GC67F6Y War & Peace | Chief OisCoss (Unknown Cache) in Wisconsin, United States created by seldom|seen

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rawevil: Because there is no suitable area to hide the final here, as the tree it was hidden in, was cut down, we have to archive this cache. Sorry:(

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A cache by seldom|seen Message this owner

Hidden : 11/27/2015

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CACHE LOCATED AT N44°AB.CDE W88°FG.HIJ

There's a good chance that you've seen the final resting place of Cheif Oshkosh, relocated here in 1988, but few of you probably know much about him or his lineage and interactions with early settlers.

The Story of Chief Oshkosh while not generally well known, has been documented in a number of publications including this elementary level biography. Of particular interest is the lineage of Chief Oshkosh and his relationship to the many other chiefs in his family tree for whom numerous towns in Wisconsin are named.

Chief Oshkosh was born in 17H5 and was known, as the title of the book suggests, by an interpretation of 'Oshkosh' as "Brave", yet there were other less austere C-letter interpretations he was known by.

Oshkosh was one chief in a long list of chiefs among his uncles and brothers. His uncle Tomah, one of four sons of his grandfather, the "old king" had F sons of his own, all of whom became chiefs and whose names are well recognized in Wisconsin.

Chief Oshkosh participated in a number of indian wars seeing action under Colonial Hamilton, son of Alexander Hamilton, at the battle of Peckatonica where his party of 6A Menominee warriors arrived a tad late. Chief Oshkosh was present at the Treaty of the Cedars and before that, at the Treaty of Butte de Mortes where J medals were presented to Indian Chiefs.

In 18D6, Oshkosh negotiated the resolution of the wrongful death of a Menomonee at the hands of a Winnebago, by trading 10 gallons of whisky for his life to satisfy the customary tradition of surrendering one life for another.

In 18E5 he was called on to resolve another conflict, the custody battle of a mixed child born to an indian mother and white settler father, where he successfully argued that the child belonged to the native mother. Unfortunately, the father' family succeeded in kid-napping the kid on a couple of occasions, eventually taking full custody.

According to the reference, Chief Oshkosh died on August 2Gth, 1858 due to complications after a brawl and too much whiskey laid him up for a week.

Chief Oshkosh rests at the provided coordinates under a large slab with an honorable epitaph I words in length. The great bronze statue itself was presented to the City of Oshkosh in 19B1.

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