Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-10
THE GREAT CHIEFS
Leaders of the Red Men Of West
are in Norfolk.
Headed by E. ID. wiley. Great senior
Sycamore ana Thos. .. J. HARRIS
SON, Grent J"n,or Sycamore, of
Gront Council of the United stntes.

Pursuant to previous announcement |
in the columns of the Virginian-P |
the Wiley excursion party OF Great
Red Men from the West reached Nor
folk last night and proceeded to the
Monticello Hotel.
From Richmond they came via the |
C. and O., reaching the hotel about 7:40
O'clock. The party was welcomed at
the c. and .. wharf by the local COM
mittee from Norfolk's seven tribes OF
Red Men, headed by Past Great Sach-
elm John w. Cherry. chairman. the |
first thing on the program was supper,
and while the visitors are attending to
| this let us glance briefly at their itin-
erary.
The party assembled Thursday at
noon at Victoria Hotel, Chicago, and
left the Windy City at p. IN. over the
Big Four route. At Cincinnati that day
at 10 D. H. they took the Chesapeake
| and Ohio arriving Friday at a. m. a
White Sulphur Springs for breakfast.
At p. m. Friday they reached Rich
mond. Yesterday was devoted to see
ing the sights at Virginia's capital, and
then the party took the c. and O. for
Norfolk.
LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT PRO
The program for the entertainment
of the visitors while our guests is as
follows:
Saturday-7:30 p. H.: Informal adj
dress of welcome by Hon. C. Brooks
Johnston, Mayor of Norfolk.
Sunday-9:45 Il. m. sharp. Leave the
hotel via trolley cars for Ocean View,
Old Point Fortress Monroe and Sol
ders' Home. Return from Ocean View,
3 o'clock. p. M, dinner a Monticello
Hotel 500 p. M. leave hotel to visit
St. Paurs Church Quilt 1889. and
other points.
Alonday-10 n M, leave hotel to visit
the Citizens Bank building. A birds
eye view of Norfolk. IL n. M. steam
boat trip around the harbor, viewing
Norfolk. Portsmouth, Berkeley. Lam
bert's Point coal piers. Craney Island
Naval Hospital and including n visit to
the U. S. navy yard to see the Spanish
cruiser Reina Mercedes. p. M, lunch
at Monticello. 5:45 p. m. sharp, steam
er leaves foot of Mathews street for
Washington, d. c.
personnel OF THE PARTY.
The present trip was arranged by,
and the party is in charge of, Mr.. Will
son Brooks, of Chicago, great chief of
records. Great Council of Illinois, who,
through connection with many former
trips TO the sessions of the Great Coun-
lar with all the details pertaining to-
such matters.
The party is made up as follows:
l.. w. Poindexter and wife. Topeka,
kas.; Geo. H. Tandy, Freeport, Ill.,;
Fred Temple. Grand Rapids, Mich
Wilson Brooks and wife and James r.
Wilson and wife, Chicago; e. D. Wiley,
DesMoines. Ia; T. ]. Smith and wife.
Indianapolis. Ind: A. Shaw. Walla
Walla, Wash; Thos.J. Gray, Mobiles
Vile, Ind; b. Schleslnger and wife,
Henia. o.; w. B. King. Lafayette Ind;
Jas. T. Britt and wife. Milwaukee,
Wis; j. n. McGaw and Mrs. Hattie NJ.
Hopkins. indianapolis, Ind; Fred c.
Narr, Davenport, Ia; Adam Baker, Des
Moines Ia: Thos. G. Harrison and wife.
indianapolis, Ind; John A. Zuck and
wife, Madison. Ind; Thos. H. Watts,
Montgomery, Ala.
MAYOR JOHNSTON ABSENT.
On account of a sudden call out of
the city Mayor Johnston was unable to
be present and officially welcome the
visitors. so this feature and the res
ponse by Hon. Thos. II. Watts, of
Montgomery, Ala. of the visitors, were
omitted.
TWO BIG CHIEFS.
Two members of the visiting party
are very prominent i'm the order. These
are e. d. Wiley, of Des Moines. great
senior sycamore of the G. c. u. S., and
Thos. G. Harrison, Of indianapolis, Ind,
great junior sycamore of the G. c. u.
S. The party Is under the direction of
Past Great Sachem Wilson Brooks
State organizer of Illinois.
MILWAUKEE IN 1900.
The members of the party are wear
ing pins bearing the words "Milwau-
kee. 1900-A Bright Spot" It, seems to
be generally conceded that the Great
Council of 1900 will be held at Mill
waullee.
HISTORY OF THE RED MEN.
OF the Great Council. 1. o. r. NJ. at
Washington this week. and the order
itself. the Washington Post speaks as
follows:
Tor the entertainment of the Improved
Order of Red Men, whose great council
is to be held in this city next week
The council will begin its sittings on
Tuesday and continue them for four
days 1t Us expected that there will be
present about 175 delegates, whose
camp will be pitched at the Ebbitt
House. The business transacted viii
be of great Importance to members of
the order throughout the country
me organization has an interesting
history, with which all the great chiefs
and warriors OF the tribe are familiar,
the traditions having been handed
GOWN ,, from generation to generation.
he order Is the outgrowth of a
secret organization. maintained by the
American Indians long before Christo-
pher Columbus landed upon the lonely
Stores OF San Salvador and informed
the red men that they were discovered
Such worthy motives were embodied
in this singular association of half
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