GC3RG51 Traditional Cache Mondo's NAT #160 - Conestoga
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: mondou2 @ | Hide Date: 07/29/2012 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 56.764 W104° 59.554 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Takes less than an hour  No Significant hike  No Difficult climbing  Available at all times  Available during winter  Park and Grab 

Native American Tribes series.

Conestoga

An important Iroquoian tribe that formerly lived on Susquehanna River and its branches. When first met by Captain John Smith, in 1608, and until their conquest by the Iroquois confederation in 1675, they were in alliance with the Algonquian tribes of the east shore of Chesapeake Bay and at war with those on the west shore. They were described as warlike and as possessed of a physique far superior to that of all the other neighboring tribes. In 1675, after their defeat by the Iroquois, they established themselves on the east bank of the Potomac River in Maryland, immediately north of Piscataway Creek. They formed a close alliance with the Dutch and Swedes, and with the English of Maryland. The Iroquois had carried on relentless war against them, with varying success, which finally reduced them from about 3,000 warriors in 1608 to about 550 in 1648. The Iroquois of the north drove the Conestoga down on the tribes to the south and west, who were allies of the English, a movement involving the Conestoga in a war with Maryland and Virginia in 1675. Finding themselves surrounded by enemies on all sides, a portion of them abandoned their country and took refuge with the Occaneechi on Roanoke River, while the rest remained in Pennsylvania. They were all finally removed to the country of the Oneida, where they remained until they lost their language. Later, they were allowed to return to Conestoga, their ancient town where they rapidly wasted By the , close of the year 1763, the remnant, numbering only 20, were massacred by a party of rioters inflamed by the accounts of the Indian war then raging along the Pennsylvania frontier.

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11 Logs: Found it 9  Write note 2  

Found it 06/07/2019 By dzgamer
Cordanintes a little off

Found it 05/28/2019 By capn_scallywags
Found by capn Scallywags and Stoney

Write note 03/18/2019 By robuster91
stopping by all is well tb visit

Found it 01/08/2019 By rssoren
Found it. Didn't have tweezers to get log out, didn't sign. Jayden and Opa.

Write note 10/20/2018 By itsgoodtobeakid
Finally I found one since a long time but I did not have a pen

Found it 08/01/2018 By bushmathster
Very nice hide. TFTC

Found it 07/22/2018 By TatersCO
Found with Team BOBO buying fence materials lots of fun

Found it 07/22/2018 By Team BOBO
Just spent a small fortune on fence pickets. TFTC

Found it 06/28/2018 By JohnA747
Tftc, easy quick find

Found it 06/23/2018 By C3GPS
Well our trip to Colorado from St Louis is now over. We had a great time while there. So many caches to get! I'll be back. TFTC!

Find number 12509

Found it 07/29/2015 By dustyriver
Thanks for making the geocaching world fun and educational .