John M. Chivington (1821-1894) was the first Master of the first Lodge in Kansas and also the first Grand Master of Colorado. A Methodist minister, Brother Chivington was paradoxically both a missionary to Native American tribes and an Indian fighter. He was such a staunch abolitionist his predominately pro-slavery Missouri congregation threatened to tar and feather him. His reaction was to take the pulpit with a Bible and two pistols and announce, "By the grace of God and these two revolvers, I am going to preach here today."
