GC6BN8Z Traditional Cache Mondo's NAT #614 - Waxhaw
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: mondou2 @ | Hide Date: 02/19/2016 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 57.394 W104° 46.244 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Takes less than an hour  No Difficult climbing  Available at all times  Park and Grab 

Native American Tribe series.

Waxhaw

A small tribe that lived in the 17th century in what is now Lancaster County, South Carolina, and Union and Mecklenburg Counties, North Carolina. They were connected with the neighboring Sugeree, and both were apparently related to the Catawba, and therefore were Siouan.

The custom of flattening the head, practiced by the Waxhaw, was also mentioned as a custom of the Catawba. Lederer (1672) says they were subject to and might be considered a part of the Catawba. Lawson visited the Waxhaw in 1701 and was hospitably received. He mentions two of their villages situated about 10 miles apart. He describes the people as very tall, and notes particularly their custom of artificially flattening the head during infancy. The dance ceremonies and councils were held in a council house, much larger than the ordinary dwellings. Instead of being covered with bark, like the domiciles, it was neatly thatched with sedge and rushes; the entrance was low, and around the walls on the inside were benches made of cane.  

Near the Waxhaw were the Catawba, or more likely a band of that tribe. They were probably so reduced by the Yamasee War of 1715 as to have been obliged to incorporate with the Catawba.

 

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8 Logs: Found it 8  

Found it 06/23/2019 By Ianthenerdfighter
Super fun roadside cache! Great place to stop on your way to wherever. TFTC!

Found it 05/25/2019 By SpicyPumpkins
Found it !

Found it 12/15/2018 By EJBHGV
Nice Saturday afternoon for some caching.
Found 26 caches and a few DNF's.
This was one of the finds.
TFTC

Found it 08/18/2018 By thenorthwall
TFTC!

Found it 08/18/2018 By bolo1222
Tftc

Found it 04/28/2018 By BluePearl
Whew! Nice to find a place to park in the shade. Nice hide--thanks!

Found it 04/08/2018 By ColoradoA_Team
TFTC!

Found it 03/29/2018 By mcklo
Out geocaching with scavengerhunting on our mom's 55th birthday! Our goal for the day is to find 55 caches.
Got stopped by a kind person coming off the interstate to see if we needed any help! TFTC!
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