Indian Chiefs Multi-Cache
Harv & Donna: After 2 DNF’s I finally got a chance to check on this. After surviving almost 10 years it looks like this one has disappeared. I checked on it and could not find it. After 10 years I really can’t remember exactly where I hid it, but I’m sure it was under the rocks. I looked for over an hour with no luck. So either the last finder re-hid it too well or it was muggeled, possibly by a deer hunter. If anyone wants to take a look, maybe they can find it if it’s still there. But I’m going to have to archive it. For the last two that tried to find it, rushrutter and Nh151211 you can take a find if you want. I’m sure you would have found it since you had the right coords and were in the correct location and everyone else has found it once they got to the right location. Thanks to all that have taken the time to find this over the past 10 years.
Harv & Donna
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This is a 3-part cache.It should take you no more than 1 to 1 ½ hours to complete.. You will drive all but the last part to the cache.
The cache is a 50mm ammo can. In the cache there are 6 handmade Indian arrowheads made the same way the Indians did. For the first 6 finders of the cache please take “one” as my gift to you. The cache is also well stocked with an assortment of trade items. Please trade fair. There is also a single use camera to take a picture of you.
There are 2 other caches in the area. Keuka Private Beach by Rocky and Between Lakes Cache by Team Ferret.
You will get information from the “listed” coordinates to get the coordinates for the 2nd part. You will then get information from the 2nd part to get the coordinates for the actual cache.
For the first part please park at N 42* 35.379 W 077*09.062. This will be a New York State historical marker. Then go to the “listed” coordinates to find the monument with the required information for the 2nd part. You can see the monument from the road. This is a semi-private drive servicing 6 cottages looping down to the lake and back to the highway. Please walk on the driveway to get to the monument and respect private property. Our family cottage used to be about 150 yards from this monument. Our neighbor used to frequently find arrowheads and other Indian artifacts whenever he plowed his garden. This area was most likely the site of an Indian village.
The coordinates for the 2nd part are:
N 42* 37.AB0
W077* 09.CD8
Count the number of letters in Chief Red Jackets “Indian name”, begins with “S”.
To obtain A subtract 5 from that number. To obtain B subtract 10 from that number. To obtain C subtract 5 from that number. To obtain D subtract 2 from that number.
These new coordinates should take you to a point 2.63 miles away at a 0 degree bearing from your parking spot.
Here you will find another NY State historical marker and monument.
The coordinates for the cache are:
N 42* 34.EF0
W077* 07.GH0
Count the number of letters in this Indian Chiefs name – DO NOT COUNT THE HYPHENS. Also find a date (year only) on the base of the concrete monument.
To obtain E subtract 4 from the number of letters in his name. To obtain F subtract 1 from the number of letters in his name. To obtain G subtract 1 from the second digit of the date on the concrete monument base. To obtain H add the 1st and 3rd digits together in the date on the concrete monument base. These new coordinates should be a point at a bearing of 168 degrees and 3.95 miles away.
The trailhead for the trail to the cache starts at N 42* 34.460 W077*07.390. There is ample parking on either side of the road. You do not have to pay to get to this point.
A Bit of History:
RED JACKET (c. 1758-1830), Seneca chief and orator, was born at either Canoga (on Cayuga Lake in western New York) or Kanadesaga (near modern Geneva, N.Y.) [or possibly, near modern Branchport, N.Y., in Yates County, according to local tradition -- the specific place being, in fact, unknown], the son of Ahweyneyonh of the Seneca Wolf clan. His father was possibly Cayuga. Red Jacket enters the historical record around the time of the American Revolution when he is said to have habitually worn a red coat provided him by the British, who employed him as a messenger, thus the origin of his English name.
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