The
objective of this cache is to find all 5 caches
in the
DREAM CACHER SERIES
WILLOW
HOOP (GC2QTNP)
THE WEB
(GC2QTP6)
OFFERINGS
(GC2QTPC)
GOOD DREAM
FEATHERS (GC2QTQG)
IKTOME
(GC2QTPF)
In each
cache are the items needed to construct
your very
own DREAM CACHER
Please
take only one per person
to keep
the DREAM alive
for all
CACHERS
The 5
caches are hidden in parks
in the
Newport Heights area
In order
to log the Master Cache
you must
also find and log all 5 caches in the DREAM
CACHER SERIES,
take a bag
from each cache and construct your own DREAM
CACHER
and post a
photo of the DREAM CACHER with your
log
The Legend
of the Dream Cacher is from
the Lakota
Sioux Native Americans
Though
many other tribes use them
LEGEND OF THE DREAM
CACHER
LONG AGO,
WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG, AN OLD
LAKOTA
SPIRITUAL LEADER WAS ON A HIGH MOUNTAIN
AND HAD A
VISION
HIS
VISION, IKTOME, THE GREAT TRICKSTER AND TEACHER
APPEARED
IN THE FORM OF A SPIDER.
IKTOME
SPOKE TO HIM IN A SACRED AND UNUSED LANGUAGE
THAT ONLY
THE SPIRITUAL LEADERS OF THE LAKOTA
COULD
UNDERSTAND
AS HE
SPOKE, IKTOME, THE SPIDER, TOOK THE ELDERS'
WILLOW
HOOP, SINEW, OFFERINGS AND FEATHERS
AND BEGAN
TO SPIN THEM INTO A WEB
HE SPOKE
TO THE ELDER ABOUT THE CYCLES OF LIFE...
AND HOW WE
BEGAN OUR LIVES AS INFANTS
AND WE
MOVE ONTO CHILDHOOD, AND THEN TO ADULTHOOD
FINALLY,
WE GO TO OLD AGE WHERE WE MUST BE
TAKEN CARE
OF AS INFANTS, COMPLETING THE CYCLE
"BUT,'IKTOME SAID AS HE CONTINUED TO SPIN HIS
WEB
'IN EACH
TIME OF LIFE THERE ARE MANY FORCES,
BUT IF YOU
LISTEN TO THE BAD FORCES,
THEY WILL
LEAD YOU IN THE WRONG DIRECTION"
HE
CONTINUED, "THERE ARE MANY FORCES AND
DIFFERENT
DIRECTIONS THE CAN HELP OR INTERFERE
WITH THE
HARMONY OF NATURE, AND OF HIS
WONDERFUL
TEACHINGS."
ALL THE
WHILE THE SPIDER SPOKE, HE CONTINUED
TO WEAVE
HIS WEB STARTING FROM THE OUTSIDE
TOWARDS
THE CENTER
WHEN
IKTOME FINISHED SPEAKING, HE GAVE THE LAKOTA
ELDER
THE WEB
AND SAID, "SEE, THE WEB IS A PERFECT CIRCLE,
BUT THERE
IS A HOLE IN THE CENTER OF THE CIRCLE."
HE SAID "
USE THE WEB TO HELP YOURSELF AND YOUR PEOPLE
TO REACH
YOUR GOALS AND MAKE GOOD USE OF YOUR
PEOPLES'
IDEAS, DREAMS AND VISIONS
"IF YOU
BELIEVE IN THE GREAT SPIRIT,
YOUR GOOD
DREAMS, IDEAS AND VISIONS WILL STICK
TO THE
WEB, WHILE THE BAD ONES WIL BE TRAPPED
AND WILL NOT PASS
THE LAKOTA
ELDER PASSED ON HIS VISION TO HIS PEOPLE
AND NOW
THE LAKOTA SIOUX USE THE DREAM CACHER
AS THE WEB
OF THEIR LIFE
IKTOME CAN
APPEAR IN MANY FORMS ON YOUR WEB
TO HELP
FILTER AND GUIDE YOUR DREAMS
THE
DREAM CACHER IS HUNG ABOVE THEIR BEDS
OR IN THEIR HOMES
TO SIFT
THE DREAMS AND VISIONS
THEY
BELIEVE THAT THE DREAM CACHER HOLDS
THE
DESTINY OF THEIR FUTURE
AS THE
LEGEND GOES...
GOOD
DREAMS ARE CLEAR AND KNOW THE WAY TO THE
DREAMER
DECENDING
THROUGH THE FEATHERS
THE
SLIGHTEST MOVEMENT OF THE FEATHERS INDICATES
THE
PASSAGE OF YET ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DREAM
BAD
DREAMS, HOWEVER, ARE CONFUSED AND CONFUSING
THEY
CANNOT FIND THEIR WAY TO THE DREAMER
AND ARE
TRAPPED IN THE WEB UNTIL THE SUN
RISES AND
EVAPORATES THEM LIKE THE
MORNING
DEW