CONESTOGA 



1530 CONFEDERATE ARMY SOCIETIES 



ease with which it can be worked, and also 

 to the very many uses to which the lumber 

 can be put. The extent of the lumber indus- 

 try is best told in articles bearing upon each 

 particular species, and to these the reader is 

 referred. 



Itrlntr.i siiiiji-n H. Readers are referred to 

 the following articles In these volumes; they 

 admirably supplement the above: 

 CypreM Pine 



Fir Seeds, subtitle Seed 



Hemlock Diaperaal 



Larch Sequoia 



Lumber Spruce 



CONESTOGA, koncsto'gah. When the 

 white men first reached the head of Chesa- 

 peake Bay they found there a tribe of Indians, 

 the Conestoga, who were taller and better- 

 built than any of the neighboring tribes. They 

 were strong arid warlike, too, but were unable 

 to hold out against the Iroquois, by whom 

 they were defeated in 1675. They sought new 

 homes, but were not allowed to remain in 

 peace, and were in time reduced to a pitiable 

 remnant. The survivors were massacred by a 

 mob in 1763. 



CONEY, ko'm, ISLAND, a popular New 

 York seaside resort where sweltering thousands 

 from New York City, Jersey City, Brooklyn 

 and the surrounding country seek pleasure and 

 relief from the heat during the summer montEs. 



LOCATION OF CONEY ISLAND 



It is nearly five miles long and at the widest 

 part is about three-quarters of a mile across. 

 It is at the southwestern end of Long Island, 

 nine miles from the Battery, or south end of 

 Manhattan Island, and is reached by boat, 

 trolley, subway or elevated train. For weeks, 

 or days, or only a few hours, people stay at 

 Coney Island* to rest, play on the beaches, hear 

 the music or join the throngs of jostling 



merrymakers at exhibitions, on dancing plat- 

 forms or thrilling rides. Close at hand are 

 Brighton, West Brighton, Sea Gate and Man- 

 hattan Beach resorts. 



Historically, Coney Island is famous as the 

 place of Henry Hudson's landing in 1609. 



CONFED'ERATE ARMY SOCIETIES, patri- 

 otic organizations of the South which, like the 

 Grand Army of the Republic and others of 

 the North, were formed to preserve the mem- 

 ories of the War of Secession. The first of 

 these was organized at New Orleans, La., in 

 1889. Composed of veterans of the Confed- 

 erate army or navy, it is known as the UNITED 

 CONFEDERATE VETERANS. Its purpose, besides 

 strengthening friendships formed during the 

 war and preserving the memory of dead corn- 



Forms of lapel buttons of the United Confeder- 

 ate Veterans. 



rades, is to aid veterans, their widows and 

 orphans. It holds annual reunions, and in the 

 1,170 camps there were about 55,000 members 

 in 1916. Its official organ is The Confederate 

 Veteran, published in Nashville, Tenn. 



In 1894 the UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CON- 

 FEDERACY was organized in Nashville, Tenn., by 

 widows, wives, mothers and sisters of those 

 who served honorably in the Confederate army 

 or navy. Its purpose is to- honor Confederate 

 soldiers, living or dead, and like the Veterans, 

 to help Confederate soldiers and sailors and 

 their families when in need. Its 1,500 chap- 

 ters, with over 90,000 members, have helped 

 to establish homes for poor Confederate vet- 

 erans and their families, have conferred crosses 

 of honor, scholarships, medals and prizes, and 

 have done numerous other worthy deeds. 



In 1896 the male descendants of Confederate 

 veterans whose records were honorable organ- 

 ized the society of the UNITED SONS OF CON- 

 FEDERATE VETERANS at Richmond, Va. Its chief 

 purpose is the gathering and preserving of 

 historic relics and data from which to write 

 a history of the War of Secession from the 

 Southern standpoint, although it,- too, is a 

 benevolent society. Its membership is about 

 50,000. In 1900 Beauvoir, the home of Jeffer- 

 son Davis, was purchased by their Mississippi 

 division as a home for soldiers. E.C.B. 



