GC4QJNZ Traditional Cache Mondo's NAT #355 - Mosopelea
Type: Traditional | Size: Other Other | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: mondou2 @ | Hide Date: 10/20/2013 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 47.648 W104° 37.300 | 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.

Mosopelea

The Mosopelea, or Ofo, were a Native American tribe who historically inhabited the upper Ohio River. In reaction to Iroquois invasions, they moved south to the lower Mississippi River, finally settling in Louisiana and assimilating with the Siouan-speaking Biloxi and the Tunica people. They are generally classified with the speakers of the Siouan Ofo language.

According to the 1684 French map of Jean-Baptiste-Louis Franquelin, the Mosopelea originally had eight villages just north of the Ohio River, between the Muskingum and Scioto rivers, within the present-day state of Ohio, corresponding with the heart of Mound builder country.

Franquelin noted the villages on the map as "destroyed". La Salle recorded that the Mosopelea were among the tribes conquered by the Iroquois in the early 1670s, during the later Beaver Wars. In 1673, Marquette, Joliet, and other French explorers found that the Mosopelea had fled to the lower Mississippi. They lived near the Natchez people.

Around 1700, French travelers reported Ofo villages in Louisiana on the Yazoo River. Refusing to join the Natchez in their war against the French in the 1710s and 1720s, the Ofo moved further south. They and other remnant peoples became assimilated into the Biloxi and Tunica peoples (grouped together as the Tunica-Biloxi).

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11 Logs: Found it 11  

Found it 07/03/2019 By lasouthpaw
Some people call Wednesday hump day, I call it cache day! Being the time of year it is, at lunch I thought about it and decided I did not have the feeling I would see a danger noodle (snake) today, so I hit the plains and had mixed luck. The grass has grown up in some areas to the point where I didn't dare go in, and in other places I went in but had no luck finding the cache. Probably easier with no or dead grass... Anyhoo, I did find most of what I looked for and even had a little fun on a non-maintained road. A big thank you to the COs for placing these and putting smileys on my face today! Find #3739

Found it 03/23/2019 By Daveyandmom
Quick find and sign

Found it 03/09/2019 By mwdaley
SL. TFTC.

Found it 02/27/2019 By chuppalloop
Tftc found with artguru20

Found it 02/27/2019 By artguru20@gmail.com
Found with chuppalloop. TFTC!

Found it 09/03/2018 By Mean Kitty
Find #49004

Its been a long hot summer in Texas, I've been trying to get out and do a caching trip a couple of times this summer, but it never worked out. Finally managed to get a week off, and am so happy to be out here in Colorado. The weather if perfect, and there is a load of caches that need my name on Smile Thanks so much for the hide mondou2, I really enjoyed finiding this cache!

Found it 08/02/2018 By nsaj
Dipping Trackables.
Grabbing as many caches as I can before My flight!

Thanks for placing this cache and adding to the enjoyment of the game for all!

SL. TFTC!!

Found it 07/24/2018 By Geopokemongo
Found with cejamison4 and BVBfan! .. TFTC/SL

Found it 07/24/2018 By BVBfan!
Found with cejamison4 and Geopokemongo.... TFTC/SL

Found it 07/24/2018 By cejamison4
Found with BVBfan! and Geopokemongo.... TFTC/SL

Found it 07/20/2018 By Sqweeter
Thanks for the NATs in the area. Cache is in good condition. SL