GC2HPWV Edge Pillock (Traditional Cache) in New Jersey, United States created by LostInAmerica

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OReviewer: As there's been no response to my earlier note, I am forced to archive this listing.

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GC2HPWV ▼

A cache by LostInAmerica Message this owner

Hidden : 11/3/2010

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Located near the intersection of Tuckerton Road and Old Indian Mills Road. This area is close to the northern border of what is said to be the very first Indian reservation created in the United States. Quite a piece of history, located right here in southern New Jersey.

The cache is a small lock & lock with room for small trade items and most travel bugs. It's starting out with some swag and a unique "New Jersey" dollar bill for FTF. There's a single piece of pavement which should be a legal parking space about 50 feet from the cache. Bushwhacking should be very minimal.

Congrats (as usual) to sofiecat for FTF!

A little history: "Edge Pillock" or "Edge-pe-lick" is the historical name for this area of Burlington County, now known as Indian Mills (Shamong Twp.) The New Jersey Assembly allocated 3000 acres of the area nearby in 1758 as a permanent home for the Lenni-Lenape Indians in Burlington County. It is believed to be the first "Indian reservation" on the continent. The tribe had relinquished all rights to New Jersey, except for hunting and fishing privileges.

About 200 of the original people gathered to make their home under the benevolent supervision of John Brainerd. Reverend Brainerd optimistically called the reservation "Brotherton" in the hopes that all men would be brothers. He was an enthusiastic organizer and devout missionary. He helped them to set up grist and sawmills and encouraged them to adapt to the new way of life.

For a while it seemed to be working and the area became known as Indian Mills.

Unfortunately due to his own illness Rev. Brainerd left Brotherton in 1777 and affairs at the reservation grew steadily worse. Tales of the misery reached as far as upper New York State, where the Oneida, another tribe of the Algonquin Nation, still lived. In 1796, the Oneida tribe in New Stockbridge NY invited the Brotherton tribe to "come spread your mats before our fireplace, where you will eat with our grandchildren out of one dish and use one spoon."

In 1801, the New Jersey Assembly agreed to sell the reservation and give the proceeds to the remaining tribe members, fewer than 85. Subsequently almost all of the remaining members left the area.

Apparently in the 19th century the tract was also the site of a tavern associated with an an unusual name: "Mingen." We can't make heads or tails of the wording on the Tabernacle historical sign posted here, though. If you know anything further about the history of the site feel free to mention it in the logs.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

vafvqr n gerr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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