At the Great Council held in Maysville, 1903, he was, on the retirement of C. E. Lyddane, unanimously elected Great Chief of Records, and he served in that capacity for five consecutive great suns, being accorded the honors of a Past Great Sachem at Frankfort, in 1908, when he was elected Great Representative to the Great Council of the United States for two great suns.
During the five great suns of his administration of the chieftaincy of Great Chief of Records he managed the business end of the Order in the Reservation in the same methodical way that characterized his private affairs, and saw the Order grow from a membership of 5,089 to 11,950: from 65 Tribes to 182 Tribes. The lay member of the Order has no conception of the vast labors performed by a faithful Great Chief of Records, but a small portion of his duties being apparent to the casual observer. Brother Ray was ever faithful to every duty, and earned the soubrequet of "The Minute Man." The whole may be summed up in the words, "He was always there with the goods."
Brother Ray is now filling a position as clerk in the State Auditor's office at Frankfort.
HORACE J. McFARLAN
PAST GREAT SACHEM HORACE J. McFARLAN
1903-4
As a young man, Brother McFarlan was deeply interested in base ball, and made it a profession. For quite a number of years he was a favorite umpire in the National League. Prior to his activity in base ball circles he had received a liberal education, and tiring of the nomadic life consequent upon following the National game for a livelihood, he studied law, was admitted to the bar, married and began practice of his profession at Lagrange, where for some time he was County Attorney.
Brother McFarlan was adopted into Massasoit Tribe, No. 33, of Lagrange, and was one of its early Sachems. He was admitted to the Great Council of Kentucky in 1901, at Danville, and at the same session was put forward as a "dark horse" for Great Junior Sagamore, winning the race against a large field. He served as Great Senior Sagamore in 1902, and at Maysville, in 1903, he was elected Great Sachem. During his chieftaincy he had the distinction of dedicating the first wigwam owned by a Tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men in the Reservation of Kentucky, that of Oswego Tribe, No. 37, hunting grounds of Dry Ridge. This took place on 18th of Traveling Moon, G. S. D. 412, and was made the occasion of a great pow-wow, in which the citizens of the little town most heartily joined. At the close of his term as Great Sachem he was elected Great Prophet and Representative to the Great Council of the United States for two great suns. In consequence of the death of his estimable wife during the great sun of 414 he was unable to attend the Great Council of the United States, and another was appointed in his stead, but in G. S. D. 415 he was returned for an additional two great suns.
Brother McFarlan is at present practicing law in the hunting grounds of Louisville.
CHAPTER XII.
Roster of Chiefs of the Old Great Council.
| Year | Great Sachem | Great Senior Sagamore | Great Junior Sagamore | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tribe No. | Tribe No. | Tribe No. | ||||
| 1854 | George W. Ford | 1 | E. Reese | 2 | U. Shinkle | 2 |
| 1855 | Elias Reese | 2 | S. I. B. Badgley | 4 | Chas. Amann | 3 |
| 1856 | A. J. Francis | 2 | John Hughes | 4 | John Ammon | 3 |
| 1857 | John Hughes | 4 | Gregory B. Kiteley | 4 | John B. Davis | 6 |
| 1858 | John B. Davis | 6 | A. C. Herig | 7 | J. Schenk | 7 |
| 1859 | A. C. Herig | 7 | Jacob Schenk | 7 | W. H. Patton | 2 |
| 1860 | Chas. Amann | 3 | C. Rice | 2 | John B. Heltimus | 2 |
| 1861 | W. D. Turner | 4 | John B. Heltimus | 2 | Isaac Sutton | 2 |
| 1862 | Gregory B. Kiteley | 4 | M. Borntraeger | 7 | W. T. Clark | ... |
| 1863 | M. Borntraeger | 7 | B. B. Weidler | 2 | R. B. McCrackin | 3 |
| 1864 | B. B. Weidler | 2 | R. B. McCrackin | 3 | A. Schneider | 7 |
| 1865 | Jacob Schenk | 7 | R. B. McCrackin | 3 | G. J. Fry | 7 |
| 1866 | R. B. McCrackin | 3 | Geo. J. Fry | 7 | Edw. Merkly | 7 |
| 1867 | Andrew Schneider | 7 | Joseph Havlin | 2 | John Wohlfart | 3 |
| 1868 | Thos. W. Giedeon | 3 | John Steinhauer | 3 | James Chrystal | 8 |
| 1869 | Edw. Merkly | 7 | Fred Braun | 9 | D. A. King | 8 |
| 1870 | John Steinhauer | 3 | G. W. Reese | 10 | Samuel Spaeth | 3 |
| 1871 | Jacob Lizinsky | 9 | S. F. Schell | 10 | D. A. King | 8 |
| 1872 | W. H. Glore | 13 | John Vogle | 11 | J. J. Hillburn | 11 |
| 1873 | Thos. A. Hornsey | 8 | C. H. Conn | 10 | Thos. A. Davis | 16 |
| 1874 | Thos. A. Davis | 16 | J. T. Follett | 10 | J. P. Phister | 16 |
| 1875 | G. W. Reese | 10 | J. J. Hetch | 3 | J. Reed | 10 |
| 1876 | C. H. Conn | 10 | Geo. Knorr | 2 | G. A. Dempf | 4 |
| 1877 | George Brunk | 3 | J. N. Staunder | 17 | James Vickers | 10 |
| 1878 | J. N. Staunder | 17 | F. Bismark | 3 | C. Maunder | 10 |
| 1879 | Chas. Maunder | 10 | F. Schorle | 3 | V. Wendworth | 17 |
| 1880 | Val. Wendworth | 17 | Fred Must | 3 | John Lamb | 16 |
| 1881 | J. Reed | 10 | John Roth | 17 | G. Brunk | 3 |
| 1882 | G. W. Reese | 10 | John Roth | 17 | C. Switzer | 17 |
| 1883 | G. W. Reese | 10 | John Roth | 17 | E. H. Meyers | 16 |
| 1884 | G. W. Reese | 10 | John Roth | 17 | Wm. Maunders | |
| Year | Great Prophet | Great Chief of Records | Great Keeper of Wampum | |||
| Tribe No. | Tribe No. | Tribe No. | ||||
| 1854 | P. A. C. Kemper | 1 | A. J. Francis | 2 | V. Shinkle | 2 |
| 1855 | I. B. Monder | 1 | A. J. Francis | 2 | V. Shinkle | 2 |
| 1856 | Wm. Schmidt | 6 | Peter Ruhl | 6 | V. Shinkle | 2 |
| 1857 | W. D. Turner | 4 | Peter Ruhl | 6 | A. J. Francis | 2 |
| 1858 | G. Rice | 2 | Jas. N. Tyrack | 2 | A. J. Francis | 2 |
| 1859 | John B. Heltimus | 2 | Jas. N. Tyrack | 2 | A. J. Francis | 2 |
| 1860 | Richard W. Ellsy | 4 | Jas. N. Tyrack | 2 | W. D. Turner | 4 |
| 1861 | Chas. Hebel | 6 | B. Strube | 7 | A. J. Francis | 2 |
| 1862 | F. Frische | 6 | B. Strube | 7 | A. J. Francis | 2 |
| 1863 | A. Schneider | 7 | B. Strube | 7 | A. J. Francis | 2 |
| 1864 | Gregory B. Kiteley | 4 | W. Brigmann | 4 | A. J. Francis | 2 |
| 1865 | B. B. Weidler | 2 | W. Brigmann | 4 | A. J. Francis | 2 |
| 1866 | Jacob Schenk | 7 | W. Brigmann | 4 | A. J. Francis | 2 |
| 1867 | Thos. W. Giedeon | 3 | Chas. Hebel | 9 | A. J. Francis | 2 |
| 1868 | M. Betz | ... | Chas. Hebel | 9 | A. J. Francis | 2 |
| 1869 | G. W. Reese | 10 | G. B. Kiteley | 4 | W. D. Turner | 4 |
| 1870 | J. Lizinsky | 9 | G. B. Kiteley | 4 | W. D. Turner | 4 |
| 1872 | T. A. Hornsey | 8 | G. B. Kiteley | 4 | W. D. Turner | 4 |
| 1871 | W. H. Glore | 13 | G. B. Kiteley | 4 | W. D. Turner | 4 |
| 1873 | E. H. Mottley | 11 | E. H. Meyers | 10 | W. D. Turner | 4 |
| 1874 | C. H. Conn | 10 | E. H. Meyers | 10 | W. G. Stone | 13 |
| 1875 | O. Seinsheimer | 3 | E. H. Meyers | 10 | W. G. Stone | 13 |
| 1876 | G. A. Kiteley | 4 | W. G. Stone | 13 | John Wolfhardt | 3 |
| 1877 | C. H. Conn | 10 | W. G. Stone | 13 | John Wolfhardt | 3 |
| 1878 | No election. | ... | S. F. Schell | 10 | John Wolfhardt | 3 |
| 1879 | No election. | ... | S. F. Schell | 10 | John Wolfhardt | 3 |
| 1880 | C. Maunder | 10 | S. F. Schell | 10 | John Wolfhardt | 3 |
| 1881 | Ch. Clinthworth | 17 | S. F. Schell | 10 | John Wolfhardt | 3 |
| 1882 | ... | ... | S. F. Schell | 10 | J. Glick | 17 |
| 1883 | G. Christman | 17 | S. F. Schell | 10 | J. Glick | 17 |
| 1884 | G. Christman | 17 | E. H. Meyers | 10 | J. Glick | 17 |