Riverwalk 1 - A Journey Begun Traditional Cache
A Kid at Heart: Thanks to all who have logged this cache. After more than thirteen years, this one has run its course.
Riverwalk 1 - A Journey Begun
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During the War of 1812, General William Henry Harrison ordered his troops to eliminate Miami Indian villages along the Mississinewa River because he believed British-allied Miamis were using the villages as staging areas for raids against army supply routes in western Ohio. On the morning of December 17, 1812, six hundred federal troops attacked four Miami villages along the river. One of these villages was located seven miles north of what would become the town of Marion in Grant County, Indiana. For two days the fighting continued with American attacks and Miami counter attacks until, on December 18, the army repelled the final Miami effort and began escorting prisoners on foot through knee-deep snow to Piqua, Ohio. As an act of compassion in order to spare them from more suffering, the American commander, Col. John B. Campbell, ordered his soldiers to give their horses to the thirty Miami women and children being forced to make the trip. The bronze statue near the parking area is a memorial to that act of mercy.
The designer, Karl Kendall, is a native of Sweetser in Grant County and now lives in Prescott, Arizona. He is a graduate of the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and a former General Motors design sculptor.
Kendall's original tabletop-size model was enlarged to a height of ten feet and cast with forty-seven hundred pounds of bronze. Said to be the largest War of 1812 sculpture in North America, the memorial was dedicated on December 18, 2005, one hundred ninety-three years after the conclusion of the battle.
According to one of the co-founders of the Mississinewa Battlefield Society, "This monument does not honor war. It is a reminder to future generations that during a hard time one culture can extend a hand of humanity to another."
This cache is near the site of the former River Walk 1 cache (GC2252) placed by Team Skoopie in 2001. The cache container is a black PNB jar containing some trade items and a log. Please replace it as you found it to prevent it from being washed away.
Be careful of the poison ivy!
Additional Hints
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Svaq pbeerpg fghzc, zbir ebpx, ernpu.
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