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“INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST”
The Indiana Spirit Quest series of
geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries
built by Hoosier Pioneers. In just over two years, the quest has
grown to over five hundred twenty caches hidden in Indiana, Ohio
and Michigan , and the hiders have grown to thirty cacher teams,
most of which of which are comprised of Dogs and their
Humans. Over 1,000 cacher teams have logged
over 19,500 finds. .
(All Photos by Shadow)
INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST #506
UNKNOWN
INDIAN
Welcome to Covenant Cemetery, Fremont
Townshhip, Steuben County.
Hear the words of wisdom of ~The
Shadow~:
This is a mid sized and active cemetery.
It was built around the Scottish Covenanter Church, (now referred
to as Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America). This
denomination dates to the 1600's.
Burials have taken place where the church
once stood, near the south central area. Expansion has been
northward.
The area is well maintained and looks nice
with an iron fence bordering the roadways, even though there is no
sign for the cemetery. There has been a rededication for an Unknown
Potawatomi. The early church's beliefs that all are created equal,
led to close friendships with those peoples that were shunned by
many.
--THE SHADOW
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UNKNOWN POTAWATOMIE
The Unknown Potawatami
The Potawatamis' met the Scottish Covenanters on these lands in
the middle 1830's. The northeast Indiana Covenanters and the
Potawatamis were extremely good friends. The Covenanter religion
did not acknowledge the U.S. Constitution at the time due to the
issue of abolition. The Northeast Indiana Covenanters felt that all
men were created equal.
Billy Beeks, who lies in this cemetery, was a black member of
their church and was fondly thought of by everyone in the
settlement. Billy Beeks is buried southeast of this marker.
We dedicate here today the re-burial of the Unknown Potawatami
on a site overlooking the valley between this cemetery and the John
Duguid homestead where once stood a log cabin.
The burial today is symbolic of the fact that no tomb or final
resting place should ever be violated.
The eulogy of the Unknown Potawatami was given by Chief N'
SWE.MAK.EK, a Potawatami Chief, and Shup She Wana, a Potawatami
medicine man, sanctified this burial. Lee Duguid was present as
elder statesman to represent the Covenanter Church and Lynn Munger,
acting as Master of Ceremony, was present for the occasion. The
Girl and Boy Scouts, Brownies and Cub Scouts, among other guests
were present to teach the valuable lesson that all people should be
permitted to rest in peace, and their spirit permitted to roam this
land as they once did in previous generations.
October 14, 1989
BILLY
FIND LOGS ON THIS CACHE THAT INDICATE
NIGHT CACHING WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT
NOTICE!
The cache container
is was small loc-n-loc deal. Now, temporarily, it's a match
safe. BYOP. .The cache is not located near a grave... If
you find a fallen US flag, please stick it back in the ground.
As always, please be respectful, and cache in, trash out. Say
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