Wabee, No. 13. ("White") Louisville. Instituted 11th Corn Moon, 408 with 46 charter members by J. B. VanZandt. Consolidated after a few seven suns with Choctaw, No. 15.
Totewa, No. 14. ("To sink, dive, or go under water, to rise again as logs when carried over a water fall") Owensboro. Instituted 4th Buck Moon, 405 by Great Sachem J. R. McConnell, the work being done by Waukee Tribe, No. 150, of Evansville, Ind.
Otego, No. 15. Paducah. Instituted 21st Sturgeon Moon, 405. Organized by J. B. VanZandt and instituted by Great Sachem J. R. McConnell. Tribe was reported defunct in 406, and its Council brand was relighted by Past Great Sachem W. E. Fite on the 20th of Buck Moon, 407, but the tribe was reported defunct in 408.
Choctaw, No. 15. ("Charming voice." A numerous tribe of Indians) Louisville. Instituted 28th Corn Moon, 408 with 31 charter members, by J. B. VanZandt, but soon after consolidated with Wabee Tribe, No. 13.
Wabee, No. 15. ("White") Louisville. Instituted by the consolidation of Wabee Tribe, No. 13 and Choctaw Tribe, No. 15. This new Tribe soon after consolidated with Wahoo Tribe, No. 10.
Seminole, No. 16. ("Separatists" or "Run away people") Henderson. Instituted 25th Sturgeon Moon, 405 by Great Sachem J. R. McConnell, the work being done by the degree team of Waukee Tribe, No. 150 of Evansville, Ind. The tribe was reported defunct in 406. Council brand was relighted on the 4th of Sturgeon Moon, 407 by Past Great Sachem W. E. Fite, which burned fitfully for a few seven suns and then went out forever.
Montezuma, No. 16. Louisville. Instituted 4th Traveling Moon, G. S. D. 408, with 40 charter members by J. B. VanZandt. Consolidated with Sioux Tribe, No. 70 in Sturgeon Moon, 412.
Miami, No. 17. (Same as Maumee. "People who live in the Peninsular.") Newport. Instituted 25th Buck Moon, 385 (1876) by the Old Great Council of Kentucky, and was an offshoot from Minnehaha No. 10 and Pocahontas, No. 3. Was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Great Council of Ohio on the surrender of the Charter of the Old Great Council of Kentucky in 393 (1884) and at the institution of the present Great Council of Kentucky was transferred back to its jurisdiction, having at that time fifteen members. This is the oldest tribe in Kentucky, and numbers among its members several aged brothers who have been in continuous good standing in the Order for more than a half century.
Calumet, No. 18. (Not properly an Indian word, but used to signify the "Pipe of Peace") Mt. Sterling. Instituted 14th sun Hunting Moon, 405 with 35 charter members by Great Sachem J. R. McConnell. The tribe has prospered from the start, and though once suffering the loss of everything but its wampum belt by fire, and though now not having a large membership, is healthy and vigorous.
Osceola, No. 19. (Name of a Chief of the Seminoles, signifying "Plentiful drinker of the black drink.") Ashland. Instituted 14th Hunting Moon, 399, with 15 charter members by Harry C. McKay, Great Sachem of the Great Council of Ohio, and was under the jurisdiction of that Great Council until transferred to the Great Council of Kentucky at its institution.