The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-05
Ten Thousand
Red Men Going
RREPAE slNe FOB uNIouE BUILD,
ING Ar TlE4E JAM
POSITION Meet

RosITloll tsE,eI
NoRF0I8sT June 'liie
Rbeautif ul grounds qf JatsAes town
Elxposit tons here If years gone
roamed the native red EN- OF a Allners
lea, monarchs of ali they slirye yeds
Will be encamned 900 to 600 suni-
formed members % the Red aIet's
LeagleSf' who come TO visit the Ex:
position next year In addition TO
the uniformed Red Men will be about
10000 members Of the Improved.
order Of Red Mem alt the Exposition
during Red MEMS Day, Sept. 10. The
red men Of the time Of Powhatan and
Pocahontas have passed away and
the pretty point Of land which was
once their favorite camping ground
has been transformed into the James
town Exposition grounds The fam
Gus old live oak tree. where In cen
turtles past, the original red men Of,
America held their pow vows. stands
like a grim sentinel It has stood.
for nearly thousand years, cons
Meeting link between the present and.
the past
Under this old oak tree Chief Pow
1latan and his indian warriors often
assembled, 300 years ago. on Pow
Thatan street about 800 yards distant
the Red Mems wigwam will be built
in time for the Exposition. a site
has been selected for the building.
by John w. Cherry, Of Norfolk chief
executive OF the Improved Order Of
Red Men. 1t is now up to the Board
OF Control, Of the Red Mems League,
to improve the selection made by
the Great 1ncohonee. This will prob.
ably be done at the meeting to be
held in September, 1906.
The Red Mems building at the Ex-
position viii be unique and attract.
I've in many ways. 1t will be an i'm
mense woodlands lodge, constructed
Of logs and decorated with trophies
Of the chase and all kinds Of cuTtos
and Indian relics. Furs and skins
will take the place of carpets and
rugs and the entire building will con-
form as nearly as possible to the
ideal hunters lodge. This quaint
building will be used by the Red Men.
as reception hall. museum and rest
ing place for the Red Men and their
friends.
In the United States are more
than 100000 members of the Improy7
ed order Of Red Men. Many Of them
will visit the jamestown Exposition
and the Red Mems building will be.
their headquarters. This order had,
a building at the st. Lonis EXPOSE
ton, two years ago, but II was on a
small scale and nothing like the com.
modious and handsome building to
be constructed at the Jamestown Ex-
position:
The uniformed members OF Red
Men will camp on the regular mill
tary camping ground They will wear,
the old colonial uniform worn by the
famous minute Men" Of Revolution
airy times and will present an attract.
i've appearance.
Among the interesting reminders
of the past, to be seen at Red Mems
headquarters, at the Exposition. will
be a reproduction Of the three ships
which first brought the English set
tiers to America 800 years ago. On
Red MEMS day these ships will APP
pear in the parade, and the recep.
tion Of the first settlers by the 1ndt-
ans on the shores OF champion Roads
will be reproduced in 1907 at the
same spot where the whites were re-
ceiyed by the Indians in 1907, near,
the old live oak tree on the Expo.
sftion grounds s
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