YCHS - Catawba Indian Ye Hasuri Trail Traditional Cache
YCHS - Catawba Indian Ye Hasuri Trail
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YCHS - Catawba Indian Ye Hasuri Trail head ( N34 54 076 W 080 53 065) is near the Catawba Indian Cultural Center which can be reached off of Reservation Road. Look for the dugout canoe. This trail to the river is fairly clear but there are some steps and uneven terrain. This cache has been placed with the full permission of the Catawba Indian Nation.
The Catawba Nation, located 8 miles east of Rock Hill, South Carolina, is the home to a highly creative group of Native American potters. Scholars tell us the Catawba Indians are aboriginal to the Carolinas and that the Catawba pottery tradition has survived for over 4,500 years, long before the craft made its debut in the Southwest. About 50 adult Indians make and sell pottery on a regular basis. Another 150 people support the potters by digging clay and firing the wares. Approximately 50 Catawba children also make pottery and pottery classes are taught within the Reservation with hopes of keeping the tradition alive. Catawba pottery is hand-built, burnished, and fired using primitive techniques. This pottery tradition has remained as one of the purest art forms of its kind.
The name Catawba was designated to a small tribe living along the Catawba River between North and South Carolina. However, the origin and meaning is unknown as the Indians called themselves yeh is-WAH h'reh, meaning "people of the river," or i-yeh yeh meaning "people." The history of the Catawba Indian nation is long and rich beginning in 1540 with the Spanish explorer, Hernando de Soto who was the first European to have contact with the Catawbas. Today the tribal roll contains approximately 2,200 names. To learn more about their history, visit the Cultural Center or go to their web site at www.catawbaindiannation.com
This cache is near the Catawba Cultural Center which is open Monday through Saturday from 9 to 5, although the trail is available every day during daylight hours. Follow the Yemasuri Trail which follows the path of an old Catawba wagon trail. The trail leads to the Catawba River, though the cache is only about a tenth of a mile hike. Enjoy the beauty of the area and re-live the history of life as the natives knew it.
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