Official History of the Improved Order of Red Men Compiled Under Authority From the Great Council of the United States by Past Great Incohonees

The wonderful progress and popularity of the Improved Order of Red men have earned for it the prominent position it occupies among the social fraternities of the United States. The Order has intrinsic merit as a society which teaches and exemplifies the principles of friendship and brotherly helpfulness. Its precepts inspire all with the spirit of fraternal love and good fellowship, and with the divine idea of the brotherhood of man, and bring to the surface the generous impulses which tend to pleasant, harmonious relations among men.