Thank you for joining Wars of the roses and this is American Indian Freemasonry by Arthur C Parker 32nd degree gasa Arthur C Parker dedication to gajwa hu and hosi three friends who have done most to Lead Me On In the Journey where I have received more light in masonry and whose
Brotherly Love and Affection have demonstrated to many a wayf farer the potency of the Masonic tie this account of American Indian Freemasonry is dedicated by their friend gaso in the beginning God created heaven and earth Genesis remove not the ancient Landmark which thy fathers have set Solomon speculative masonry is so far
Interwoven with religion as to lay us under the strongest obligations to pay that rational homage to the deity which at once constitutes our duty and our happiness it leads the contemplative to view with reverence and admiration the Glorious works of creation and inspires them with the most exalted ideas of the
Perfection of the Divine Creator Samuel Cole we also have a religion which was given to our forefathers and has been handed down from father to son we worship in that way it teaches us to be thankful for all the favors we receive to love one another and be United red
Jacket it is more than probable that the Diversified Customs institutions and religions of the several nations of the world are less dissimilar in their origin than is often imagined the differences arose in the progress of time the shifting scenes of climate condition and event but the original
Ideas of existence and the laws that pertain to all created things are pretty much the same among all the tribes of mankind westrop ancient symbol worship to the iro beautiful thy meditations in thy consecrated forests fragrant in their odorous incense when though groping in the darkness thou W lifted up and
Strengthened in thy Earnest firm Endeavor nearer drawn to one great spirit in thy ardor of devotion Converse American Indian Freemasonry by Arthur C Parker 32nd degree a tall Bron skinned guide led the way over an ice rutted Road the journey toward the mysterious East had been commenced following the guide in single
File were four and yet three for one was the conductor in whose presence the three were assured safety from all danger not of their own making in all there were five for such is the order of the journey it was in the land of the senkas those most powerful Confederates
Of the famous six nations of the iroy to this land in the Valley of the catar rogus had journeyed the commanderin-chief of Buffalo consist with three other members of the ancient accepted Scottish right of masonry the time was midwinter in the moon of nisco wne the appointed time when the great
Thanksgiving of the senas takes place in a 9-day celebration during the season of gratitude to the great spirit the various fraternities and ceremonial associations hold sessions and a few of them give public exhibitions not so however with one whose work is all in secret and into whose chamber only those purified and
Loyal are admitted diagram showing the form of the lodge of the ancient guards of the Mystic potent the guide LED on and the four followed three being candidates for initiation the glimmering light held by the Guide cast an uncertain Ray upon the trail that penetrated the moonless
Winter night it was not an easy path nor was there sound footing on this Trail to that which was sought at length a lodge was reached behind drawn curtain there were faint gleams of light four sharp knocks were given and the door opened a crack while a sentinel stepped out to examine those
Who craved admission a curious passer by might have seen by A hurried glance that the form of the lodge was an oblong that there were two altars upon one of which was placed a tray on incense and a heap of strange paraphernalia but the door soon closed
And hours afterward the sounds of a peculiar chant the blend of wild forest sounds mingled with a strange rushing noise like that of a great cataract floated out from the walls of the lodge house what was happening within is there an Undiscovered masonry when the traveler or the
Ethnologist returns from his journey to one of the world’s outof theeway places and comes again into the Society of his friends and brothers he finds that there are certain subjects that are of perennial interest and that men are curious to know what he has learned of them not the Le least among these
Subjects is Freemasonry it is not the Freemason alone who is curious of Freemasonry every man who enjoys the Society of his fellow men and who sees in the symbols that are found in the world about him moral lessons that admonish him to Virtue sees also in all Cosmos the potentialities of masonry
Thus the student who has penetrated the strange lands and places of Earth is called upon to tell what other races and peoples know of Mystic orders that bind men into morality and brotherly devotion in America we are asked what the native red man has of masonry and if
He has signs grips and words like those of the ancient craft often times the question comes direct are American Indians Masons rumors have long been afloat that there are tribes that have Masonic lodges and that Masons traveling amongst them have been greeted by familiar signs and words and even led
Into lodges where ceremonies were conducted in due form is it then true that in some way our ancient Brethren have traveled in unknown parts and among scarcely known people and have communicated the rituals that we hold must be inviolate or that they have issued dispensations to these veiled
Lodges by which they may work under competent jurisdiction how much of masonry do these extra limal Masons know and how well do they keep and conceal from the profane their secret Arts if per chance they did not receive their Masonry from moderns where in the annals of antiquity
Did they discover it such are the questions that are directed to The Traveler who has observed the customs of the outer peoples of the world in asking such questions the interrogator assumes more than he may rightly do but then he only desires a correct impression and the true facts of the Case what is free masonry let us reflect a little let us ask ourselves what masonry is for Upon Our answer to this question depends our interpretation of extra limal or Universal masonry is masonry only the operation of a certain ritual is masonry only the arbitary practice of a right within the walls of
A lodge without relation to conduct in the world of men is masonry in its Essence only a material act or a spiritual impulse if we admit that the essence of masonry lies in the practice of its moral and philosophical teachings then we may be prepared to believe that
These truths may be clothed in diverse rment and colored by varied hues these depending like the color and fragrance of Rose upon the air it breathes the water it drinks and the soil from which it Springs as well as upon its tetr kinetic impulses it is not the legend or the
Allegory that is essential in Universal Freemasonry it is the moral and the truth that is pointed out it matters not what brings the truth to the mind and conscience so long as virtuous action follows the special truths that have been inculcated by the right let competent Masons remember where they
First became Masons though their eyes had not beheld or their minds conceived the beauties of a single Masonic right yet having once seen and understood their previous beliefs were shaped by the ritual a plan of action given and the power of true Faith confirmed Masons are thus taught that there is an
Inherent masonry in men capable of becoming Masons and that there is an inductive masonry into which inherent Masons are led to be taught the special principles of Masonry by means of such rights as the experience and the wisdom of our ancient Brethren have deemed as truly Masonic in the accepted
Sense what is the natural masonry of the red man whether our American Indians in their native life are capable of becoming Masons must be determined by an examination of their beliefs whether they have a form of inherent or natural masonry must be determined by an examination of their fraternities and secret
Organizations we must also make this exam examination if we are to discover whether or not they have an accepted masonry built up through the practice of the rights that we observe the last proposition we may dismiss for what means had the Red Man of knowing of the
Special rights of an order that up to 1717 was in a state of crystallization and evolution and whose lectures had not yet become fixed a thorough examination will reveal that the Indians had indeed a free masonry but not the accepted Masonry but we may perhaps understand our masonry better if we understand more
Of the Indians Freemasonry first let us examine the inherent capacity of the higher members of the various Indian tribes to receive the teachings of masonry and such of their fundamental beliefs as may be inh harmony with it with the iroan family of Indians at least the sacred number is four we find
That there are four basic beliefs of the iroy other tribes and nations of red men held these same truths as Supreme extremely evident one God the Red Man believed a supreme deity many authorities have denied this perhaps for three reasons confusion of terms may have led to misunderstanding the words
That the Explorer translated Gods Spirits Powers may have seemed to have precluded a supreme god Spirit or power but we may well believe that in some instances at least the ignorance of the informant or of The Inquirer or both led to the failure to discover a statement
Of a supreme power and thirdly sad to say in some cases there seems to be a prejudice against admitting that natural man can know of one God in order to emphasize the degradation of the unregenerate but though the Native Indians spoke of spirits of Nature and
Of gods those who were instructed by the sages of their race knew that there was one supreme Spirit who governed and directed all others whether it was the gam manitu of the Algonquin trawa of the porne or the Hau of the iroy the same idea prevailed that of one great spirit
The Indian would no more think of denying the existence of a Supreme Being than he would have disputing his own existence the first presupposed the latter and thus with the religious leaders and the initiate the great spirit was called our creator the great architect of the universe to the Indian
Was the maker of all two morality the practice of virtue was demanded of every red man he must be just in his dealing with his fellows truthful charitable considerate he must also be stoical slow to anger and slow to admit of personal discomfort he must at all times recognize his dependence
Upon the maker of all and was taught to enter upon no great or important undertaking without first thanking the maker for the strength that gave him power to perform the deed he willed thus the porn sang in his ritual Tyra hearken mighty one above us in blue
Silent Sky we standing wait thy bidding here the iroy recognizing his helplessness without the presence of his maker waged His Holy Wars against the jealous tribes about him in order to bring them into the league of the Everlasting peace the iroa were assailing the forts of the iries and
Calling out for a surrender the hay iries yelled back in defiance we shall not surrender so long as our strong weapons fight for us the iroy war Captain replied then surrender for it is the master of Life who fights for us and the eies went down to a shameful defeat
So before he acts the iroy chants his prayer you the all maker all high above best friend of people we ask you to help us we implore your favor let us not judge our Indian Brethren as Savages only because of what we accused them of in war they did Deeds
That were shameful and these we do not forget but why do we with so great diligence forget our own horrible Deeds committed against the Indians Deeds that their own but weakly parallel we too have sinned though our higher ideals all cried out for the virtues that we
Claimed but In the Heat of conflict forgot three immortality one of the strongest beliefs of the red man was in a future life call the place of that life what you will the world beyond the sky the happy hunting ground or the Abode of the Creator to the red man it
Was Heaven that present conduct would affect the future life was believed for Brotherhood if there is one belief above another that affects the conduct of the Indian it is his belief in the Universal kinship of all created things man was not only the brother of man because a
Supreme father had created both but every animal plant and rock as well as every force of nature was believed to sustain a certain relation to man the deer and the bear were brothers and very near man the trees had spirits and so did the cliffs and the
Waterfalls thus the Red Man thought it quite rational to speak to them as friends and brothers no animal was killed in a wanten way and and every animal slain for meat or Pelt was propitiated by a chant asking its pardon for the deed since it had seemed a
Necessity for the hunter to have the meat and skin of the brother then a little sacrifice was given incense was burned and a gift to the spirit of the slain animal buried beneath the ashes of the fire to the Red Man the creatures of the earth were Kinsmen but in a
Different form as suited the Creator’s purpose and none might be destroyed without reason and sacrifice even the pharmaceutical plants of the forest were not taken without a thank offering and the planting of the seed in the hole from which the root or stem had been pulled this feeling of fraternity
Worked out in many other ways as by the organization of numerous fraternities and societies by the knitting of the clan system and by the ties of a complex social organization there were binding laws and customs that governed every social action and regulated conduct so much impressed was Roger Williams
With the kindness and courteous action of the Indians among whom he lived that he wrote If Nature’s Sons both wild and tame Humane and courteous be how ill becomes it sons of God to want Humanity it was the influence of this feeling of Brotherhood that made Hospitality the
Universal rule among the Indians every stranger who came with honest intent found a welcome in a home there was no hunger that all did not share No Feast that was not open to every one no orphan need fear the lack of home or care for his clansmen provided for him among many
Tribes the custom of having a sworn brother was observed each was responsible for the punishment of any encroachment or injury upon the other companies of these brothers often United in associations which in no uncertain sense were fraternities how did American Indian Freemasonry originate among many of the Indian
Tribes there were ceremon societies and fraternities that exercised a considerable influence the Jesuits in their missionary tours among the hurons early in the 17th century made note of the co- fraternities among the tribes of Canada in later years the publications of several learned societies and institutions have given us the records
Of ethnologists and Anthropologist by which we learn of the very great number of native societies associations and fraternities we cannot mention them all but it would be a mistake not to call attention to the fraternities of the Zuni and other peblo dwelling peoples these had elaborate Lodge rooms or keas
And their altars were decorated and dedicated to the powers of nature they taught their initiates the philosophies of their respective Cults and exacted certain promises and obligations among the pornes were a number of important societies one of the most important being the hako the navajos had their Cults and the ajiba of
The North had their midin likewise the iroi had and still have their hono choga their hados and their society of charm holders and many others the Indians in some instances Drew moral lessons and analogies from the art of building their long houses and other dwellings but for the most
Part their symbolism was drawn from the study of the Temple of nature they knew of no Hebrew Legends or records and the names of zerubabel Solomon hyam of Ty or of Aaron were strange to them the lodge of the eagle Society from a drawing by Jesse comp planter a senica
Artist on the other hand there were societies that used sacred words some of which might be mentioned only at low breath and some never except within the lodge because of the secrecy and sacredness of the meaning of some words they lost their meaning and were used only because they were ancient and were
Supposed to be of magical value there were many lost words and in some instances certain portions of the rituals were not intelligible because nearly every word was a portion of a lost ritualistic language there can be no doubt that certain Indian societies had secret words that their members
Might use in conversation or as signals the possession of ritualistic words that belonged exclusively to the cult or fraternity was jealously guarded with the Indians words had a significant entirely apart from their meaning words were things names were things so deeply was this doctrine inculcated that a
Man’s very name could be taken from him by the proper authorities he could likewise be forbidden to utter certain words because words and names were property and might be used or shared only by those justly entitled to receive the same the masonry of the Indians as Builders and as philosophers dealing
With moral truths grew out of their experiences with nature and with the actions of humankind the wise men of the tribes knew that a band of men pledged to uphold morality and to enact rituals showing its advantages would constitute a dynamic influence was the Red Man a Craftsman
And Builder except in the southwest the Indians erected no great buildings of stone in the Northwest especially along the coast there were elaborate buildings of wood built in the familiar Log Cabin style but having carved pillar posts and heraldic devices not strange to relate perhaps is the fact that in these two
Areas where building and craftsmanship was so highly specialized numerous fraternities existed in other regions especially in the area of the Great Plains the dwellings were more simple on the east coast and extending well into the Mississippi Valley on the Eastern side many of the Indian nations were
Village and town dwellers living in bark covered houses some of them large and roomy me the Iran peoples for example had long houses built of poles Tree Trunks and bark their towns were surrounded by stockades of Tree Trunks sometimes three rows being used unlike the Indians of the Plains who must move
As the Buffalo herds moved the East Coast Indians were more or less sedentary they were thus able to build up a compact form of government and to evolve a wellit system of social organization in digging into the Earth where once arose these ancient towns of the red men we discover the durable
Artifacts made by their Craftsmen working only with tools of stone and Bone they made many beautiful objects the form and symmetry of which excites the admiration and Applause of modern observers the archaeological museums of America contain numerous examples of the Indian’s handiwork from these things we learn that the Native American of old
Had a Keen Eye a skillful hand and a sense of balance and Harmony of form that is scarcely equal today take any well-made and Polished Hatchet head of stone sometimes called Kelts and often erroneously skinning stones and by placing it on a smooth level surface you
Will discover that it can be spun on one side the axis being plainly visible and the balance perfect here is a demonstration of a studied attempt to Perfect The Art of balance and of symmetry the Indians knowledge of form is proven by an inspection of their implements they produced polished
Spheres mov ODS Crescent Circle squares circular discs triangles hemispheres pyramids Etc in drawing geometrical designs however they seldom went beyond an octagon the Indian it will be seen had his form of the plum the level the square and the compasses there will be some who will state that the Indians
Never made objects that reveal craftsmanship but that such things are the work of the mound builders such persons are not well informed of modern research for if they were they would know that the mound Builders were Indians and that the oldtime theory of the mysterious mound builders is an exploded myth Indians
Built the Mounds and made all Aboriginal artifacts found in them documents have been discovered that prove that the French and Spanish explorers saw the Indians erecting Mounds all archaeological authorities now know that America had no mysterious race that was vanquished by the Indians what was the Red Man’s religious life
It would be an interesting thing to trace out the various forms of religious belief held by the American natives but though there are those competent to write upon this subject it is so vast in its extent that no individual writer has yet dared the attempt we have briefly
Outline the essential features of the Indians belief but of the numerous customs and rights we have yet suggested little perhaps an outline of the religious rights of a single nation or stock will suffice let us take the iroy to the iroy the world was the handiwork
Of a Creator he was known under various names great ruler good mind Sky dweller Creator it was believed that life came to the Earth from the heaven world in the form of a woman ready to give to life a girl child the great Turtle of
The Black Chaos seeing a rift in the sky above called out to the water creatures of the darkness and told them of the event bidding them to try to bring some substance that would grow if placed upon his shell at length after many creatures had per per ised one deposited the
Earthy substance on the turtle’s back and the substance grew then the nightbirds flew upward and received the sky mother on an island formed by their interlaced wings with great gentleness she was placed upon the earthy back of the turtle as she rested there a girl child was born who immediately grew and
Became mature all was dark until the sky mother stuck the stalk of the flower of light in the soil the firstborn then commenced to go round and round the island finding that it became larger each time she tried the journey one of her latter Journeys took longer than others for the island had
Grown very near a place called East she paused on the shore and a warm wind came and whispered to her she felt it encircle her and lift her from her feet but her heart was thrilled with a strange ecstasy she went back to the camp of her mother and told of the
Strange experience but the sky mother only wept after a season the firstborn of Earth gave birth to two boys one called the light one and the other the dark one who had a heart of flint in giving birth to the twins the mother died leaving them to the care
Of the skymother the boys grew to maturity immediately and demanded to know their father one was kind and built things the other was ferocious and destroyed anything that came his way the light one received the name of good- minded and the evil one was called badm minded good good- minded cared for the
Grave of his mother and watered it because the sky mother had told him to do so he watched over it with great devotion until he was rewarded by seeing plants spring from the grave the tobacco came from the head the corn from her breasts the pumpkin from her waist and
The edible tubers and beans from her feet good mine then asked his mother where he should go to find his father and was told to Journey to the east sea and cross to a mountain rising from the water this after great difficulty he did as he stood at the base of the mountain
He called my father Where Art Thou and the reply came a son of mine shall cast the great cliffs from the Mountain’s Edge to the summit of this peak good mind clasped the cliffs and flung them afar over the top of the mountain then came the voice a son of mine shall swim
The Cataract from the base to the top good minded flung himself into the merciless current and swam his way upward to the top of a ledge near the Mountaintop then again the voice sounded a son of mine shall wrestle with the hurricane a great wind swept about good-
Minded as if to sweep him from his unstable footing but he wrestled with the wind though he could not see it nor tell where to grasp it until the hurricane cried out enough for you have exhausted my breath once more the voice sounded a son of mine shall Brave the
Fire of hottest flame come and from the m Mountain Side burst a sheet of flame that burned and blinded goodmed but he pushed through the twisting arms and ran up the mountain to the summit there in Repose was a being so infinitely brilliant that good- minded could scarcely
See I am thy father said the light Thou Art my son then the father gave to good mind the power to make the earth grow with all manner of plants and trees in a package he placed the magical dust that would become animal life long the father spoke to his son and then
Bade him depart when good- minded returned to the Earth island and told his grandmother the skyw woman where he had been and what power he had received badm minded became very jealous and by an ingenious plan sought to destroy him but after a lengthy battle the badm
Minded was vanquished and put in a deep cavity in the earth along with all the perverted and distorted creatures he had made from the good creatures and the evil creatures were banished because they chose to be evil rather than as they had been created then the good-
Minded took the face of his mother and flung it into the heavens and it became the moon and at that time a new light far more brilliant appeared it was the Sun so came the sun to Rule the Day and the moon to give hope to the night and when
All things had been perfected good minded looked into a pool of water and saw his own face he took a handful of clay and molded his image and it became a man there were many preh humans on the earth then and they were subdued and told their function they were forbidden
To molest men when all this was finished the sky mother said to her grandson we must return to the world above the sky our go so did they return to the father but they ever watch over us for we are their children and because they were we are
Such as the Indians Genesis and though briefly told There Will Be Few who cannot see in it a wonderful symbolism and a real recognition of man’s divine origin the last great test of the good minded we observe is not alone to overcome earth and water and fire and
Air which are material but to banish evil and all its distortions by a series of religious Tales such as this the iroy were taught the great Essentials of moral life and a recognition of man’s relation to his creator the lessons of these Unwritten gospels teach fortitude loyalty patriotism tolerance fraternity and
Gratitude the iroy was religious in every Act of his life for was not the Creator in all that he had created sin thus became a thing that man could commit against himself against his fellows human and non-human and against the interests of the tribe it was not believed that the Creator could be
Sinned against for he was above an injury by man nor was it possible for a sin to be forgiven for effect always follows action what we have done we have done and not even Divinity can say it was not done nor can the effects be wiped away for the guilty there was No
Escape through forgiveness by the Creator sins against self and Society must be paid for by restitution in some form the religious ceremonies of the iray were many but the great ceremonies were those of the seasonal Thanksgiving of which there were six each year gratitude to the Creator was the
Underlying principle of the Red Man’s religion one of the stanzas in the Thanksgiving right is for all that he has created and should offer thanks for all the things from below up to himself in the sky world we who are here gathered in assembly thank our creator
Yay all his creatures who are living here in this earth world most of the members of the various iroy tribes the Sena the kuga the onandaga the Onida and the Mohawk are now Christians living as white men do but so great a hold have the old rights and religion of their ancestors upon
Some that the old beliefs still hold among a considerable portion of the onund ERS and senas in New York state and Canada the senas of the old belief hold their religious rights in their long houses the temples of their faith here the honest student may observe these rights and determine whether a
People whose religious Heritage is what we have described may be called Pagan or not is there not something racially heroic in this stand of the senas to preserve that which is distinctive of their people yet slowly but surely the old life is fading and in time time it
Will all be gone the senas will have succumbed to the heat of the Melting Pot Sentinel of the Society of false faces the false face company is one of the most spectacular of the iroy what happened what you have read in the pages that have been written was
Told to a great Mason long before he made his journey to the land of the senkas and witnessed their ceremonies the senkas called him hodu in ja the holder of the earth and they invited hodu andjay to come as a noviciate to the lodge of the ancient gods of the
Mystic potent two other friends of the senas had been invited HOSA and gajwa thus forming the Mystic triangle redand the brother friend the candidates were told to listen the legend of the ancient guards was told the complete relation would make a lengthy document though I’m sure that
You would find it a marvelous tale redand was a young Chief whose life was blameless for he was Ho yya diad he had received certain mysterious knowledge that made the Covetous envy him but so brave and kind was redand that he was admired and loved by men and
Warriors redand had a place where he spoke to the great mystery and because the great mystery spoke to him he was kind to every brother of the Earth every tree every Rock every animal he fed the Hungry Birds in wintertime when the Wolves were hungry he gave them meat
When the deer were hungry he gave them grass and Moss the children loved him because he gave them trinkets the old people were grateful to him because he knew of oils that cured their lameness the Warriors admired him because he had power to lead them against the enemy
That sought to destroy them down to the South Country in the Valley of the Ohio went a war party to punish the foe the leader went apart to seek the chief of the enemy and while he stood alone a poisoned Arrow struck him and he he fell
Then the Assassin who rushed upon Him demanded The Secret of his power but he would not give it and so the enemy lifted his Tomahawk and scalped our leader taking the scalp away in Triumph to be dried over the lodge Poes where the smoke issues forth a wolf lifted his
Nose and smelled blood he howled to bring the pack and followed the scent to the body of a man he looked and saw that it was brother friend whom he knew as red hand he called in a different note and there came all the chiefs of the an
Animal and even the chiefs of all the great plants and trees they looked at the body of their friend then they held a counsel as to how he should be revived we will give the tip of our hearts and the spark from our brains they said then they sent for the scalp
Which the Dew Eagle brought making it again Alive by sprinkling it from the pool of dew that rests on his back it was placed on the crown of red hand’s head and grew fast one by one the greatest of created things gave up the vital parts of of their beings the tips
Of their hearts and the hearts of their brains for a brother is not a friend if he will not give his life for the brother friend who has befriended him in great emergency when the life Sparks were reduced to dust so small a quantity was there that altogether there was only
Enough to fill an acorn cup then the other Chiefs of the animals and trees and plants and birds gathered around while the wolf took a cup of bark and dipping it with the current of a spring dropped into the water three tiny grains of the Dust of
Life this Water of Life was poured into the mouth of red hand and he moved a compress of the water healed his wounds then the chosen band commenced to chant the ritual of the ancient Guardians of the Mystic potents during the night of Blackness they sang reciting the Life
And Adventures of redhand he awoke but lay still with his eyes shut he listened and learned the song the wings of the Eagles lifted him and bore him to to a great waterfall he heard the rushing of strong Waters thundering down upon the Craigs below the Whipper will called and
A light floated over the darkness then the circle clustered closer and the brother who is the bear touched the breast of red hand all stood erect the bear grasped the hand of the leader who was to be raised though slain the bear grasped his hand and by a
Strong grip raised red hand to his feet all was Darkness but red hand lived the animal Council raising to life the founder of the little water Society the ancient guards called each with his own peculiar cry redand recognized his friends Yano who has passed through the initiation of the
Ancient gods tells us the story of red hand it is a night of Darkness impenetrable there is no sound save the waterfall and the river in the forest the leader patient and listening is waiting for the sign promised him will it be given yes for the birds and beasts do not
Lie the leader who is redand trusts and waits until a strong voice from the darkness comes saying hast thou silenced thyself from Human guilt and impurity I have redand replied hast thou ill will toward any of thy fellow creatures I have not wilt thou trust and Obey us keeping thyself always Chast and
Valorous I will wil thou hold this power with which we endow thee for thine own chosen company only I will wilt thou endure death or torture in its cause I will wilt thou vow this secret never to be revealed save at thy death hour I will thy death hour will be revealed to
Thee thou Willl be allowed to choose thy successor and at the end of thy Journey thou Willl be rewarded for Faith and obedience forms of ceremonial and decorative broaches of silver used by the senica Indians Red Jacket wore the brooch marked a there was a rushing of winds and the
Sound of hurrying creatures was heard the song was renewed and then a winged light appeared the voices were bidding him Journey on so sings the whiper will follow me follow me so replies the chief to him yes I will follow thee see the night is darkening the Shadows are
Hiding no light to follow now so sings the waterfall down the deeper this went redand following his unseen guide he felt the spray of the waterfall and then up he climbed until he knew he was ascending a mountain the dawn light appeared and he went on and on until when the sun was
High he found the flat Summit of the mountain there in the circle of an altar was a wild maze plant at its roots was the Box holding the Mystic potents that restores men to life and heals wounds a White Flint knife lay at the roots of the the maze plant and a voice
Called slash into the stalk of the maze our leader cut the stalk and blood flowed from the wound then again a voice said touch the wound with the potence this he did and the wound immediately healed the voice sounded again saying guard well this Mystic potent for while
Ye have it thy people shall endure when it is gone there shall be no more go and found an order that shall know all this wisdom and Preserve in the bonds of faithful Brotherhood the Mysteries the chants and the will to perform the task of spreading the knowledge of the
Kinship of all created things Dano Nayak out of the darkness the order has been founded and though many centuries have passed by the faithful fraternity Still Remains in the ritual the members impersonate the brother friends who gave of their lives in the Mystic Square in the darkness we hear their voices the
Call of the birds is heard and the shrill call of the guide bird comes toward morning to Herald the promise of day The Waters Thunder with deafening sound and so deeply do these sounds embed themselves into the memory of the ears that it is days before they are
Forgotten during the intervals of the night at three periods the lights appear and the brothers refresh themselves with berry juice mixed with maple sugar the sacred incense of the oan quar is burned the altars are covered when the light appears the morning song comes at last with the calling of great flocks of
Crows then appears the Boar’s Head or perhaps that of a bear steaming with the fragrant soup of the maze there is a ceremonial partaking of the feast and then the onoa is distributed it is yet just before Dawn and the company has adjourned the session has been from the
Beginning of total darkness until its end the lodge of NE hono chinoa has been closed the ancient gods of the Mystic potent gather up their mystery bundles that hold the sacred NE ganar it is still night though the ghoda has been ended we wait in the darkness Come All
Ye who listen help us in our Darkness Journey now no sun is shining now no star is glowing come show us the pathway the night is not friendly she closes her eyelids the moon has forgot us we wait in the darkness follow me follow me so sings
The Whipper will yes I am following so the chief answers him Dano what has happened has happened a tall bronze skinned guide led the way over an ice rutted Road the journey from the mysterious East had commenced following the guide in single file were four and there were four it
Was the land of the senas those most powerful Confederates of the six nations of the iroy to this land in the Valley of the catar rogus had journeyed the commander-in-chief of Buffalo consist and three other members of the ancient accepted Scottish right of masonry and
Now they were on their way back to the city that rises where the ancient senica town of dooi once had its sight these pale-faced members of the race that came and possessed the Red Man’s Land had been adopted brothers and initiated into the highest rights of the senas little
Has been told the door has only been held a jar the slightest space and no secrets have been revealed they were feather wands and deer skins but no purple robes or crowns yet who shall say that the senas have not the thread of the legend of
Osiris or that they have not an inherent Freemasonry Egyptian diagram of the raising of Osiris the three initiates in the ancient guards of the Mystic potent George El Tucker George K Staples Everett r burer a practical postcript our knowledge of remote Antiquity is derived not So Much from the Traditions that
Have been handed down by the Ancients as from the enduring relics of craftsmanship that have survived it was the poet Bryant who wrote the forms they hewed from living Stone survive the waste of years alone and mingled with their ashes show what greatness perished long ago in the halls of Buffalo consist
Ancient and accepted Scottish W is a splendid collection of Indian artifacts collected from the ancient forts Village sites and burial places of the Indians who lived in Western New York from early to recent times this collection brought together through the ceasing efforts of George L Tucker constitutes a museum of
Antiquity and illustrates the handiwork of the American Indians it has grown under the patronage of George K Staples who has looked with sympathy upon its development many scores of fine specimens have been added to this collection by Everett R burmaster of Irving NY a field archaeologist of rare ability and
Insight today the Tucker collection is sought by archaeologists and studied because of its interesting and unique character there is an intimate connection between archaeology and masonry the archaeologist finds the Lost cornerstones of history and with his triel on Earth’s records that history has failed to write the archaeologist
Gives us new knowledge of our ancient Brethren wherever they were distributed over the Earth the archaeologist points out the basic lessons of history for it is he alone who has explored the subcellar of the Temple of civilization every Relic that is found on the sites where once lived the Primitive peoples
Of the world is a lost letter syllable or word the archaeologist brings these parts together and is able to interpret in a measure the lost story of tribes and races it is most fitting that there should be a collection of ancient artifacts in the Buffalo consist it
Gives the members a rare opportunity to read the life and to understand the thought of Ancient Man The Collection should grow and every friend of science should feel it a priv privilege to make the collection grow how can this be better done than by depositing in The Archives of this Museum some lithic
Substance as a memorial that we of today feel our appreciation of a stalwart effort to create a memorial to the Craftsman of past Ages Every Man and Mason who places into this Foundation a stone assists in building a real Temple wherein will be preserved the truths that Antiquity has left as our
Inheritance we who have the fragments of missing history have this opport opportunity it is a masonic opportunity to which the writer as a student of anthropology respectfully invites your interest if this call is rightly received and there is a real response there is no reason why Buffalo should
Not have a masonic Museum of archaeology and history that will be worthy of masonry in Buffalo and will afford students a Mecca where they may receive more light Arthur C Parker thank you for watching and please don’t forget to share like subscribe and comment and if you can please consider
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