Battle Point Traditional Cache
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Easy walk from parking area. Roadside parking also available.
When the Chippewas or Ojibwe Indians moved into Minnesota from the east they, found Lake Osakis and its environs to their liking. Since Osakis lies right on the demarcation line between Dakota and Ojibwe territory, it became a battle ground between the two tribes. Skirmishes between the two tribes happened whenever the tribes met.
A small party of Ojibwe Indians were preparing supper on the point of land which we now know as Battle Point when they were surprised by a party of Sioux (Dakota). The Ojibwe were tomahawked and driven into the lake where all but one drowned. This brave swam the narrows of the Lake to Buck Point where he sought help from a white settler, John Rock. Someone, however, gave a romantic twist to the story by having the Brave throw his hands into the air when he reached the Buck Point side of the lake and shouting Oh-sa-kis which supposedly meant, "Oh, save us!", which gave rise to the legend of naming the lake.
The naming of Osakis has always been a matter of controversy among local people. Some subscribe to the story of the Indian brave who swam the narrows of the Lake shouting "Oh save us!" Others point to a camp of an Indian scout. He called his camp Sakis meaning place of danger. This, many claim, is the source of the naming Osakis.
(Source - Osakis Review - Centinnal Issue
1957).
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White 6 " x 3.5" round container
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