Lewis & Clark Slept Here

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This multi-cache is located on La Framboise Island which is surrounded by the Missouri River. To get there take the causeway from Pierre. You can either walk or mountain bike the trails as they are dirt, sand or gravel.

This cache will take you around the island where Lewis & Clark camped in 1804. An excerpt from Captain Clark's journal talks about the island:

September 25, 1804

"raised a Flag Staff and made a orning or shade on a sand bar in the mouth of the Teton River, for the purpose of Speeking with the Indians... we feel much at loss for the want of an interpreter the one we have can speek but little... met in Council... envited there Cheifs on board to show them our boat; soon began to be troublesom... Proceeded on about 1 mile and anchored out off a Williow Island, I call this Island bad humered Island as we were in a bad humer."

The island mentioned is now named La Framboise Island and the Teton River mentioned is now called the Bad River and it is visible from the island.

CACHE: The cache is an ammo box sporting a geocaching label. The clues are hidden in small rubbermaid containers painted black.

The cache contains the following items:

- bobbing head dog
- bottle of bubbles and wand
- blaze orange safety vest
- U.S. Presidents flip cards
- Cultural Heritage Center postcard
- 2 trace rulers
- eyeglass strap
- 3 plastic frogs
- Old Maid card game
- flag pin
- golf-ball bottle opener
- key chain
- yo-yo
- computer note holder
- log book
- camera (please take your photo)

This multi-cache will take place entirely on the island so expect it to take at least 2 hours. Because there are no facilities on the island be sure to take some drinking water.

Enjoy the walk and scenery. Often times you can see deer and wild turkeys.

Additional Hints ( Decrypt ) 

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)

Nyy gur pyhrf naq gur pnpur ner jvguva 50 srrg bs gur genvyf. (Decrypted Hints)

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Cache Logs

November 18 by aterveen (4 found) Clicked on wrong one, we did not try this due to others saying it wasn't there. Sorry [view this log]

November 18 by aterveen (4 found) 2 of three today, decided to hike the whole Island...it's a LONG trail. Thanks for the cache...BF DOT Rangers [view this log]

August 14 by Griz58 (10 found) Spent an hour trying to find this with no luck. Hasn't been located in over a year. I will wait till someone has success with this before I try again. [view this log]

May 2 by fuzzyl (8 found) Looked and looked for the 1st stage but were unable to find it. :( Will continue to check log to see if it really someone finds it later. [view this log]

July 5, 2008 by Britt98 (3964 found) Found with Geoboss and dakotagirl1968 while in the Pierre area for a weekend of caching and camping. TNLNSL. TFTC! [view this log]

Current time: 11/21/2009 10:37:07 AM
Last Updated: 11/18/2009 11:34:13 PM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum