-
The Kansa, for whom the state is named, once occupied 20 million acres of land in eastern and northern Kansas. In 1825 the US gov reduced the lands to a reservation west of Topeka. In 1846 tribe members were sent to a 256,000 acre reservation near Council Grove and by 1872 they were forced onto 137 acres in Okla. Today they are known as the Kaw Nation.
-
Near this site was a Kansa village with a population between 700-800. Occupied between 1828-1844 it included 80 bark-covered houses, about 30 feet in diameter with a central hearth. It was the largest of 4 nearby villages. The leader of this village was Fool Chief (Gahige Wadayinga). Gahige means 'chief'. Wadayinga means 'brave and courageous even to rashness'.
-
The villagers had increasing contact with European and American goods and customs. They planted CORN, BEANS, and SQUASH and also had wheat or barley and domestic HORSES and hogs of European origin. The village was abondoned after the 1844 Kansas river flood.
-
Between 2006-2013 the site was excavated before the reconstruction of the intersection of Menoken Rd and US 24, which buried most of the site.
-
The cache swag starts with seeds for CORN, BEANS, SQUASH, and small horse figurines.
I think its pretty cool that PuzzleEMT found this while searching for a location to put her new cache! Great minds think alike :) So, we have FTF pre publication congrats to PuzzleEMT! (we have 2 more caches being published soon. Any guesses on where they might be??) haha Also congrats to Love Cachers for being the FTF after publication.