ABATWA "Children of the Mist" Traditional Cache
ABATWA "Children of the Mist"
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This magnetic nano cache is situated on the site where in 1856 the 45th Regiment (1st Sherwood Foresters) was stationed to protect the settlers from marauding Bushmen those “Children of the Mist” known to the Zulus as ABATWA. Please DO NOT cross private farm land from the road. There is another way.
For the San - deprecatingly referred to in European-based history as 'Bushmen' - the arrival of domesticated animals in their last foothold heralded a rare and welcome new source of food. Needless to say, the English path-finding farmers held an altogether different view, and Colonial authorities dispatched an ex-Nottinghamshire regiment to quell stock raids. The aptly- named First Sherwood Foresters - now playing 'Sheriff of Nottingham' to the San's 'Robin Hood' - completed their garrison in 1856 and named it after their English Midlands home. The village that evolved alongside the Fort's approach was duly titled Nottingham Road.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Fbzrgvzrf vg cnlf gb hfr lbhe rlrf gb svaq gur ebhgr gb gur pnpur. Lbh pna qevir gb vg.
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