Kenekuk - The Kickapoo Prophet LbNA #18133
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Sep 17, 2005 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Indianapolis |
| County: | Marion |
| State: | Indiana |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Hoosier Honey Bee  |
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| Found by: | Angel Winks |
| Last found: | Jul 1, 2021 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Sep 17, 2005 |
STATUS:
ACTIVE; BACK IN PLACE 1-1-2012.
This letterbox was placed in honor of the Mining for Boxes Event held at Kickapoo State Park in Oakwood, Illinois on Saturday, 9-17-05. After the attendees stamped up, I decided to bring it back to Indiana to make it easier for me to keep an eye on it and give Hoosier boxers a chance to find it.
HISTORY:
Kenekuk was the leader of the Vermilion Band of the Kickapoo and Potawatomi tribes of Native Americans from the 1820’s to 1852. Their settlement was located along the confluence of the Middle Fork and Salt Fork Rivers in what is now east-central Illinois. Kenekuk was a religious and political leader. He was adamantly opposed to fighting with the white man and was a staunch believer in temperance for his people. He negotiated several treaties between Native Americans and European settlers. Kenekuk developed a policy of Acculturation. He believed that the only way his tribe could survive was to cooperate with the white man and tolerate his ways while still maintaining their own customs and beliefs. Under his leadership, the Kickapoos and Potowatomis thrived much longer than other warring tribes who fought the white man until the inevitable annihilation of their way of life. Kenekuk was just as courageous a leader as the warrior chiefs Tecumseh, Sitting Bull, and Crazy Horse were.
You can read more about Kenekuk in the book "Kenekuk, the Kickapoo Prophet" by Joseph Herring.
CLUES:
Glenns Valley Nature Park is located on the far south side of Indianapolis on the east side of Bluff Road just after the intersection with Stop 11 Road. Park in the small lot on the left just after the entrance. In the winter, this is a very popular place for sledding and snow boarding. My two boys spent many snowy days here over the years.
Take the gravel road up the hill and turn left at the T. Walk along the ridge until the road disappears. You will see a large tree laying across a path to the right. Walk along the length of the trunk and stop when you reach the end.
Take a bearing of NEKOTI NIANANWI NEKOTI degrees.
Walk NEKOTI NEKOTI paces.
Step to the right of the tree.
Take a bearing of NEKOTI NIANANWI NIEWI degrees.
Walk NIISWI NETHWIHI paces.
Step to the right of the tree.
Take a bearing of NEKOTI NIEWI NIANANWI degrees.
About 7 paces away you will see the perfect place to hide a letterbox.
(1 pace = 2 steps)
ACTIVE; BACK IN PLACE 1-1-2012.
This letterbox was placed in honor of the Mining for Boxes Event held at Kickapoo State Park in Oakwood, Illinois on Saturday, 9-17-05. After the attendees stamped up, I decided to bring it back to Indiana to make it easier for me to keep an eye on it and give Hoosier boxers a chance to find it.
HISTORY:
Kenekuk was the leader of the Vermilion Band of the Kickapoo and Potawatomi tribes of Native Americans from the 1820’s to 1852. Their settlement was located along the confluence of the Middle Fork and Salt Fork Rivers in what is now east-central Illinois. Kenekuk was a religious and political leader. He was adamantly opposed to fighting with the white man and was a staunch believer in temperance for his people. He negotiated several treaties between Native Americans and European settlers. Kenekuk developed a policy of Acculturation. He believed that the only way his tribe could survive was to cooperate with the white man and tolerate his ways while still maintaining their own customs and beliefs. Under his leadership, the Kickapoos and Potowatomis thrived much longer than other warring tribes who fought the white man until the inevitable annihilation of their way of life. Kenekuk was just as courageous a leader as the warrior chiefs Tecumseh, Sitting Bull, and Crazy Horse were.
You can read more about Kenekuk in the book "Kenekuk, the Kickapoo Prophet" by Joseph Herring.
CLUES:
Glenns Valley Nature Park is located on the far south side of Indianapolis on the east side of Bluff Road just after the intersection with Stop 11 Road. Park in the small lot on the left just after the entrance. In the winter, this is a very popular place for sledding and snow boarding. My two boys spent many snowy days here over the years.
Take the gravel road up the hill and turn left at the T. Walk along the ridge until the road disappears. You will see a large tree laying across a path to the right. Walk along the length of the trunk and stop when you reach the end.
Take a bearing of NEKOTI NIANANWI NEKOTI degrees.
Walk NEKOTI NEKOTI paces.
Step to the right of the tree.
Take a bearing of NEKOTI NIANANWI NIEWI degrees.
Walk NIISWI NETHWIHI paces.
Step to the right of the tree.
Take a bearing of NEKOTI NIEWI NIANANWI degrees.
About 7 paces away you will see the perfect place to hide a letterbox.
(1 pace = 2 steps)