GC4YR2Y Mondo's NAT #439 - Patwin
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: mondou2 @ | Hide Date: 02/17/2014 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 04.247 W104° 53.172 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
     

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Native American Tribe Series

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Patwin (‘man,’ ‘person’)

 

A name adopted by Powers to designate a division of the Copehan family. They occupied the area extending from Stony creek, Colusa County, to Suisun Bay, Solano County, California, and from Sacramento river to the boundary of the Kulanapan family on the west, but excluding the so-called Coyote Valley Indians on the headwaters of Putah creek in the south part of Lake County, determined by Barrett to be Moquelumnan and not Copehan. The dialects of this division differ considerably from those of the Wintun. Powers believed the Patwin were once very numerous. The manners and customs of the tribes in the interior and on the mountains differed greatly from those near the shore. On the plains and in the valleys in building a dwelling they excavated the soil for about 2 feet, banked up enough earth to keep out the water, and threw the remainder on the roof in a dome. In the mountains, where wood was more abundant and rain more frequent, no roofing of earth was used. In war the Patwin used bows and arrows and flint-pointed spears; no scalps were taken, but the victors are said often to have decapitated the most beautiful maiden they captured. They had a ceremony for “raising evil spirits” and dances to celebrate a good harvest of acorns or a successful catch of fish. The dead were usually buried, though cremation was practiced to some extent by some of the tribes.

06/30/2019 By cassidyflos
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06/17/2019 By sujayne
SL TFTC!! On a geocaching adventure with yalehockeymom, looking for counties, geo-art and old caches. We are having a blast. signing logs with our full names or sometimes sj and yhm to save space. Thanks to all the COs!

06/17/2019 By yalehockeymom
Today Sujayne and I started off to Terryall to find the oldest in Colorado. From there we went to Pikes Peak and finshed the day caching north of Denver.
Many thanks for all the fun!

03/26/2019 By beluga_squad
Thanks for the hide! My sister, @giacaches and I enjoyed finding it during our record-breaking day of caching. :)

03/26/2019 By giacaches
I nabbed this one with my sister (beluga_squad) during an awesome day of geocaching that ended up setting a new record for the total number of finds in one day.

This cache is dry, in good condition, and waiting for the next person to find it!

08/16/2018 By FresnoDancingFool
After a couple of trickier hides I was glad to see an easy one; the correct hint wasn't really even necessary as the hiding place was so obvious to me. Good job and TFTC!

07/06/2018 By scavengerhunting
Out for a day of geocaching. It was quite hot today, but we still managed to find 55 today! It was a lot of fun to fill up this area with Smileys. TFTC!

Cache: 26/55

07/05/2018 By waawhoo
After logging the cache I found an older film can buried in the dirt. Photo attached!

07/05/2018 By waawhoo
Going on a new cache run trying to grab as many as I can before I leave in a few weeks on my trip. thank you for the hide!

06/30/2018 By dustyriver
Spending a cool Saturday morning with BriGuy, grabbing caches as we gain our goal of "Hidden Creatures" - Thank You for the cache, now on to more finds for the day. - Best Wishes, DustyRiver - Terry