Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1920-09-03
CLARK CHOSEN AS
HEAD OF RED men
Brattleboro Man Made Great
Sachem by Vermont Council
Jewels Given to Past Great Sachems-
Four Past Sachems Receive Grea
Council Degree. .-..t. 5..I .ii

Great chiefs were elected and raised
to their stumps, jewels were presented
to three chiefs, and four past sachems
were given the great council degree at
Fridays council fire of the 10Th great
sun session of the great council of YER
mont in the wigwam of Quonektcut tribe
of Red Men. Past Great Incohonee John
w. Cherrie of Norfolk, Va, representing
the great incohonee, raised the chiefs
and presented the jewels. Fred F. Clark
of Brattleboro was elected great sachem.
Other Brattleboro men occupying stumps
are: John o. Tucker, great junior sag
amore; and II. i. Clark, great Mishe-
wilma. The business of the council was
completed about o'clock and the chiefs
left for their home hunting grounds.
The question of hunting grounds for the
next great sun session was left to be
decided later.
At o'clock the election took place, re.
sulting as follows: Great sachem, Fred
+. Clark of Brattleboro; great senior
sycamore, Ira l.. Wright of Barre; great
Junior sycamore, John o. Tucker of
Brattleboro; great prophet, N. A. Norton
of Lyndonville; great chief of records,
George +. Rock of East Barre great
keeper of wampum, Frank r. Dawley of
Montpelier; great sannap, L. S. Grant of
Lyndonville; great Mishewna, II. l.
Clark of Brattleboro; great guard of the
wigwam, William +. Walker of Barre;
great guard of the forest, j. w. Me.
Laughln of Beecher Falls. The chiefs
were then raised up by Past Great Inco
honee Cherrie assisted by the following
al,, Afa D,A, hot Of
Hampshire Wallace II. Whitcomb of
Charlestown; Great Chief of Records
Harry Young of Manchester, n. H.; Great
Senior Sycamore John II. Mullin of
Peterboro, n. H., Past Great Sachem f.
C. Barrett of Montpelier, Past Great
Sachem f. +. Marshall of Beecher Falls,
Past Great Sachem A. +. Humphrey of
Lyndonville, Past Great cachem Alex
ander Ross of Barre.
Following the raising of chiefs, cere-
mony which was open to any Red Man or
his friends, Past Great lncohone Cherrie
and Chiefs Young, Whitcomb and Mullin
of New Hampshire made brief remarks,
each expressing appreciation of cour'
teses and entertainment received here
and Chief Mullin extended an invitation
to members of the great council of Yer.
mont to attend the session of the great
council of New Hampshire to be held in
Peterboro Oct. and 7.
Charles II. Brockington of Brattle-
boro, who served as great sachem of the
council from August, 1918, to August,
1919, n. A. Norton of Lyndonville, who
served from August, 1919, until this
year, and George +. Rock of East Barre,
who has served five years as great chief
of records, were called before the council
fire by Past Great Incohonee Cherrie
who. presented each with past. great
sachems gold jewel the honor badge oof
the great council of Vermont. Mr..
Cherrie said: 81 present these jewels
in behalf of your council brothers as a
testimony of affection and esteem and
in recognition of the good duties per-
formed for them, and more especially for
humanity" The presentation came as a
surprise to the chiefs, each of whom re-
sponded fittingly.
Fitting reference to the inestmable
value of the work of Merritt Young of
Springfield, who died during the great
sun, was made by the first great sachem
of the great council of Vermont, Fred C.
Davis of Springfield. .n, t'
The council then went into private ses.
sion and Great Sachem Clark announced
the appointment of the following mem.
bers of committees, the term of one mem.
Der expiring each great sun: Finance,
Alexander Ross of Barre orphans, Nor
ris Lermond of East Barre; judiciary,
Charles Brockington of Brattleboro;
board of appeals, Fred C. Davis of
Springfield.
Aside from the past great sachems
already mentioned L. L. Parker of this
place and Howard f. Day of Newport
were present.