Mr. Harry Squires, assistant deputy of the Improved Order of Red Men, is in Lafayette with a view of organizing a Tribe of that organization here. Lafayette Gazette 10/10/1903. --------- History from Wikipedia: ,,,On December 16, 1773, a group of men—all members of the Sons of Liberty—met in Boston to protest the tax on tea imposed by England. When their protest went unheeded, they disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians, proceeded to Boston harbor, and dumped overboard 342 chests of English tea. (See Boston Tea Party.) However, for the next 35 years, each of the original Sons of Liberty and Sons of St. Tammany groups went their own way, under many different names. In 1813, at historic Fort Mifflin, near Philadelphia, several of these groups came together and formed one organization known as the Society of Red Men. The name was changed to the Improved Order of Red Men in Baltimore in 1834. In the late 18th century, social and benevolent Tammany Societies, named after Tammany, were formed. The most famous of these was New York Citys Society of St. Tammany, which grew into a major political machine known as Tammany Hall. Around 1813, a disenchanted group created the philanthropic Society of Red Men at Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia. From this, the Improved Order of Red Men was later formed as a working mans drinking group similar to the Odd Fellows fraternal organization. In 1886, its membership requirements were defined in the same pseudo-Indian phrasing as the rest of the constitution: Sec. 1. No person shall be entitled to adoption into the Order except a free white male of good moral character and standing, of the full age of twenty-one great suns, who believes in the existence of a Great Spirit, the Creator and Preserver of the Universe, and is possessed of some known reputable means of support. In one 1886 tribe, a members 12 cent a week dues went into a fund which was used to pay disability benefits to members at a rate of about three fathoms per seven suns ($3/week) for up to six moons (6 months) and then two dollars a week. Some medical care (a suitable nurse) was available, and also a death benefit of one hundred dollars. The fund was invested in bonds, mortgages, and Building Association Stock. Meetings were weekly on Friday nights. ...
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