The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-19

the party during the entire dsv Af+or
/ ~ 'ns uilve over the city In carriages
San pi% aciE returned l to the joint wigwam ON
SSan J9clnto about 1880 where SNORT in
! lSS'nlai meeting was held, the main ohio,
VI "nlcn was tolenable the Red Men nros,
| ~ 70 meet aud become acquainted With
lhe great chiefs and their paIty I, ,.,
/ pieasant social session of an hour AMI
was hugely enjoyed. Chairman Tusk ~
at nis pest ana If any member failed IN he
l na,i' to the great chiefs, 1t was be-.
| could not aopReu around so that Charlie
| tpuu not get hold of MIN. He was herr.
mere ana everywhere, and looking 70 tbs
pieasure and enjoyment OF every one Mr.
himself, unless, as It seemed to be- his
sniovcd , P'eeSuIe was IN seeing that others
euJoyeu themselves and had a good time
Auoul CLOCK p. m. the great chiefs
anu tle entire party, members and an left
Iie Wlgwam and went TO the corner of San
Jaclnto and Preston, where suociaI ,org
| FURNISHED by the street railway connan,.
We're In waiting, and boarding the ears.
were taken without money and without
price TO drummer park, where an excel.
r raad uinner had been prepared and was
1Sddy 70 serve when the party arrived
Inc Red Men took full possession of the
PARK, pale faces, except the representatives
OF me press, being conspicuous By their
absence. They enjoyed the royal feast and
| had good time generally. After the din
ner they enjoyed themselves In the n1rk
In various ways for an hour or so, after
which the special cars were telephoned for
q oAu NtlAAuS Aueul tue e0tife party eQ1Oypd a
ride down Washington street and around
the belt, through houston Heights and back
70 the wlgWam, arriving there shortly after
8 O'Clock.
ing Instructive and enjoyable feature Of
the visit especially to the Red Men OF
Houston, aud TO the visiting guests as well
as they had the privilege OF meeting a
much greater number of the members of the
order, and especially Of meeting the fair
Daughters of Pocahontas, who had loaned
such valuable assistance in making the
meeting such a pronounced success, and
mad served such an excellent and palatable
lunch. The large hall was tlled to its Ut.
most, every seat being occupied and hun
dreds standing. The great chiefs were
rather late in arriving, but the interest and
Zest given by their presence when they did
appear fully compensated for the waiting.
the time of which had been Interestingly
filled by impromptu talks and the work of
the drill team of Little Elks tribe There
was large number of ladies present and
also a number OF ''pale face friends of
the various tribes of the city. Mr.. c. NJ,
Lus6 presided at the meeting and kept
1t moving very Interestingly and entertain
ingly until the great chiefs arrived. which
was not until after o'clock. Upon the
arrival of the visiting guests, Mr.. Lusk
at once introduced Great lncohonce r. d.
Wiley. the introduction being acknowledged
ny the entire audience rising to its feet IN
salutatioh 20 the head of the order. 0ir,
Wiley gave q short but admirable talk. He
complimented the order In this city very
highly on it's numerical strength, its high
- nding as the banner city Of the South
and was very eulogistic of HoustouianS,
both Red Men and pale faces, In speaking
of the reception he and his party had re,
ceived at their hands in this city. He told
the story of the origin OF the order ana
that December 16, 1901, was the l2sth an
niversary of the meeting held In old South
church In Boston 10 protest against the
landing of the British vessels laden with
tea How that, when Governor Gage, To
who the protest was made refused TO
interfere with the landing Of the vessels,
and the word of his refusal was brought
to the meeting Samuel Adams, one OF the
great men of revolutionary fame and one
o. the very first Red Men then Sons or
Liberty arose and said; Then tnlS meet,
ing can do no more In the cause of liberty
Immediately from all over the old church
came cries of Freedom the hrst motto
of the order The red men or Indians then
outnumbered the whites ten to one, and
in order to conceal their identity the
whites disguised themselves as Indians ana
threw the tea overheard. The Sons of Lib
ertv were well organized and kept II up
duriu. the revolutionary war AFTER the
revolution they were known as the sons
of Tamani" who was one OF the greatest
OF indian chiefs. and "Friendship' was add
ed to the motto owing to the warm friend
1872 10 1892 there were very few scattered
branches Of the society here and there over
the then settled portion of this country;
In 1882 the society became the Improved
Order OF Red Men, and the charity extend
ed by the order to the widows and orphans
of It's members. and 10 needy members
caused the word CHARITY to be adopted