Why was there a lack of interest in Tammany Hall political machine ?
The Smithsonian 's highly respected " Handbook of Indians North of Mexico " has this to say about the Tammanies : : ... it appears that the Philadelphia society , which was probably the first bearing the name , and is claimed as the original of the Red Men secret order , was organized May 1 , 1772 , under the title of Sons of King Tammany , with strongly Loyalist tendency .