Ya, we're not sure what the name means either.
Ya, we don't even know if that's the correct
spelling.
This cache is dedicated to PopPop55k.
PopPop & Me - Cabin Cache - Meadville, Pa. - Feb
2006
This cache replaces the now archived "Shabonee" cache and is
dedicated to PopPop55k.
The cache is located in PA State Gamelands #218. Although it
only about 200ft away from the parking coordinates that are listed
below, use caution, wear blaze orange during hunting season,
and follow the PA Game Commission Rules and Regulations.
The terrain is based on our approach and the conditions present
when we hid the cache. Tree cover may make this small lock-n-lock
container filled with few toys and trinkets a little harder to
find. Use the hint if need it. Bring a pen to sign the log. Please
re-hide the cache well.
One of the fun things about caching with PopPop, is never really
knowing what he'll say next. He said this word one time while we
were caching near Titusville, Pa., and we all couldn't stop
laughing. We still talk about it today. While PopPop sort of had a
definition, he had no idea of how it was spelled.
What we do know is, that it is NOT the definition given below,
but the history is interesting so we've included it on the cache
page.
Shabbona, also known as Shabonee, was an Ottawa tribe
member who became a chief within the Potawatomi tribe in Illinois
during the 19th century.
Shabbona, which was recorded to mean "built strong like bear"
or "built like a bear," was born around 1775 of the Odawa (Ottawa)
tribe either on the Maumee River in Ohio, in Ontario, in a Native
American village in Illinois.
The Ottawa are an Algonquian-speaking tribe that was driven
out of Ontario, Canada by the Iroquois and moved west into
Michigan. Once in Michigan, the tribe aligned with The Council
Three Fires (Ojibwa, Odawa, and Potawatomi) and moved further south
across Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. The Odawa became very closely
intermixed with the Potawatomi at this time. Shabbona was the
grandnephew of Pontiac, considered the greatest chief of the Ottawa
tribe. Shabbona was granted his chief status at a very young
age.
The son of an Ottawa warrior who had fought with Pontiac
during Pontiac's Rebellion, Shabbona himself would become a
lieutenant under Shawnee chieftain Tecumseh and, during the War of
1812, later participated in the Battle of Thames where Tecumseh was
killed.
Shabonna died in Morris, Illinois, on July 17, 1859, at age
of 84 and, in 1903, a large granite boulder was erected as monument
on his gravesite in Evergreen Cemetery.
Special thanks to Goonie Nanny and PopPop55k who helped
set the original cache, although PopPop was unaware that it was
dedicated to him