GC5EQBV Traditional Cache Mondo's NAT #521 - Skidi
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: mondou2 @ | Hide Date: 10/12/2014 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 03.521 W104° 34.310 | 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 Tribes series.

Skidi

A tribe of the Pawnee Confederacy, they were sometimes called Wolf Pawnee. Their language; however, differed slightly from that of the other Pawnee tribes. According to tradition the Skidi and Arikara were once united, but became separated during the northward migration, the Arikara keeping to the Missouri Valley and the Skidi settling on Loup, Nebraska , where later, three other Pawnee tribes built their villages. Their villages included supernatural underground dwellings of the mythic animals which "presided” over the ceremonies of their secret societies. Part of the Skidi tribe moved southward about 1770, approaching the Texas border. During the two centuries prior to their removal from Nebraska to Indian Territory in 1874 the Skidi, in common with the other Pawnee tribes, fought to hold their hunting grounds against intruders, and to that end, strove for the possession of horses.

Securing these animals became the chief incentive of war parties, which indicated a sign of wealth. The history of the Skidi does not differ materially from that of the other Pawnee tribes. They joined in the treaties with the United States, served as scouts in its army, and followed with the rest of the Pawnee to Oklahoma.

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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 06/28/2019 By rangerhal
Always enjoy the interesting information in these tribal caches. Nobody has been here since 2018. Thanks for the hide!

Found it 09/20/2018 By CacheTagDave
Got it.

Found it 09/20/2018 By rfmetz
SL. TFTC.
Bob

Found it 09/01/2018 By Sqweeter
All is well with this cache. TFTH SL

Found it 08/25/2018 By EJBHGV
Geocaching on the plains east of Denver.
A relaxing way to spend the Saturday.
Found most caches in good shape.
Thanks to all who made this possible.

Found it 07/13/2018 By jakebecs
Day 8 traveling out west with JesseMay and mtsan4d6. This was the 1st one of the series we grabbed. TFTC!

Found it 07/13/2018 By mtsan4d6
Found it with JesseMay and Jakebecs. SL TFTC

Found it 07/13/2018 By JesseMay
TFTC!

Found it 06/29/2018 By cajrrman
I decided to do some eastern plains caching today and managed to find 44 while the temperature was in the 90s. I made the find here at 1:01 pm. Thanks for the cache!

Found it 06/19/2016 By dustyriver
Found with my son, BriGuy on Father's Day 2016. Thanks for hiding this geocache, Best Wishes, DustyRiver - geohooders.com