GC32T3Q Mondo's NAT # 130 - Chiaha
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: mondou2 @ | Hide Date: 08/22/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 00.054 W104° 02.350 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
           

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Native American Tribe series.

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Chiaha


Also called the Tolameco or Solameco, the Chiaha belonged to the Muscogean linguistic stock and in later times spoke the Muskogee language, but there are reasons to class them in the Hitchiti group. In later historic times the Chiaha were on the middle course of Chattahoochee River, but at the earliest period at which we have any knowledge of them they seem to have been divided into two bands, one on Burns Island, in Tennessee, the other in eastern Georgia near the coast. The Mikasuki of northern Florida are said to have separated from these people. Some confusion regarding this tribe has been occasioned by the fact that in the sixteenth century there appear to have been two divisions. The name was first documented by Hernando De Soto narratives describing a village on an island in the Tennessee River thought to have been Burns Island close to the Tennessee-Alabama line. Another reference that might apply to them occurs in the names of two Creek bodies "Chehaw" and "Chearhaw" in the early 1800's. After the Creek moved to Oklahoma the Chiaha settled in the northeastern corner of the Creek Reservation and maintained a square ground there until after the Civil War, but, later were absorbed into the tribe. Some of them went to Florida and the Mikasuki are said by some to have branched off from them.

05/16/2019 By LostinDenver
Today I had an extraordinary idea. After work I headed up north to grab as many caches as possible. My goal was 50 and I ended up with 80. Pretty good, but it took all evening. I didn't return home until 11:55 pm and worked the next day at 7:00 am. Oh well, life of a geocacher. During my travels I saw a few hawks or eagles (too far away for me to identify), prairie dogs, many song birds, two pronghorns, a raccoon, and a special treat. I'm pretty sure I saw a badger. It had a similar shape to a raccoon, but looked like a blonde skunk. It had a white stripe between it's eyes instead of a black stripe like a raccoon. I also saw my first of the season rattlesnake. It was crossing the road. It wasn't bothered by me and I didn't bother it. The day began northeast of Barr Lake and ended up all the way down in Deer Trail. My FJ is racking up a lot of miles in the name of geocaching.
No luck finding this lonely cache. Dropped a replacement. TFTC!

04/27/2018 By Brewman65
Had a nice visit to Colorado, and found a lot of caches

04/12/2018 By yampa58 & Geowife
Thanks for the cache.

03/13/2018 By DanndyDan
TFTH

12/16/2017 By EJBHGV
Another great December day.
Enjoyed the plains: the space, the quietness and the hunt for caches.
All CO's thanks for hiding.

10/11/2017 By L O S T - S O U L
TFTC

Enjoying the day traversing the countryside, acquiring many miles and boosting cache numbers!
Nothing better than caching along the back country roads of America! Thanks for placing these out here. Replaced wet logs and broken containers as needed. Initialed logs