GC10. July 30 - Intense Heat Continues...Day Four Traditional Cache
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GC10. July 30 - Intense Heat Continues...Day Four
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10 of a series of 11 – SEARCHING FOR WATER
An Educational Tour illustrating the 1877 Buffalo Soldier Expedition route.
After his return to Fort Concho, Lieutenant Charles Cooper wrote a letter to his father describing his experience of the tragic events. This geocache series traces the approximate route taken by the soldiers.
The story unfolds….
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MAIN CHARACTERS
Military: Captain Nolan, Lt. Cooper, and 15 soldiers
Buffalo Hunter: 1
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August 30, 1877
EXCERPT from Lt. Cooper's Letter to His Father written from Ft. Concho - Lt. Cooper describes the desperate conditions....
We left our resting place about 11 o’clock on the night of July 29. At about 10:00 the next morning, due to the intense heat, our famished condition and hunger, one by one we lay down on the open prairie and endeavored to obtain such relief as one could find from a woolen blanket thrown over a small mesquite bush.
This our fourth day without water was dreadful. Instead of having the forty rational men who left camp with us, our party now consisted of eighteen madmen. I made a brief sort of speech, telling them our plans, which were to drive the horses as far as we could and killing them for their blood when required and traveling by night and resting by day.
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** All hope of survival is dwindling but the soldiers valiantly struggle toward Double Lakes.
**Please proceed to Geocache GC11. Shafter’s Trail Found! The letter continues....
Additional Hints
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Rnfg bs Ohfgreivyyr - Chzc vg hc!
Jngpu bhg sbe fanxrf.
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