The Empty Grave Mystery Cache
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Iowaville Cemetery
The final is not near any stones or markers
Black Hawk (chief)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Black Hawk or Black Sparrow Hawk (Sauk Makataimeshekiakiak (Mahkate:wi-meši-ke:hke:hkwa), "be a large black hawk") (1767–October 3, 1838) was a leader and warrior of the Sauk American Indian tribe in what is now the United States. While he had inherited an important historic medicine bundle, he was not a hereditary civil chief of the Sauk, but was an appointed war chief, and was generally known in English as Black Hawk. During the War of 1812 he fought on the side of the British. Later he led a band of Sauk and Fox warriors against settlers in Illinois and present-day Wisconsin in the 1832 Black Hawk War. After the war he was captured and taken to the eastern U.S. where he toured several cities. Black Hawk was transferred back to his nation, and he lived with them along the Iowa River and later the Des Moines River in what is now southeast Iowa. He died on October 31, 1838 after two weeks of illness, and was buried on the farm of his friend James Jordan. In July 1839, his remains were stolen by James Turner who prepared his skeleton for exhibition. Black Hawk’s sons Nashashuk and Gamesett went to Governor Robert Lucas of Iowa Territory, who used his influence to bring the bones to security in his offices in Burlington where, with the permission of the Chief's sons, they were left in the care of the Burlington Geological and Historical Society. When the Society's building burned down in 1855, Black Hawk’s remains were destroyed.
The listed co-ordinates will take you to Blackhawks grave. In order to find the final you will need numbers from the brass plaque in the grave.
The final is at N40 53.ABC W092 09.DEF
There are 3 sets of numbers. Starting with the 3rd line on the plaque the 4 numbers would be 1-2-3-4. The sequence would continue on the bottom left 5-6-7-8, then continue on the right side.
To solve the puzzle, A=1st number, B=6th number, C=8th number, D=6th number, E=5th number and F=8th number.
The final blends well
Additional Hints
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Svany frira srrg uvtu
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