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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="097f0f21egerdp.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#66334C" FACE="Arial" ><B>Our Family  Past and Present</B></FONT><B>      |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Family Past and Present"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id84.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lewis Dyer"><U>Lewis Dyer</U></A>   |   <B>Redman</B>   |   <A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="William Dyer"><U>William Dyer</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id85.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mary Miner"><U>Mary Miner</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="096f2f02egerdp.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jacks Family"><U><B>Jack's Family</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="099f0f03.jpg"> <div> <I>Redman</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>   <IMG SRC="29f8fcc0.jpg" border=0 width="143" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2a1cccd0.jpg" border=0 width="204" height="205" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Lewis Dyer was a memeber of this organization. A Fraternal Emblem marks his grave</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Improved Order of the Redmen</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="626" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="622"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="18" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="622" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 694 ><NOBR><div> It's hardly accurate to describe the Improved Order of Red Men</div> <div> as the first Native American order--they didn't admit</div> <div> Native Americans. But they were at least among the earliest</div> <div> American orders not imported from somewhere else. </div> <div> Founded in 1834, the Order of Red Men traces its origin to </div> <div> certain secret Patriotic Societies founded before the</div> <div> American Revolution. They were established to promote Liberty</div> <div> and to defy the tyranny of the English Crown. Among the early</div> <div> groups were: The Sons of Liberty, Sons of Tamina and the</div> <div> Red Men. </div> <bR> <div> On December 16, 1773 a group of men, all members of the</div> <div> Sons of Liberty, met in Boston to protest the tax on tea imposed</div> <div> by England. When their protest went unheeded, they disguised</div> <div> themselves as Mohawk Indians, proceeded to Boston harbor</div> <div> and dumped overboard 342 chests of English tea.</div> <bR> <div> During the Revolutionary War, members of secret societies</div> <div> quenched their council fires and took up muskets to join with the</div> <div> Continental Army. To the cause of Freedom and Liberty, they</div> <div> pledged their lives, their fortunes and sacred honors. At the end</div> <div> of the hard fought war, the American Republic was born and</div> <div> was soon acknowledged among the Nations of the world.</div> <div> Following the Revolution the various secret societies founded</div> <div> before and during the conflict continued in existence as </div> <div> brotherhoods or fraternities.</div> <bR> <div> For the next 35 years each group went its own way, under many</div> <div> different names. In 1813, at historic Fort Mifflin, near Philadelphia, </div> <div> several of these groups came together and formed one organization</div> <div> known as the Society of Red Men.</div> <bR> <div> At Baltimore, Maryland, in 1847, the various local tribes came</div> <div> together andformed a national organization called the Grand</div> <div> Council of the United States. With the formation of a national organization,</div> <div> the Order of Red Men soon spread, and within 30 years there were</div> <div> State Great Councils in 21 states with a membership of over 150,000. </div> <div> The Order continued to grow and by 1920, tribes in 46 states</div> <div> amounted to a membership of over one half million.</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 WIDTH="622"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="18" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="622" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>