GC4YR9G Mondo's NAT #480 - Sac and Fox
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: mondou2 @ | Hide Date: 02/17/2014 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 02.623 W104° 51.043 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
     

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Native American Tribe Series

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Sac and Fox

The historic Sac and Fox were well represented by a large delegation of 33 from Oklahoma and a smaller party of 16 from the band now living in Iowa. These two tribes, calling themselves respectively, 'Sagiwuk' and 'Muskwakiuk', are practically one people, speaking closely related dialects of one language and having been confederated from a very early period. Currently the tribes, known now as the Sac and Fox Nations, are located in and Iowa. The separate tribes of the Sac and Fox were always closely allied and speak a very similar Algonquian language. The Sac call themselves Asakiwaki (or Osakiwug) which means "people of the yellow earth" while the Fox call themselves Meskwaki meaning "people of the red earth".

Both tribes were first discovered settled about Green Bay, Wisconsin, but their possessions extended westward, so that the larger part of them was beyond the Mississippi River. They partly subdued and admitted into their alliance the Iowa, a Dakota tribe. By 1804 they had ceded all their lands east of the Mississippi River and settled on the Des Moines River in Iowa, moving subsequently to the Osage River in Missouri, and most of these finally, to the Indian Territory. In 1822 the united bands numbered about 8,000, but by the early 1800s, claimed only a little more than 1,000 people. Today, there are three federally recognized Sac and Fox tribes: the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska, and the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma.

 

05/28/2019 By FayColSalTom
Got this one OK.

04/13/2019 By Niknic
Moving Bamboo along

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.
Left a TB that I brought from Calgary.
Thanks again Mondou2.

09/14/2018 By goodtimin
Spent another half day geocaching in the area. A little warm but, fun just the same. Thanks to all the CO's that made this possible.

08/30/2018 By cloudskimr
Found during a day off. SL TFTH. Found container apart and out in the open without a log. Placed a replacement log and re-hid the Mondo way.

07/19/2018 By DogCatFxr
One of 37 NAT caches today in the 100 degree heat. SL. TFTC! ~ DCF

07/19/2018 By GrahamCacher
SL TFTC!

07/15/2018 By Joe Friday
Out with OneKindWord today trying to earn the Hidden Creatures Souvenirs. with 100 finds today. TFTC's

07/14/2018 By OneKindWord
Headed out with Joe Friday today with the goal of finding at least 100 caches to earn the Hidden Creatures souvenirs. It was a hot day, but we got it done. Almost all of the caches were quick finds, with containers in good shape and well maintained logs. Not sure how we had so many unfound caches about a half hour from home, but glad we did as it allowed us to get the souvenirs fairly easily. Thanks for all of the fun placements!

01/05/2018 By dustyriver
A Good cache, found on a good day with BriGuy = Best Wishes, DustyRiver / Terry