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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[April 29, 1911. 
The Pacific Indians’ Tournament. 
While making up our forms for the issue of the --d, 
the following letter was received from F. C. Rieltl, 
Herald-Custodian: 
I take pleasure in handing you under separate cover 
a copy of the annual booklet and program of the fourth 
tournament and pow-wow of The Pacific Indians, to be 
held this year early in June, in the beautiful little city 
of Eugene, Oregon. T . . 
It is expected that, in the absence of an Interstate 
Pacific handicap this year in the Northwest, this tourney 
will in a measure take the place of that classic event. 
We confidently expect the biggest attendance ever re¬ 
corded for trapshooting in this part of the \\ est. 
The program conforms to the Interstate regulations, 
with additions of a number of special events, and the 
added money, together with the money-back system to 
be used, makes it one of the most attractive prospects 
ever offered Western shooters at the traps. 
Eugene is one of the prettiest towns in all the big 
West, and its good people will spare no pains to enter¬ 
tain all comers on this occasion. The shooting grounds 
are the very best to be found anywhere, with a sky 
background in all directions. . . 
This is the culminating event of a circuit of four im¬ 
portant tourneys in the Northwest, including the Wash¬ 
ington State, Idaho State, annual. Nprthwest and the 
Indians, the latter concluding just in time to give those 
who wish ample time to proceed to the Grand Amer¬ 
ican at Columbus. 
“The Book of the Pacific Indians—Compiled by Frank 
(_'. Riehl, Herald, by authority of the Tribe,” did not 
reach us until the following day—and we were glad of it, 
for in originality of conception, quaintness of style, and 
quiet elegance of mechanical execution, it surpasses any¬ 
thing we have ever seen in this line. \\ e deem it a priv¬ 
ilege to lay its contents, almost complete, before our 
readers The initial letters and tail-pieces are most 
cleverly drawn, making the text very attractive through¬ 
out. We quote: 
HERALD. 
’Tis a far call, Fellow Braves, from the mid-conti¬ 
nental plains, from the fair hills of Allegheny, and the 
country north of Niagara, to the sunny slopes of the 
Pacific; yet not so distant that what is good lor the 
warriors of the older lands may not be better for those 
following the newer trails. Therefore it is as natural 
as the rapids of our own pure mountain streams that 
The Pacific Indians should associate themselves to¬ 
gether under these fairer skies to emulate the worthy 
achievements of their kindred over the Great Divide. 
Wherefore, acknowledging our inspirational debt to 
The American Indians, yet acting independently m our 
own premises, we have met and passed the pledge to 
rear the tepee and light the Council Fires of 1 he 1 acihc 
Indians. To all that has signalized the great success 
of this central idea of mutual good-fellowship among the 
lovers of the gun, rod, and kindred outdoor sports, we 
assign allegiance. \\ e will welcome to the circle every 
warrior who walks upright in everything before his 
fellow men, and who follows the trail, not for slaughter, 
but for the love of the hunt. To pass muster before 
his fellows the candidate for Chieftainship must bend a 
fair and honest bow, and speed the shaft of comrade¬ 
ship true to the mark. This, as judged by nis peers 
in annual conclave assembled, shall be the sole test of 
individual fitness either for admission, or retention of 
his Tribal name and insignia. . 
Within the Council there shall he recognized no grade 
or class—except that duly elected or appointive officers 
shall be deferred to when acting within the limits of 
the prerogatives of their positions. In all competitions 
each and every contestant shall stand on the same basis, 
except in so far as individual prowess may enable him 
to excel. Neither shall mercenary motives, commonly 
known as trade interests, be countenanced or have, any 
part in such competitive events as the chief advisors 
may arrange. . 
These principles being spoken and approved; the 
undersigned Original Subscribers, hereby do associate 
themselves together under the following: 
CONSTITUTION. 
The name of this association shall be The Pacific In¬ 
dians, and each member in good standing shall be desig¬ 
nated as Tvee—this being the Chinook word for chief. 
Any white male person of adult years residing within 
or west of the Rocky Mountain Range, who can pass 
muster in the Council of his peers, is eligible to mem¬ 
bership in The Pacific Indians.. 
The Tribal Lodge shall be established wherever the 
Chief Advisor may decide, at any time, to fix same, or 
to hold the official conclave. 
The object of the organization shall be the fostering 
of good-fellowship among its members and with the 
world at large; promoting true sportsmanship as di¬ 
rected toward a higher standard in marksmanship and 
the conservation of the natural game and fish resources 
of the territory which it represents; and to this end 
holding fixed tourneys at intervals not exceeding twelve 
months apart, and taking an active interest in all mat¬ 
ters pertaining to the craft within the scope of this 
declaration. 
The officers of this association shall be elected an¬ 
nually in open Council, and shall hold office until their 
successors are chosen and qualified. The officers shall 
be as follows: 
Tyee Sachem, who shall preside at official conclaves, 
appoint special and standing committees and be ex- 
officio, a member of same. 
Makst and Klone Tyee Sachem (1st and 2d N ice), 
whose duties shall, successively, be those of the Tyee 
Sachem in the absence or inability of the latter to act. 
Tyee Tsum Chickamin (Herald-Custodian), who shall., 
under approved bond, collect, hoard and disburse as di¬ 
rected, all moneys (chickaman) and appurtenances of 
the Tribe; also keeping an official record of all trans¬ 
actions; conducting official correspondence and render¬ 
ing full and complete reports at the annual conclave, 
or oftener if deemed advisable. 
There shall also be a board of Chief Advisors (Tilli- 
khum wawa-Talkers for the People), elected annuallv, 
which shall be composed of one representative from each 
State or Province represented in the membership of 
the order, who will be expected to speak in behalf of 
their respective communities on important matters of 
general interest to the Tribe. 
Official councils may be called at any time by five or 
more members in good standing, but no number less 
than one-fourth of the total membership shall constitute 
a quorum for the transaction of important affairs except 
at the annual conclave. 
No officer shall receive pecuniary compensation for his 
services, except the Herald-Custodian, who may be 
allowed not to exceed 5 per cent, of the total amount 
collected annually in payment for his services. 
Every candidate for election shall pay into the tribal 
cache chickaman to the commercial value of $10 in gold, 
which amount the member proposing must advance. 
Every member must pay annually an associate fee 
equivalent to Ten Dollars in Gold. This amount shall 
be due and payable not less than three moons before 
the time of the annual conclave and tourney; and fail* 
ure to pay such sum after due notice by registered mail 
shall be accepted as the equivalent of resignation, and 
so recorded without action. 
Any candidate for election to Tribal honors must per¬ 
sonally attend the tourney next preceding the conclave 
at which his name shall be submitted by not less than 
two friends in the Council. At each such meeting the 
number of new members to be chosen shall be fixed in 
advance. All names shall be submitted and each mem¬ 
ber may vote for as many as will fill the list—if there 
are so many candidates. These votes being canvassed, 
the names shall be submitted in the order of their prece¬ 
dence in the popular, open vote, and again voted on by 
secret ballot. This shall be taken in a sealed receptacle, 
and for ballots a legal copper coin of the realm and 
preferably bearing on its face the head of an Indian 
in profile, shall be considered an affirmative, elective 
ballot, and any coin of other metal shall be counted a 
negative vote. A clear ballot shall elect. If one ballot 
is found for rejection the Tyee Sachem shall so an¬ 
nounce, and call upon the brave having cast same to 
state in open Council his reasons for so voting. If no 
reply is made, the candidate shall be declared elected; 
but if the Chief having voted against the candidate so 
desires, he shall rise and state his reasons, and ask that 
his vote be sustained. A second ballot shall then be 
taken, and if more than one adverse com appear, the 
candidate shall be declared rejected, but if one or more, 
he shall be elected. No candidate rejected may be voted 
upon again within a year from that time; and in case 
of such rejection the membership fee advanced shall be 
immediately returned. A candidate rejected one year, 
need not necessarily attend the following tourney to be 
reconsidered and again voted on. . 
The official outward sign of membership m I he Pa- 
cific Indians, shall be a miniature arrow or spear head, 
surmounted by the head of an Indian in profile, the 
whole made from solid gold and adapted to be worn 
as a lapel button. Each new member shall, upon elec¬ 
tion and admission to the Council, be furnished with 
this emblem. If, however, a member is dropped from 
the Tribe, for any act of delinquency or misconduct, he 
shall be in honor bound to return to the Herald-Cus¬ 
todian his tribal button; and any member may challenge 
the button when worn by anyone not in good standing 
in the organization. , 
There shall be printed—and reprinted m amended and 
extended form from time to time as thought necessary 
a compact handbook of The Pacific Indians, containing 
Constitution and By-Laws, Records and other matter of 
general interest. Also for each annual conclave and 
tourney an attractive program, with names and photos 
of all members in good standing at the time of the meet. 
These articles may be extended or amended by a two- 
thirds vote of all members present at any annual con- 
clave. . , , ,, ,_ . . . 
Adopted and confirmed by the following Original 
Subscribers: Maurice Abraham, Ed. C. Garratt, \\. E. 
Carlon, Harry R. Ellis, C. A. Haight, E. Hoelle, R. C. 
Reed, Geo. D. Morss, P. J. Holohan, J. T. Hillis, J. T. 
Dillon E. J. Chingren, T. B. Ware, E. C. MacColl, 
Geo. H. Garrison, Uias. McA. Logan, Frank C. Riehl, 
Tesse E. Envart, C. C. Nauman \V. F. Willett, D. W. 
King, W. A. Hillis, H. Justins, K. L. Hart, E. E. 
Ellis, J. E. Cullison, T. D. Barclay, A. E. Guist, P. H. 
Purdy, W. A. Robertson, Geo. P. Wells, L. R. Barkley. 
ment of The Pacific Indians, as a feature of the regula 
program; and as much oftener as may be arranged. 1 
shall never be won for a period longer than ninety da y s 
and at the expiration of such time, if not challengec 
for, shall be turned back to the Herald of the Iribe 
who may then offer it again in open competition whei 
thought advisable to do so. . . . , 
Meantime, whenever the trophy is in the hands ot an 
individual winner, it shall be subject to challenge b 
any sportsman in good standing, who may wish to cor 
tend lor its possession, and challenged party must tnei 
name a mutually convenient time and place, withi 
thirty days from date of challenge, when the match i 
Entry fee for contesting for this trophy shall at al 
times be $5 for every one except the present holder c 
the same. This money shall be disposed as follows: 1 
all contests the price of targets for all contestants sha 
first be deducted from the gross purse. The net purs 
remaining shall be allotted, in the open tournament, . 
per cent to present holder, and balance divided on nig 
gun system at the rate of one money for each thre 
contestants or fraction thereof. When the trophy 
shot for in a challenge match, challenger shall put u 
$0 to pay for targets for both contestants if only tw 
participate; however, if others wish to declare then 
selves in on challenge matches they shall have th 
privilege by each putting up $5, and when three or mor 
thus compete, defender of trophy shall take dow 
the fees in excess of target money cf every coi 
testant whom he has defeated in that particular contes 
while if he fail successfully to defend the trophy, tl 
winner thereof shall receive the trophy, and other co 
testants who may have tied or defeated the hold' 
shall take down their fees in excess of target money. 
The winner of trophy shall always be holden pe 
sonally responsible to The Pacific Indians in the sum 
$100, for the safekeeping and return of the same, und 
"'id - 
the above rules and regulations. 
(We are then introduced to the Tyees, if not in perso: 
at least by means of most excellent counterfeit presen 
ments, arranged on pages embellished with tomahaw 
arrow and “pipe of peace.” four portraits on each pag 
with name and Indian title of each member.] 
Call of the Tyee Sachem. 
KO-PET. 
“Speed away with the word,” spake the Sachem of Old 
To the Herald who marked his command, 
“That a Council of Cheer we are minded to hold, 
Of all Chiefs who abide in the land. 
“It is well that betimes every warrior should vie 
With the bravest who follow the trail 
In those tests of endurance, of hand, nerve and eye. 
Where the surest and best shall prevail; 
“Therefore go thou and say we are minded to know 
Of our braves, through this tourney of skill. 
Who can hurl the true javelin and bend the strong bov 
And the stranger may come if he will. 
“Yes, the Kloochmen and Oualim are wanted as wel 
For no Indian is happy alone— 
To forget the home labors and worries, and spell 
A brief season of joy all their own. 
“Bid them come to our conclave, from every- tepee, 
• To contend in the fair, bloodless fray; 
From the rocky Divide to the sands of the Sea, 
To the North, to the South, speed away.” 
AL-TA. 
By fair Willamette’s rippling stream 
To gather in our own tepee. 
Once more to feel, to speak and dream 
Of joys that were—and are to be. 
Come, brothers, cast your cares away 
To perish in the hills afar. 
And join with us this happy' day— 
A sharer in the joys that are. 
The Interstate Association for the Encouragement 
Trapshooting, has contributed two hundred dollars a: 
part of the Squier Money-Back Special Fund. 
The Call. 
BY-LAWS. 
The native language or jargon of The Chinook. Tribe 
of Indians, which was mostly widely used among the 
native tribes on the Northwestern Coast, is hereby 
adopted as the official source and basis for such Tribal 
names, designations and native vernacular as _ may be 
used within the organization of The Pacific Indians. 
The election and business meeting incidental to each 
annual tourney may he fixed by the Chief Advisors on 
such date or time during that week as may be at the 
time deemed most convenient. 
There shall be no shooting for targets only by ama¬ 
teurs at any Pacific Indian tournament. 
Only bona-fide shooters, who participate m and take 
an active interest in the sport, shall be eligible to mem¬ 
bership. , , , . 
[Then follow the records of the annual meeting of 
1908-9-10.] 
Lokit Kil Kokumel pee Mimaloose Illihe Ku 
kula 
(Fourth annual gathering and slaughter of clay birr 
To be holden at Eugene, Oregon, in the full of the 
Sixth Moon, to-wit, June 12, 13, 14, 15, 1911. 
CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE CHINGREN CHALLENGE 
TROPHY. 
This trophy is donated by E. J. Chingren, to be held 
permanently as a challenge trophy, under the follow- 
ing rules: , . 
It shall be shot for in each and every competition at 
100 clay targets thrown regulation distance, eighty 
singles and ten pairs to each contestant, Interstate rules 
governing in all other respects. 
This trophy shall be shot for at each annual tourna- 
By special invitation of the good people of the 
city of Eugene, in the Land of the \\ illamettes, ^ 
fourth annual gathering, pow-wow and tourney of 
Pacific Indians will there convene on the dates ah 
All' Pacific Indians in good standing in the Tribe 
hereby commanded to attend, and all paleface brotJ 
who follow the trail for the love of true sport 
sportsmanship are invited to join in the week of 
tivities. . , 
Also, it is urged that as many as may he ot 
squaws and papooses attend and entertain the vv 
and daughters of visiting friends. 
Accommodations are of the best, and our h 
promise many happy entertainment features aside i 
those of the general program, which follows: 
I he regular schedule ot events each day on the lr 
state money-back program, is as follows: 
1— 15 targets, entrance $1.50. 
2— 15 targets, entrance $1.50. 
3— 15 targets, entrance $1.50. 
4— 15 targets, entrance $1.50. 
5— 15 targets, entrance $1.50. 
