Tecumseh, No. 5. (A famous Shawnee Chief, signifying "he who walks over water") Harrodsburg. Instituted 27th Hot Moon, 404 by J. B. Mendenhall, with 25 Charter members. Surrendered its charter on the 24th Hunting Moon, 405.
Paughcaughnaughsinque, No. 6. Augusta. Instituted 1st Beaver Moon, 404, with 41 charter members, by J. B. Mendenhall. Has been prosperous from the beginning, and is now one of the strong tribes in the Reservation.
Hiawatha, No. 7. (A name made famous by Longfellow, the signification of which is "wise man") Louisville. Instituted 9th Hunting Moon, G. S. D. 404, with 63 charter members, by J. B. Mendenhall. The Tribe has had many vicissitudes, but has weathered them all, and is one of the strongholds of Redmanship in Kentucky. Absorbed by consolidation Pequod Tribe, No. 63 and Red Jacket, No. 44.
Cherokee, No. 8. (Tribe of the Iroquois stock, living South of the Ohio River) Louisville. Instituted 22nd Hunting Moon, 404 by J. B. Mendenhall. This Tribe has since absorbed by consolidation the following named tribes:—Tippecanoe, No. 29, Tecumseh, No. 9, Pawnee, No. 42. Tribe has from the start been one of the most vigorous in the Reservation, and is the largest, having at present 433 members.
Shawnee, No. 9. ("Southerner") Louisville. Instituted 10th Worm Moon, 405, by J. B. Mendenhall, and its charter was the first to be issued by the present Great Council of Kentucky. Consolidated with Tecumseh Tribe, No. 12 on the 22nd of Flower Moon, 410.
Tecumseh, No. 9. ("He who walks over the water") Founded by the consolidation of Shawnee Tribe, No. 9 and Tecumseh Tribe No. 12 on the 22nd sleep of Flower Moon, 410, and soon after consolidated with Cherokee Tribe, No. 8.
Wahoo, No. 10. ("Egg",) Louisville. Instituted 9th Sturgeon Moon, 408 with 89 charter members by J. B. VanZandt. Absorbed Wahbee, No. 15, by consolidation.
Mohican, No. 11. (Name of Tribe of New England Indians, signifying "Wolf") Bowling Green. Instituted 24th Plant Moon, 405 by Great Sachem J. R. McConnell. Although the tribe has met with several mishaps, it has never "faltered or proved false."
Iroquois, No. 12. (The name applied to the "Six Nations") Hopkinsville. Instituted 29th Flower Moon, 405 by Past Great Sachem J. B. Mendenhall. The tribe lived but a short time and was defunct in 406. Council brand was relighted by Past Great Sachem W. E. Fite on the 1st of Sturgeon Moon, 407, which burned but feebly and was defunct soon after.
Tecumseh, No. 12. ("He who walks over the water") Louisville. Instituted 5th Traveling Moon, 408, with 20 charter members by J. B. VanZandt. Consolidated with Shawnee, No. 9.