Ku Klux Klan: Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment

by John C. Lester; D. L. Wilson

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INDEX

• A.
• Abernathy, Dr. C.C., a member of the Klan, [21]
• Admission of members, [147], [170]
• Admonition, [176]
• Alabama, Costumes worn in, [43], [58], [97];
  • investigation in, [43];
  • Klan extends to, [70]
• Amendment of Prescript, [147], [173]
• "American Historical Magazine," cited, [39]
• Anderson, Gen. G.T., a member of the Klan, [27]
• Appellation Official, of the Order, [136], [154]
• "Appomattox Program," not carried out, [33]
  
• B.
• Badges worn by high officials, [59]
  • (See also outside cover.)
• Beati Paoli, [25]
• Black Belt, Ku Klux Klan mainly outside of, [23]
• Bowers, Dr. James, a member, [21]
• Brown, Gen. John C., a member, [26]
• Brown, W.G., "The Lower South," cited, [18]
• Brownlow, W.G., Governor of Tennessee, 1865-1868, [125];
  • his militia a cause of the Ku Klux Movement, [29];
  • proclaims martial law, [128];
  • has "Force Laws" passed, [113];
  • his detective drowned by the Klan, [67]
• Brownlow Republicans in Ku Klux disguise, [105]
• Burgess, J.W., "Reconstruction and the Constitution," cited, [113]
  
• C.
• Carbonari, [25]
• Carpetbag and negro legislators pass "Force Laws", [113]
• Carpetbag rule a cause of the Ku Klux Movement,. [29], [31], [32], [35]
• Carter, Dr. Benjamin, a member, [61]
• Cartoon from the "Independent Monitor," [42], [192];
  • from the "Loil Legislature", [43], [113]
• Causes of the Ku Klux Movement, [24], [28], [31], [50], [75-81]
  • (See also Ku Klux Klan.)
• Centaurs, Grand Council of, [144]
• "Century Magazine," cited, [53], [84]
• Certificate of Laps D. McCord, [38]
• "Cincinnati Commercial," prints the Randolph cartoons, [43], [192]
• "Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama," by W.L. Fleming, cited, [49], [79], [113]
• Character and objects of Ku Klux Klan, [155]
• Clanton, Gen. James H., [33]
• Cloud, Dr. N.B., driven from Tuscaloosa by the Klan, [42];
  • see cartoon facing page, [192]
• Colquitt, Gen. A.H. Colquitt, a member, [27]
• Conditions in the South, [75], [76]
• Confederates disfranchised, [88]
• Confréries, [25]
• Congress investigates Ku Klux Klan, [27], [28], [30], [47], [48], [49], [131];
  • passes "Force Laws", [113]
• Constitutions, see Prescript.
• Constitutional Union Guards, [18]
• Convention of Ku Klux Klan, [36], [37], [84], [133]
• Coon and Sibley, carpetbaggers, cartoon of, [43], and facing, [113]
• Costumes worn in the Klan, [43], [58], [59], [97]
• Council of Centaurs, [144]; of Yahoos, [144]
• Cox, S.S., "Three Decades," quotation from. [11]
• Crawford, F.M., a member, [21]
• Creed of the Klan, [136], [154]
• Crowe, Major James R., one of the founders of the Klan, [19];
  • first Grand Turk, [21];
  • statement in regard to origin of the Pulaski Den, [22];
  • one of committee to prepare a constitution and a ritual, [54]
• Cutler, "Lynch Law," cited, [15]
• Cyclops, Grand, an official of the Klan, [57];
  • ruler of a Den, [86];
  • duties, [140], [161];
  • election of, [143];
  • appointment of, [160];
  • in a local order, [179]
• Cypher Code, [148], [176]
  • (See also Register.)
• 
  
• D.
  • causes of, [103]
• Decline of the Klan, [100-127];
• Dedication of Prescript, [150], [176]
  • at Pulaski, Tennessee, [19-21], [53]
• Den, the lowest division of the Order, [85], [136], [157];
• Disbandment of the Klan, [27], [52], [112], [128-130]
• Divisions of the Invisible Empire of Ku Klux Klan, [156]
• "Documents Relating to Reconstruction," cited, [18], [79]
• Dominions or Congressional Districts, [85], [136], [156]
• Dracovolans, or Flying Dragon, [147]
  • duties, [138], [158];
  • how elected, [143];
  • appointed, [157]
• Dragon, Grand, ruler of a Realm, [86];
• Duties of officials, [136-143], [157-165]
  
• E.
• Edicts, or By-laws of the Order, [148], [174]
• Empire, The, [136], [156]
• Ensign, Grand, duties, [143]
• Ensign or banner of the Ku Klux Klan, [147]
  • duties, [142], [163];
  • how elected, [143];
  • appointed, [157-161]
• Exchequer, Grand, or treasurer, [57], [86];
• Expansion of the Klan's territory, [68-82], [156]
• Expulsion of members, [149], [174]
  
• F.
• Fleming, W.L., "Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama," cited, [49], [79], [113]
• Flying Dragon, [147]
• "Force Laws," effect on Klan, [125], [126]
  • testimony before Ku Klux Committee of Congress, [28-30], [80];
  • his estimate of the number of members, [95];
  • his opinion of the character of members, [65];
  • belongs to the order of Pale Faces, [30];
  • disbands the Klan, [27], [52], [112], [128-130]
• Forrest, Gen. Nathan Bedford, Grand Wizard, [26], [27], [28];
• Founders of the Klan, [19]
• Furies, the staff of the Grand Titan, [86], [136], [156], [159], [164]
• Fussell, Col. Joseph, a member, [27]
  
• G.
• Garner, J.W., "Reconstruction in Mississippi," cited, [49]
• Garrett, Dr. W.R., makes plates used on pages [153-176] [40]
• Genii, the staff of the Grand Wizard, [85], [136], [155], [157] 164
• Georgia, candidates in Georgia, [31]
  • elect officials [143], [165]
• Ghouls, private members, [136], [156];
  • how elected, [143];
  • appointed [159]
• Giant, Grand, ruler of a Province, duties, [139], [160];
• Giles County, Tennessee [50]
• Goblins, [136], [156], [160], [164]
  • testimony before the Ku Klux Committee of Congress, [30-33], [80], [105]
• Gordon, Gen. John B., [26], [27], [33];
• Grand Army of the Republic [171]
• Grant, Gen. U.S., magnanimity of, [33]
  
• H.
  • republished in the North [192]
• Hanging picture, cartoon by Ryland Randolph, [42], [192];
• Hardee, Gen. W.J., a member, [26]
• "Histoire Générale," by Lavisse & Rambaud, cited [25]
• Huntsville, Alabama, parade of Klan in, [44]
• Hydras, the staff of the Grand Dragon, [86], [136], [156], [158] 164
  
• I.
• "Independent Monitor," cited [26], [41], [192]
• Initiations into the Pulaski Den, [60], [63], [64]
• Interrogations to be asked candidates for admission, [171]
  • by Alabama, [43]
• Investigation of Ku Klux Klan, by Congress, [26], [28], [30], [47], [48], [49], [131];
• Invisible Circle [198]
• Invisible Empire, [47], [85], [101]
  
• J.
  • on committee to choose a name for the order, [53];
  • Charles P., a member, [21];
  • Miss Cora R., daughter of Charles P., and niece of Calvin, article in "Advance," cited, [61], [92];
  • Judge Thomas M., father of Calvin and Charles P., [20], [53]
• Jones, Calvin, one of the founders, [20], [21];
• Judiciary of the Klan, [27], [144], [166]
  
• K.
  • on committee to prepare constitution and ritual, [54]
• Kennedy, John, one of the founders of the Klan, [20], [21];
• Kirk, John H., aided in printing the Prescript, [38]
• Klephts, [25]
• Knights of the White Camelia, [18], [23]
• Ku Klux Committee of Congress, [27]
  • founded at Pulaski, Tennessee, [19], [21], [51], [53];
  • headquarters at Pulaski, [51];
  • initiations at Pulaski, [61-64];
  • original object, [59];
  • selection of name, [22], [53], [55];
  • costumes worn, [43], [58], [59], [97];
  • expansion, [68-82];
  • transformation, [71], [83-99];
  • reorganized, [84-99];
  • territorial extent, [23], [24], [85], [136], [156];
  • Prescripts, [37], [39], [133-150], [151-176];
  • officers and their duties, [85-86], [136];
  • oaths and obligations, [171], [172], [197], [198];
  • parades, [44], [91];
  • character and objects, [28], [31], [109-111], [155], [171-172];
  • creed, [136], [154];
  • declaration of principles, [87];
  • edicts, [148], [174];
  • admission of members, [147], [170];
  • character and conduct of members, [30], [34], [101], [102];
  • numbers, [30], [95];
  • secrets, [48], [148], [174];
  • revenue, [145], [168];
  • judiciary, [27], [144], [166];
  • convention at Nashville, [36], [37];
  • methods, [71-75], [91], [96-99], [183-196];
  • orders and warnings, [40], [130], [187-198];
  • disciplines its members, [106]; outrages, [131];
  • decline and disbandment, [35], [100-127], [128-130];
  • regalia destroyed, [129];
  • investigation by Congress, [27], [28], [30], [43], [47], [48], [49], [131];
  • effect of "force laws;" popular idea of the Klan, [49];
  • results of the Ku Klux Movement, [35], [73], [80], [81];
  • other secret orders, [18]
• Ku Klux Klan, causes of, [23], [24], [28], [29], [31], [32], [35], [47-67], [75-81];
• Ku Klux Klan, Lester and Wilson's History of, [15-19], [35], [37], [47]
• Ku Klux Movement, [25]
• Ku Klux Report, cited, [18], [27], [28], [33], [49], [52], [65], [80], [196], [197], [198]
  
• L.
  • see cartoon, [192]
• Lakin, Rev. A.S., president of University of Alabama, driven away by the Klan, [42];
• Lavisse and Rambaud, "Histoire Générale," cited, [25]
• Lawton, Gen. A.R., a member, [27]
  • on committee to prepare constitution and ritual, [54]
• Lester, Capt. J. C, one of the founders of the Klan and one of the authors of the History of Ku Klux Klan, [15], [16], [17], [19];
• Lictor, an official title, [57]
• "Loil Legislature," by Capt. B.H. Screws, cartoon from, [43], [113]
• "Lower South," by W.G. Brown, cited, [18]
  • (See also Union League.)
• Loyal League, [79], [125], [171]
• "Loyalty," meaning of, [125]
• "Lynch Law," by Cutler, cited, [15]
  
• M.
• McCallum, James, a member, [21]
• McCoy, Capt. Thomas, a member, [21]
  • first Grand Cyclops, [21];
  • Laps D., prints the Prescripts, [38];
  • L.W., editor of the "Pulaski Citizen," a Ku Klux newspaper, [38]
• McCord, Frank O., one of the founders of the Klan, [20], [37];
• McKissick, Alex., a member, [21]
  • duties, [141], [162];
  • how elected, [143], [165]
• Magi, Grand, [57];
• Martial law proclaimed in Tennessee, [128]
• Masonic order, [25]
  • expulsion, [149], [174];
  • none ever arrested, [106]
• Members, admission of, [102], [147], [170];
• Methods employed by the Klan, [91], [96], [97], [187-196]
• Militia law of Tennessee, [124]
  • costumes worn in, [43], [58]
• Mississippi, Klan extends to, [70];
• Minnis, J.A., testimony, [80]
• Mitchell, Capt. Robert, a member, [21]
  • duties, [141], [163];
  • how elected, [143], [165]
• Monk, Grand, [86];
• "Montgomery Mail," cited, [189]
• Moore, John A., a member, [21]
  • initiates General Forrest, [27]
• Morton, Capt. John W., a member, [21], [26];
• Motto, on ensign, [147]
  
• N.
  • influence of name on the career of the order, [55], [56], [136], [154]
• Name of the order, selection of, [53], [55];
  • adopts Prescript, [33]
• Nashville Convention of the Klan, [84], [89];
• Nashville Den drowns a detective, [67]
• Negro equality, Klan opposed to, [171]
• Negro members of the Klan, [26]
• Negro troops, conduct of, [32]
  • conduct of, [77];
  • frightened by Klan, [97-99]
• Negroes, [22], [23], [24], [26], [29], [31], [32];
• Nelson, J.L., a member, [21]
• Newspapers forbidden to print Ku Klux notices, [41], [130]
• Night Hawks, the staff of a Cyclops, [86], [136], [156], [161], [164]
• Nihilists, [25]
• North Carolina, a local order in, [177-186]
• Number of members, [30], [95]
  
• O.
• Oaths and obligations, [146], [147], [171], [172], [197], [198]
  • how elected, [143], [165]
• Officials of the Klan, duties, [85], [86];
• Order issued by the Grand Dragon of Tennessee, [109-111]
• Orders and warnings sent by the Klan, [40], [41], [187-196]
• Origin of Ku Klux Klan, [47-67]
• Outrages attributed to the Klan, [105]
  
• P.
  • Gen. Forrest a member of, [30]
• Pale Faces, [18];
• Parades of the Klan, [44], [91-95]
  • owns a Revised and Amended Prescript, [40]
• Pearcy, Capt. J.L., a member, [21];
• Penalty for betrayal of secrets, [149], [176]
• Pettus, Gen. Edmund W, [33], [80]
• Pike, Gen. Albert, chief judicial officer, [27]
• Principles of the Klan, [87], [88], [171], [182]
• Province, or county, [85], [136], [156]
  • conditions in 1865, [52];
  • Ku Klux Klan founded there, [16], [53];
  • Ku Klux parade, [91-95]
• Pulaski, Tennessee, description of, [50];
• Pulaski Den, origin and membership, [19-21], [53], [57], [61]
  • original, adopted at Nashville Convention, [37], [40], [133-150];
  • Revised and Amended, [37], [38], [40], [151-176];
  • an imperfect copy used by a local order, [39], [177-186];
  • sold by Grand Wizard, [137], [145], [157], [169];
  • dedication, [150], [176];
  • Amendment, [147], [173];
  • Register, [148], [176]
• Prescripts, [16], [30], [36], [87], [88];
• Purpose of the original Den, [22]
  
• Q.
  • Latin, in the Prescripts, passim, [133-176]
• Quotations, poetical, in original Prescript, [135];
• 
  
• R.
• Radical Republican party, [171]
  • quoted, [99], [104];
  • author of orders and warnings, [41], [190-192];
  • publishes cartoon of Coon and Sibley, [43], [113]
• Radicals in Ku Klux disguise, [105]
• Randolph, Ryland, [26], [40];
• Realm, or state, [85], [136], [156]
• Reconstruction Acts, [71], [84]
• "Reconstruction of the Constitution," by J.W. Burgess, cited, [113]
  • on committee to choose a name for the order, [53]
• "Reconstruction in Mississippi," by J.W. Garner, cited, [49]
• Reed, Richard R., one of the founders, [20], [21];
• Regalia and records of Klan destroyed, [129]
• Register of the Prescript, [41], [148], [176]
• Regulators, [71], [73], [106]
• Results of the Ku Klux Movement, [35]
• Revenue of the Klan, [145], [168]
• Revised and Amended Prescript, [38], [151-176]
• Ritual of Pulaski Den, [54], [57]
• Rose, W.H., a member, [21]
  
• S.
• Saunders, "Early Settlers of Alabama," quoted, [96]
• Scotch-Irish descent of the members of the Klan, [21], [23]
• Screws, Capt. B.H., "Loil Legislature," cartoon from, [43], [113]
  • duties, [142], [164]
• Scribe, of a local order, [179]
  • penalty for betrayal of, [149], [176]
• Scribe, Grand, [86];
  • duties, [143], [164]
• Secrets of the Klan, [148], [174];
• Sentinel, Grand, [86];
• Shapard, I.L. and Robt., members, [21], [38]
  • warnings sent by Klan in, [193-196]
• Sibley and Coon, carpetbaggers, [43], [113]
• South Carolina, local order in, [177-186];
• Southern Society of New York, owns a Revised and Amended Prescript, [40]
• Spofford, Judge H.M., residence used by Klan [54]
• Staff officers, [86], [164]
• State Guards of Tennessee, [123]
• Stubbs, Mrs. Elizabeth, in "Early Settlers of Alabama," quoted, [96]
  
• T.
  • the Klan in [51], [70], [95];
  • Confederates disfranchised, [88];
  • State Guards, [123]; Militia law, [124];
  • order of a Grand Dragon, [109-111];
  • Anti-Ku Klux law, [113-123]
• Taxes levied in Klan, [145], [169]
• Tennessee, conditions in, [17], [29];
• Term of office, [144], [165]
• Texas, Klan extends to, [70]
  • duties, [138], [159];
  • how elected, [143];
  • appointed, [158]
• "Three Decades," by S.S. Cox, quoted, [11]
• Titan, Grand, ruler of a Dominion, [86];
• Titles of officials, [136], [155]
• Tories, [24], [77]
• Tourgee, "Invisible Empire," cited, [18]
• Transformation of the Klan, [71], [83-99]
• Tribunal of Justice, [166]
  • duties, [142], [163];
  • office first held by Major J.R. Crowe, [21]
• Tugenbund, [25]
• Turk, Grand, [57], [86];
• Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Klan at, [42]
  
• U.
• "Understanding of Appomattox," violated, [34]
• Union League, a cause of the Ku Klux Movement, [24], [29], [31], [79-81], [125]
• Unionists, [24], [26], [77]
• University of Alabama, [42]
  
• V.
• Vehmgericht, [25]
• Voorheis, Milton, a member, [21]
  
• W.
• Warnings sent by the Klan, [40], [43], [196]
• "Washington Post," cited, [67], [95]
• Waters, Dr. M.S., a member, [21]
• Webster's "Unabridged Pictorial," cited, [147]
• "Weekly Union Times," cited, [193], [194], [196]
• White Brotherhood, [18]
• White Camelia, [18]
• White League, [18]
  • article in "Century Magazine" cited, [53], [84]
• "White Man's Government", [171]
  • duties, [136], [157];
  • how elected, [143], [165], [166];
  • term of office, [144], [165];
  • disbands the Klan, [128-130]
• Wilson, Rev. D.L., one of the authors of the History of Ku Klux Klan, [15], [16], [17], [19];
• Wizard, Grand, [85];
• 
  
• Y.
• Yahoos, Grand Council of, [144]
• "Yorkville Enquirer," cited, [195]
• Young Italy, [25]

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Compiled versions of Appendix I and Appendix II

APPENDIX I.

PRESCRIPT OF KU KLUX KLAN

Adopted at a Convention of the Order
Held in Nashville, April, 1867