The Improved Order of Red Men & it's sister group, the Daughters of Pocahontas still exist. There is a lodge in Oxford, Chester County, Pa., where I used to live until 1996. The 'Improved' part of the title, was supposed to be a reference to the participants of the Boston Tea Party, who of course dressed in Indian garb, although they were all white men. Dave Clark Belmont NC ----- Original Message ----- From: <LWA101@aol.com> To: <PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 13:39 Subject: [PABRADFO] Daughters of Pocahontas > Charlyne asked if anyone knew anything about the Daughters of Pocahontas, so > I ran my favorite meta-search engine, Webferret, and came up with many hits. > It turns out the women's organization was founded in 1889 in Woburn, Mass. It > was a sister org. to the Improved Order of Red Men (I am not making this up) > which was one of those fraternal organizations that included Knights of > Pythias, Odd Fellows, etc. I pulled this note off the Native Americans site: > "In fact, some of the voluntary (i.e., nongovernmental, not-for-profit) > organizations listed include groups established by whites for fraternal > purpose and for appreciation of Indians and their heritage, such as the > Improved Order of Red Men and its `ladies' auxiliary,' Daughters of > Pocahontas, (which, until 1974, only white women could join)." > > Just a plug for Webferret, it finds what other meta search engines won't--and > it keeps running in the background while you visit the hits. Also, you get a > pop-up window for each hit with a preview, helping you weed out hits without > going there. In fact, it's Webferret that led me to the Tri-Counties site! > Great for genealogy--download it for free from webferret.com > > Cheers, Laura in NC > >