GC4YR78 Traditional Cache Mondo's NAT #464 - Potano
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: mondou2 @ | Hide Date: 02/17/2014 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 03.941 W104° 52.036 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Takes less than an hour  Available at all times  Dangerous Animals  Park and Grab 

Native American Tribe Series

Potano

The name Potano first appears as that of a province through which De Soto passed in 1539. In 1564-65 the French colonists of Florida found this tribe at war with the Utina and assisted the latter to win victory over them. After the Spaniards had supplanted the French, they also supported the Utina in wars between them and the Potano. In 1584 a Spanish captain sent to invade the Potano country was defeated and slain. A second expedition, however, killed many Indians and drove them from their town. In 1601 they asked to be allowed to return to it and in 1606 missionary work undertaken among them resulting in their conversion along with most of the other Timucua peoples. Their mission was known as San Francisco de Potano and it appears in the mission lists of 1655 and 1680. In 1656 they took part in a general Timucuan uprising which lasted 8 months. In 1672 a pestilence carried off many and a the chief of Potano does not appear as signatory to a letter written to Charles II by several Timucua chiefs in 1688, it is possible their separate identity had come to an end by the date. Early in the 18th century the Timucua along with the rest of Spanish Indians of Florida were decimated rapidly and the remnant of the Potano must have shared their fate.

Mooney (1928) estimates the number of Potano Indians at at 3,000 in 1650 and this is probably fairly accurate, as the Franciscan missionaries state that they were catechizing 1,100 persons in the 5 towns belonging to the tribe in 1602. In 1675 there were about 160 in the 2 Potano missions.

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10 Logs: Found it 9  Owner Maintenance 1  

Found it 02/01/2019 By waawhoo
Starting the month off with a little caching streak. Thanks for the hide!

Owner Maintenance 01/21/2019 By mondou2
Replaced log

Found it 01/09/2019 By FayColSalTom
7th along the road this morning. Needs a new log. Thanks for the cache.

Found it 12/22/2018 By mipi13
Tftc

Found it 10/27/2018 By EJBHGV
After getting too many DNF's I was ready for some easier caches.
Mondo's NAT series are great and the stories informative.
Thanks again Mondou2.

Found it 08/30/2018 By cloudskimr
Found during a day off. SL TFTH

Found it 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!

There was a hawk on top of this poll as we pulled up. He flew off on to the next poll when we approached. It was quite beautiful!

Cache: 35/55

Found it 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

Found it 06/30/2018 By _BriGuy_
Spending most the day with dustyriver grabbing caches so we can earn the Hidden Creatures souvenirs. This is just one of many caches we found today. SL.TFTC

Found it 06/30/2018 By ColoradoA_Team
TFTC!! Out trying to grab all the hidden creatures!! Power trail Saturday!! Everything is good here!