GC4YTMA Mondo's NAT #485 - Salish
Type: Traditional | Size: Small | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: mondou2 @ | Hide Date: 02/18/2014 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 02.633 W104° 53.598 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
     

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Native American Tribe Series

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 Salish

This large and powerful division of the Salishan family, to which they gave their name, inhabited much of west Montana centered around the Flathead Lake and valley. They were called the Flathead Indians by the first white who came upon them. Though the name is often said to derive from the flat skull produced by binding infant's skulls with boards, this is a myth. The  tribe never practiced head flattening, but instead, were called "flat head" because the tops of their heads were not pointed like those of neighboring tribes who practiced vertical head-binding. The Flatheads call themselves Salish meaning "the people."

They subsisting more by roots, berries and small game than by hunting large game, as they were cut off from the buffalo country by their powerful enemies, the Blackfoot. They lived in houses of bark and reeds, as well as the skin tipi. Lewis and Clark estimated their population in 1806 to be 600, but by 1853 were said to have been reduced to just a little more than 300, primarily due to wars with the Blackfoot.  The Salish, along with the Pend d'Oreille and the Kootenai tribes, by the Treaty of Hell Gate on July 16, 1855, ceded to the United States their lands in Montana and Idaho. Today, they from part of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes who live on the 1,317 million acre Flathead Reservation in northwest Montana.

06/30/2019 By cassidyflos
Easy find

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!

04/13/2019 By peace love pi
Met up with lasouthpaw and the little one after the 77's event this morning for a numbers run. We decided to return to this area and focus on Mondo's NAT series. We found all, performed mainteance on a few that didn't survive the winter and had a great time. TFTC! All is well with this cache.

04/13/2019 By lasouthpaw
Originally I was going to do a hike with peace love pi after a morning event today, but it turned out to be snowy and cold. So... quick change of plans and we decided to do a numbers run. This was a great spot for it, most GZs had little to no traffic and the coordinates / hints are really good. Caches were either in good shape or we replaced logs and containers as needed, so no maintenance needed here for a while. Sorry for the cut and paste logs, but we hit a lot in a short amount of time. Thanks for the smiley! Find #3428.

05/13/2018 By mpark65
On a two month trip across the states from california and was visiting my nephew in Parker. Had a free day so decided to grab a some caches. Thanks for an interesting history lesson on these caches. TFTH

05/13/2018 By Rohatx
Working my way north to some of the newer placements. Quick grab along the way. Thank you for the placement

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

01/05/2018 By _BriGuy_
Spent the day caching around with dustyriver. This is one of many caches we found today. SL.TFTC

12/07/2017 By DanndyDan
TFTH