealth like our order is still young
and must have true and loyal hands
to guide and guard her ship of state
and who, or where should such be
found but among united band OF
her native sons? Her wide plains,
her lofty mountains, her fertile val
leys, her great rivers and her inland
sea, are all mighty potencies that have
and, during ages to come, will exer-
else influences in our State, that with.
in her domain will be found native
talent equal to any.
The first camp OF the Native Sons
of Washington was organized with
nine members, in March, 1893, and in
September, 1894, the Grand Camp was
incorporated under the laws of the
State of Washington, and the work
and ritual copyrighted. Alki Camp
was organized in October, 1895, in Sc.
attic.
The Grand Camp will hold its an
nual session at Port Townsend, Janu-
uary 8, 1899.
The order is growing rapidly, and
should have many friends to rejoice
in its prosperity. Every native born
Washingtoniam is eligible to men,
bership, and all citizens should feel
interested, for if they cannot indi-
vidually become members of the order
they can do SO by proxy through
their children, their best representa-
tives. The organization is bound to
become to a certain extent a patriotic
order of the sons OF the common
wealth, bound together by the fra
ternal ties love OF home and country.
The Grand Camp is strictly repre-
sentative body, composed from SUBJ
ordinate camps, among which the Of
fcers, honors, privileges and benefits