The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-01-19

customs INTO oar ritualiStic work our
! Order deserves l" live, If only To perpetuate
the mem ~ aad teachings of that once,proua
race
| INCEPTION OF THE ORDER
The Improved order OF Red Man is The
| oldest fraternal organization in existence of
| purely American origin and teachings 1t
was born in patriotism, nurtured in freedom
i inspired in friendship and consecrated in
charlty. 1T is the linca descendant of the
| Sons of Liberty who for more than ten years
| prior 10 the Declaration of indie pendcnce had
| oS thelr active worN paved the way for that
| immortal act When The Sons OF Liberty in
| many Localities merged INTO Societies of St.
! Tamna from lT'l 10 1900, love OF country ana
| the conservation Of liberty were still tho
guiding impulse. In 1918 it took on another
| form in the society OF Red Men, formed at
| Fort Miillin. as showsi in the historic archives
/ OF the Order Under This name IL existed Cor
! nearly twenty years with Il proud record of
/ fraternity aud. beEcN o!ence. For causes that
! in like manner affected all similar orgauiz
ations Of that perioa, from 1928 to 1872 the
Society OF Red Men langulshed ara become
! nearly extinct. In 1888 brothers who had
| beer active therein gathered few of the
smouldering emDers of the dimly burning
| touHCi pflHe ana hlnulGu the cOuncl lire of
the Improved Order of the Red Men IN the
| hunting grounds OF Baltimore, MARYLAND and
Iengthened The chair OF friendship by add
| ing to its patriotism and fraternal features she
charitable and benevolent work of its present
ministrations.
Thus has come 10 us the glorious trinity of
our inspiring motto, Freedom, Friendship
and Charity, and Dy it is recorded the
| origin and growth of Our affilIiatian Tho Sone
OF Liberty gave us Freedom; the Tammany
societies and the Society of Red Men added
| Friendship. The improved Order OF Red
| Men conSecrated the work with Charity.
Only the briefest mention can here be made
OF even the bare facts of ORDERS history
the official history OF the order will give in
| full detail all further desired information
1t is sufficient here TO say that history
covers three epochs First that OF tradition
second that of superstition, and third, that
of actual written record.
1T IS true that the societies existing previous
to the year 1913 made no use of the name OF
led Men as part of the title by which they
were known st. Tamnany.s Society was a
frequenu appellation in tIa middle and
southern states. The organization at Boston
and elsewhere, of 1868 and later. known as
the sons Of Liberty, preceded the Tammany
societies and vas organized with the same
, spirit and "a c orm the same service. They
requrn.ly referred to each other AS the
inoian,' and the well inowa taci will pc re
f called that on certain important date,
party OF men disguised indians, rushed
down TO ne wharf by inc waterside and
q pitched into Boston. Harbor the tea which
had been imported but which the colonists
+ refused TO receive and pay taxes upon. The
men who constituted the famous Boston tie;
. party-wero members OF the Som of Libert.
OF 5osto and vicinity.
f Undoubtedly these varicus societies ma,
= means OF communication. The business il
n which they were engaged. Was exremel,
II dangerous 1t hey succeeded they wer,
heroes. If they failed they were traitors an,
until il was decided wheather their rewaIt
h was to be the laurel wreath or the halle
J. thel was the utmost necessity for conceal
). ing their personal identity.
It Instlnctivey they turned to the uucuitivate
field of red mems mysteries for their eere
l. monies and socalled secret work, and in tn
II sublimity and grandeur OF the unsullied char
n acteristies OF the aboriginal race. then thel