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Caption: Illio - 1896
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opBomorc Cfaee* t* (Dfficcra President Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Historians, . ^ergeant-at-Arms, Yi.i.i. : Rip, Koo, Kali, Hip, Hoo, Hal, '98, '98, Rah ! Kah I Rah ! I M iss I \\ . V O N O W.M. ,.% .1 M KKM.N . M l » I -1 > I I II < l . A K K A. II. STONK ( ii: \( i; MDKKOW I J . J . A RNOl I) I I . ( '. ('()I I KKN Cflronicfee of f0e £0ifbrcn of (Knot»febge. CHAPTER I. TIIKIK KKCK1TION INTO THK (JROUTCHKRS. u N the first moon of the rule of Push-it-along," the great chief over the Groutchers, there came from all parts of the land wanderers seeking admission into the tribe. Now when the great chief saw these young men and maidens he called together his council of the chief medicine men. The great council lire was built and many speeches were made by the great men, so that by the time of the going down of the sun it was decided that this new band be admitted. The days set apart for the coining in were the first days of the new moon just before the gathering of the maize crops. On the first day all the candidates were gathered in the great wigwam that stood in the center of the village. Each as he entered was given a scroll made from the bark of the birch tree. Then in single file they solemnly marched around the great fire chanting, "A is good, B is fair, But of C and I) beware." Soon Flunkem, the chief medicine man, entered, and all were bidden to be seated. Flunkem then told them to write all their thoughts on the scrolls of birch bark, and if when the jaybird and the crow sang their evening duet they had written three good thoughts for every bad one, then would they be permitted to enter the teepee of the keeper of the wampum and there receive the token of their admission into the tribe. As the first note of the evening song was war* 66
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