The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1915-09-11
MOHAWKs UP AND DOING.
Local Tribe Leads in Increase of
Membership For Half Year.

/ know of the items of interest in our
hunting grounds, I, as a true and
loyal Red Man, will keep my word.
Mohawk, for the month of July, in
creased her membership twenty-five,
! if you can believe Sister Chas. A.
| Gaudin, our efficient chief of records,
and judging from the looks of
things, there will shortly be some
more adoptions; because "Old Boss
Trep has gotten8o on his scouting gum
shoe and swears that he himself will
get a pale face. In the meantime,
Great Keeper Of Wampum Paul j.
/ Gisclard has gotten "his'n," and Great
Guard of the Forest Emile J. Rodrigue
has climbed on the top of his tepee
and is doing some scouting, for which
he is SO well known, and Kishe Mani
tou had better protect the pale face
that passes within reach of his bow
/ and arrow, for Little Bit will
"wing" him sure.
Mohawk adopted the Western Flu
neral Benefit some weeks ago, and
the certificates are arriving daily and
are being shown by the different mem
bers to their friends, and will no doubt
| serve dS jill 1HGCIIlifS w ild&C i1CW
members adopted into this tribe.
On the 18th of October, Mohawk
proposes to have big doingso on the
occasion of the South Louisiana Fair,
by giving a monstrous convocation of
Haymakers and also a gathering Of
the hounds of the Yellow Dogs. We
propose to have4Brother Reynolds act
as boss hayrnaker, and Brothers Rob-
inson and TreadWell act as yellow
dogs (they are 50 well qualifed), and
all haymakers will put on their re-
gala and go out to the fair in body.
! We extend cordial invitation to all
who have experienced the pleasure of
"eating hay without salt" to gather
with us, and promise you a red-letter
day.
Brother Paul T. Thibodaux, Sr.,
presented Mohawk Tribe with a beau
tiful emblem Of frosted glass with a
hand-painted design, Mohawk Tribe
No. SO, /. O. R. M and an Indian
head very artistically made, to mark
the entrance to our Wigwam. Doe
believes in showing the pale faces the
way to the WigWam. He put in ten APP
plications at the last kindling of the
council fire in buck moon, and has
promised more. Mohawk has a piano
now, and the chiefs are singing the
opening and closing odes to the sac
/ compartment of the piano, fingered
slby Curl C5sssaisabers o1. Prof
i Chas. Maurin, Jr. In the meantime,
the young folk, and some of the old
i ones as far as that is concerned, are
tangoing over the smooth floor, when
ever Napanee meets.
Past Great Sachem Boston will soon
have a big night, using the Red Men
4 films of the great council and others
to be supplied by himself, and have
i it known as "MohaWk Night, when
4 all loyal Red Men and the pale faces
will see something worth the price of
i admission, the financial benefits be-
| ing shared in by the tribe.
i Napanee Council No. IL gave a
I dance on Friday, the 18th inst. It
takes more than superstition to
4 frighten the brand Of Redmanship we
have in our hunting grounds. The
members of the council are sorry
they had to decline Choctaw Councils
i kind invitation to spend day in the
4 hospitable village of Brusly, and tala
this means of returning thanks u
II Choctaw and especially to our good
i Brother Mandart, but the Sunday des-
ignated was one on which the mem
bers of Napanee could not very well
desert their own hunting grounds,
4 and further the excursion did not GO
to New Roads. Better luck next time,
/ A long speaking leaf received from
our good Brother George w. Shute OF
Montauk Tribe, New York, announces
to Mohawk that he has hit the trail
for our hunting grounds and expects
!, to meet our braves on their meeting
night some time this moon. Brother
Shute is so enthusiastic Red Man
that it is contagious, and any mem
Der who associates with him soon con-
tracts the "get-one-itis," and he is
more than welcome in our wigWam
: the tepee flaps are drawn aside await.
: ing his return.
A speaking leaf from Brother Ear
is. Binnings, degree sachem OF Mo-
hawks champion team, conveys the
. news of his receipt of the wedding
present sent him by the tribe, ane
both his and his better half's appre-
ciation of our token of remem
brance. He is now domiciled in the
hunting grounds of Bogalusa, and is
a good Indian to start into blaze the
snouldering fires of Redmanshlp thai
once burned so brightly in that thirty
ing city. Board Of Organizers, take
notice, and communicate with Brother
Binnings.
Mohawk had the proud privilege o.
laadino all the tribes in making oul
six moon report, and we are anxious
to have her lead in the increase 0:
E membership for the next six moons
! thereby helping to get back our rep
; resentative that we lost in the grea
e council Of the United States. Let
! all give a hand, or as the great in
cohonee said, Flight like HUI H.
want to tell you this, that little Jess
: B. hasn't got his head on his shoul
ders Just to 'sput his hat on" As tn
Postum people say, with due apology
ssthere's reason" He is still nlttln!
in the .3O0s from your last issue wit
his "roll Of honor" and his "G. q. e..
G.. P. has been rather quiet of late
but I am looking for him to brea
e out at any moment and score touch
f down as he always does. Taken a
! in all, there is no reason why, wit
!. the efficient great chiefs we have
:. Redmanship should not show de
!. cided increase this great sun, be
!. cause our great sachem is a speakln
d leaf in himself.
y But enough of this. almost forge
! that this paper does not belong
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