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ISBN 13 : 9781331955818
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Download or read book The Illinois Red Man (Classic Reprint) written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Illinois Red Man Editor Illinois Red Man: On Red Man's day at the World's Fair, September 17th, while waiting in my carriage to participate in the great parade in honor of our Order, I was taken violently ill and it became necessary to lose the delights of this glorious day and spend my time in the Emergency Hospital, much to my regret and loss. Since that time I have been exceedingly ill, which will explain why I have been so late in handling in this paper. In this connection I request your readers to take into brotherly consideration the fact that this letter was written from a sick bed, before they notice the lack of detail necessary in a just description of a great convention. The fifty-seventh Great Sun session of the Great Council of the United States will be remembered a session of good nature, short sessions, without contest in the elections and without the slightest jar to mar its proceedings, it being four days of one continual love-feast. A large majority of the members of the Great Council met in St. Louis the Saturday preceding the Great Council session and proceeded to St. Joseph on the Red Men's Missouri Pacific Flyer. The trip was delightful and on the next day we made a stop at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The train was met by Col. Duncan, the commander of the Post, and his officers, and our party was escorted to the beautiful parade grounds, where a guard mount was had, after which a band concert was given by the regimental band. How the lusty throats of our boys did respond to the inspiring strains of "Dixie," and when the "Red, White and Blue" was heard all heads were uncovered to the beautiful music that means so much to the patriotic Red Man. Our stay here was made most pleasant by the officers of the Post, and we were well entertained, but I thoroughly believe that Col. Duncan and his brave officers appreciated this call from a patriotic band of men who love their country, revere its flag and defend its army. The sessions of the Great Council commenced Monday morning and lasted until Thursday afternoon, the shortest session held for years. Hon. T. B. Allen, in welcoming the Great Council to Missouri, said among other things: "I have read somewhere in history that the Red Man got the worst of it. I am glad that history now records that the Red Man gets the best of it - the best of everything that is going. I have heard that the red men were once savage and delighted in killing the palefaces. I am glad that to-day he is the best friend of the paleface. I am told that the red man once let the woman do the work, but now I am glad that the Red Men love and honor women as the noblest work of God. "While the Red Men have improved in some respects, yet they still practice some of their old habits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
