The Legend of U'lagu' Traditional Cache
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This cache is placed along a trail in what might have been U'lagu's domain. The relatively flat trail wanders a little over a tenth of a mile, past a pretty little cascade, through rhododendron, and provides a great view of the valley.
Wayah Gap, A'tahi'ta to the Cherokees, means 'place where they shouted'. The name comes from the Cherokee tale of the great yellow jacket, U'lagu'.
In the legend, the people of the village of Briertown on the Nantahala River were plagued by a giant yellow jacket who would swoop down and carry off their children.
To track U'lagu', the villagers prepared a deer with a long string attached to it. U'lagu' came to the village and took the deer back to his nest, The hunters of Briertown were able to follow U'lagu' because the weight of the deer made it fly slowly along the horizon and the long white string was visible for miles.
The hunters set out in the direction of U'lagu's path. When they came to Wayah Gap, they could see the yellow jacket's nest on the other side of the valley. They built fires around the mouth of the cave where U'lagu' made his nest. The smoke killed the giant hornet and all the smaller insects inside.
However, some of the yellow jackets that lived there were not in the cave at the time. That is why, today, angry yellow jackets still haunt the woods.
This adventure will not take you to U'lagu's cave, but a little imagination might add to the excitement of the journey.
Small note: As required by the USFS for caches hidden in the Nantahala National Forest, the cache is prominently labeled as a geocache and the label includes the waypoint number and the owner's e-mail address.
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