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Native America Tribes of Florida Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 6/4/2013
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This is a puzzle, THE CACHE IS NOT LOCATED AT THE PUBLISHED COORDINATES. Please work the following puzzle and discover the actual cache location. You may use the caches placed in this park or online resources to find the answeres.

Answer the following questions:

The Ais salvaged clothing, knives, tools, and gold and silver from wrecked ships near present day what geographical location? Two words.

aisindian


The Apalachee played a very competitive ball game that today would be a combination of what two sports? Two words.

ApalacheeBallgame

What were the open aired homes with thatched roofs of palm the Seminole lived in called? One word.

seminole-indians-4

What name means “place of the gourds”? One word.

tocobaga

Who cooked meat on a rack above a smoky fire? One word.

florida natives map

What tribe were they a faction of? One word.

tumucian

And what are the French and Spanish names for this cooking rack/method? Two Words.

Calusa-Society-On-Top-of-World-Illustration-1-Credit-RRC-Florida-Museum-of-Natural-History

Who were known as “fierce people”? One word.

calusa site

Take the first letter of each word in the above answers and use the below grid to establish a numerical value.

 

8948600983_6f7f146501_o

For Example if your answer was "Tango Of TCE", then your values would be "T=500-400", "O=202-300" and "T=500-400" or 100, -98, and 100.
 

Add the values from the first three aswers to the north coordinates (N 29° 32.643) and the values from your last five answers to the west coordinates (W 082° 17.454). If you did it right you will get the location. 

You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Hfr gur pnpurf nobhg angvir nzrevpnaf ybpngrq va guvf cnex.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)