Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-11-17
10000 RED men
MARCH IN REVIEW
Philadelphia Scene Of
Great Cele bration
Or Order

sue contains the following account
OF the celebration or the Red Men
which took place in Philadelphia last
month:
History turned backward last night
when Philadelphia was given over to
its original owners, the Red Men.
Twenty thousand s.rong, they came
to Philadelphia and took possession.
For the first time since the days be.
fore Penn, the war cry of men fully
panoplied and thirst'ng for scalps was
heard. They marched through the
streets in feathers and war pant.
And the populace, as though glad
TO bend the knee to the new lords,
was on hand to welcome them and
to rejoice.
II was the second Of the night par.
aies Of Founders Week. In recog.
rition Of the Improved Order of Red
Men, as the fgurative descendants of
the aboriginal American tribes. II had
been turned over to them, to do with
as they chose. To celebrate the
honor, they presented to the people
of Philadelphia the finest pageant
ever given by their order.
Not content with the Red Men who
make Philadelphia their habitat, the
organizers of the parade sent out for
the tribes who live In other towns.
There were Indians in the parade
from North Jersey and from Della.
ware.
There were Indians from Reading
Noristown and other Schuylkill coun.
~ places.
Orders Largest Parade.
There ware Indians from Chester.
West Chester, and tribes TO the south,
west of Philadelphia. And last of
all, the Philadelphia tribes, with full
Compliments of men, swelied the to.
tai of marchers to the largest par.
AIDE ever given by that order In this
Part of the country.
There were all kinds of Red Men
In the parade. There were Indians
In warpaint and Indians with toma.
hawks. There were Indians with huge
headdresses, and Indians In evening
dress. There were Indians with silk
mats. Indians with red sashes, lndi.
ans In white ducks, and Indians with
overcOats.
There were sachems and braves,
bucks and chiefs. There were pa.
pooses and squaws. And they were
all good Indians and none of them
dead.
The Indians in last nights parade
were fond of music. Nearly every
tribe had its own band. They were
well Organized and marched with pre-.
c.sion. Every tribe had its own dis.
tinctive style of garb, some of them
representing high degree of arts.
tic effort.
In the line, which required moro
than two hours and half to pass a
given point. were many floats de.
scriptive of the primitive Indian life
or Of their relations with the early
settlers. Waseca Tribe, No. 4s, had
three excellently executed floats, rep.
resenting the rescue OF John Smith
from the stake, the treaty with Wi.
liam Penn and the Boston tea party.
Pawnee Tribe, No. 20, had a float
IN which the braves were gathered
In council, smoking the pipe of peace.
Neshaminy Tribe presented a scene
with small boys as the central figures,
representing early lire of the colo
NAL officers ut Fort MifIin. Memo
Tribe. No. 32S, also had float rep.
resenting the sealing OF "a peace com.
Fact. while a number or other tribes
were equally well represented.
3aby Tribe First.
To the baby, or papoose, tribe was
given the right of line In the parade
This was Arrahwanna Tribe. No. 512
OF west Philadelphia, which was or.
Sanlzed by Francis Il. SculIen, Sep.
lember 30. and which, In eight DAYS
mad gathered together $50 braves 10
take part in the parade.
Scullen was Chew Mishinewa, while
IN the front rank of the procession
marched Thomas Sharkey, II. A,
Trainer and Harry Leber.
The nineteen divisions of the bip
parade formed on the streets east
ana west from Broad street, on the
thoroughfarcs north of Diamond.
Promptly at o'clock the signal 10
advance was given, and the various
tribes, with their war plumage on
started down Broad sireeY.
frand Weideman, OF Usage Tribe,
NO. ll3. was chief Mishinewa. He
was assisted by the following aides.
William Eller. No. 70; Albert A. Redi.
Ter, No. 3; r. j. Lamb No. $40; Frank
Ryan, No. 1885, Samuel w. Meredith
NO. 81; George a. Willie, No 356:
John Ullman. No. 1877; Charles Il.
Bell No, 3O4; Samuei Il. Kerlin, No.
1873; William Goddard, No. 1886; Jos.
eph B. Remally, No. 80, and Samuel
Williams Jr., No. 434.
with the exception Of Arrahwanna
Tribe. the first eight divisions were
composed of out-of-town organizations,
The first division, under the director.
ship of Harry J. Rathbone, of Tribe
No. %, as Mishinewa, was composed
OF tribes from North New Jersey, with
Trenton as the basis
William i. Schell, of Tribe No. l.