GC602TC Mondo's NAT #575 - Tschantoga
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: mondou2 @ | Hide Date: 07/23/2015 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 59.820 W104° 56.436 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
       

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Native American Tribes series.

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Tschantoga

Tschantoga (‘people of the woods’, from than, ‘tree’). A division of the Assiniboin they did not number more than 50 lodges, divided into several bands, and were seldom seen on the plains, but “travel over the mountains and through the woods, over the different forks and branches of the sources of the Sascatshawin. and Athabaska.” Jefferys in 1741 placed them north west of Lake Winnipeg, and in 1776 in lat. 55°. Their usual habitat at that time was not far from Saskatchewan river. They are probably the same as the Strongwood Assiniboin, who in 1808 were on Battle river and between it and the south branch of the Saskatchewan. They ranged as far south as Little Missouri river, if identical with the Oseegah of Lewis and Clark (Discov., 43, 1806) and the, Waziah that Hayden found in United States territory, though they traded at the Hudson’s Bay Co.’s posts on Assiniboin river. Denig said that the Waziah whom he met in Dakota, 60 lodges under chief Le Robe de Vent, came from the north in 1839. According to Hayden they numbered 120 to 200 persons in 1862. Lewis (Statist. View, 1817) said there were between Little Missouri and Assiniboin rivers 100 lodges, 200 warriors, and a total population of 880. Under the official designation “Stonies” they now occupy a reserve of 69,720 acres, divided by Bow river, in the foothills of the Rocky mountains, about 40 miles west of Calgary, Alberta. They are described as of pleasant visage, active and fleet of foot, and the most energetic of all the tribes of the Canadian north west. They gain a livelihood by stock raising, by selling timber, furs, and beadwork, and by laboring for ranchmen. A mission was established among them in 1873, and in 1904 the McDougall boarding school at Morley accommodated 48 children. Pop. 667 in 1910.

06/30/2019 By atennisbabe
Quick find. TFTC

06/19/2019 By FeatheredFriends
Well I finally made it to Colorado. I visited with my niece and then had a couple of hours to do some caching in area before heading back to the hotel.. I mainly did some more of the Mondo series. Quick find. Thanks " mondou2" for a fun time in the area. TFTC.

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
Quick find while caching around the area. Thanks.

05/27/2019 By Wall-E & Sweetie
nice day to cache

10/05/2018 By geo gpa and gma
Quick grab...guess TP doesn't mean toilet paper? TFTC

10/05/2018 By speedythea7
Thanks for the fun cacheing time with my family, youngest of three generations caching today.

10/05/2018 By THEINCREDIBLE4
Three generations of geocachers out today, having such a great time. Thanks for adding this cache to our adventure today.

07/20/2018 By dtvman
More power caching today working toward the 100 for the hidden creatures. TFTC. On to the next.

07/15/2018 By Faerbers
Love these quick finds tftc

07/07/2018 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!

07/04/2018 By BNellyBean
TFTC

06/30/2018 By robespierre50
Nice cooler day, a cache run was definitely in order. sl thanks!

12/09/2017 By dustyriver
Re visit - An early morning revisit with BriGuy on this great day of caching - Best Wishes, DustyRiver

01/12/2017 By dustyriver
All good - on to the next one