Evening journal., 1911-04-07
RAISING The
INDIAN CHIEFS
Red Men Continue Their Work
Throughout the Della
ware Reservation
OFFICIALS FIND THE
TRIBES PROSPEROUS

Great Senior Sycamore James T.
Semerteen with the assistance Of the
following acting great chiefs; Great
Prophet, Alexander G. Rodgers;
Senior Sycamore. George w. NJ.
Grassland: Great Junior Sycamore,
Harvey B. Hansbury. Great Sannap,
Clarence Porter: Great Chief of Rec
ords. William D. Morrow, visited Mat
! tahoon Tribe No. II on Wednesday
evening and raised their chiefs as
follows: Sachem, A. f. Spahr; Senior
] Sycamore, o. Munda, Jr.; Junior Sag
amore. II. G. Boozer; Prophet, o. l..
! Schwartz: Collector of Wampum, w.
! J. Morris: Keeper of Wampum. H. A.
Bareford: Chief of Records. II. 9.
Smith; Warriors, w G. Moore, G w.
Grandel, G.. W. Stanley. T. W. Rich
ardson: Braves, Rosco Jones, w.
Hartley, F. Schaefer. ]. w. Locates;
Sannaps, G.. w. Schweizer, ]. G..
Foote: Guard Of the Wigwam. F. Hof-
fenbecker; Guard Of Forest. w.
Gentsch Mattahoon Glee Club rem
dered several fine selections after the
raising of the chiefs Of the tribe and
very enjoyable evening was spent
by the great chief committee was
/ appointed to meet with the joint COM
mittee on Saturday evening for the
purpose of arranging for the coming
visit Of the Great Incohonee.
Great Chief of Records Edward Nc
Intire, acting as deputy great sachem,
aided by the following acting great
chiefs, Great Prophet, Charles Nc
| Intire; Great Senior Sycamore, H. 3.
/ Sinclair; Great Chief of Records,
II George G. Guthrie; Great Sannap,
William J. Buckley, raised the chiefs
of Keokuk Tribe, No. 3. Thursday
evening as follows: Prophet, A. II.
Caulk; Sachem, E. NJ Hyland; Senior
Sycamore, w. II. Batlmer; Junior
Sycamore. ]. E. Stewart; Chief OF
Records, r. H. Hanna; Keeper of
Wampum, H. c. Sinclair; Sannaps
Alexander c. Rodgers, Naaman Boyce
Braves, w. H. Pierson. c. F. Hirzel
W. Fl. Whiteside, I. Nj. Whiteside
Guard Of Forest, Frank P. Lysinger
Guard of Wigwam, Harvey B. Hans
bury The degree team Of Keokuk
Tribe will enter into the competition
for the honor of comforting the adop-
tion degree when the great incohonee
visits Wilmington, June 16. They
'r'fN q 10y btth AEdDi anu VIII iNdht
some Of the other tribes work for the
| honors.
WyDema Daughters Raised.
Deputy Great Chief. Past Great Sa-
chem William Fl. Ferguson. Senior
Past Chief Milton W. Ferguson, Great
frophetess Sarah Ferguson, Great
Pocahontas Nettie McIntire, Great
Wenonah Maggie Andrews, Great
Powhattan Ora Goodnow, Great
! Keeper of Wampum Celestine Russell
Great Collector Of Wampum Florence
Brey. Great Keeper of Wampum Bella
Semerteen. Great Runner Bella Scott
Great Warrior Mary Brown. Grea
Councillor Mary Hand. visited Wyne.
ma Council No. IL, Degree of Poca-
hontas. on Thursday evening and rails
ed the following chiefs: Prophecies
Mary Richards; Pocahontas, Ida
Cole; Wenonah, LOttie DoWues: Pow.
haitian. Martha Finney; keeper y
wampum, Mary McClane: keeper o.
records, Elva Curry: collector o
4 wampum, Agnes Forkum; scouts
Mary Barcus. May Clary; warriors
Lucy Crossan, Clara Salters. Mar
Bradford Mrs. Sullivan; runners. Mag
I gle Hatzel. Isabella Woods; council
lors, Name Brady, Edith Halter
guard of forest. Ada Nabb: guard O.
tepee, Victoria Bradford. The counci
had a very nice turnout of their mem.
bers and had the usual compliment o
ice cream and cake
Great Mishinewa John w. Lynn, act
ing as Deputy Great Sachem, with tn
inheritance of the following actin,
great chiefs, Great Prophet James Nc
Manus, Great Senior Sycamore Davit
\ j. Evans, Great Junior Sycamore VIII
& liam w. Cobee, Great Chief O
Records Walter c. King, Great San
nap Stephen J Barcus. raised til
chiefs of Hiawatha Tribe, No. AZ, o.
Thursday evening, as follows: Pre-
phet, B. II. Cooper; sachem. W. A
Moore, senior sycamore. H. Carroll
junior sycamore, W. J. Kenton; chic
of records, c. F. Prince; keeper O
wampum, w. M. Vernon; sannaps
Charles Green, Herbert Kenton; wal
riors, Daniel Smith, G. NJ. Avery, L
c. Conlyn, J. T. Twigg; braves. F.
Maxwell, W. A. Loosely, L. L. Prime,
F. S. Bane; guard of wigmam, Charlie
Bratton; guard of the forest, j.
Wertz. The warriors and braves @
Hiawatha tribe are preparing for
boom council and the warriors an
braves have donned their war pain
and are on the scout for palefaces
The tribe is progressive and the youn
members are determined to do some
thing that will 60 down to thei
credit
With Wawaset Tribe.
Great Senior Sycamore James 7
Semerteen, Deputy Great Sachem
Great Prophet Alexander c. Rodgeri
Great Senior Sycamore William
Morrow; Great Chief of Records WI
= liam J.. Morris, Great Keeper Of Wan
: pun Edward Sayers, Great Sanna
Marshall H. Yeatman, Great Mishin'
wa Naaman Boyce, Great Guard Of th
Forest William J. Hunter, raised th
chiefs of Wawaset Tribe, No. 9, o
n Thursday evening as follows: So
chem, John Gerry; Senior Sagamor
y William L. Rakestraw; Junior SagS
more, L. W. Beacon; Prophet, WI
- liam H. Ceilings; Chief of Record
Joseph Russell; Keeper Of Wampun
'r Thomas Hetherton; Collector Of Wan
" pun, George w. Cheney; Sannap
/ Howard f. Shappard, James jackson
4, Guard of Wigwam, Simon Cheney,
=" ]. Gerry; Warriors, Ferd. Brow
m George E. Phillips, Raymond JohI
D. son, James McDowell; Braves. Wi
AZ liam w. Maxwell, Howard L. Hobsol
William Mcdowell, Amos Johnso
10 Wawaset Tribe has made substantii