Prairie Des Mascoutins Mystery Cache
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Size: 
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The posted coordinates will take
you to a parking area. Find the nearby historical marker, and
gather the required information. The final location is a short walk
away.
In 1742, a tribe of Kickapoo requested
permission from Montreal’s Governor to move to a Mascoutin
village on both sides of the river here. French “Coureurs de
Bois” traders named the wide floodplain “La Prairie des
Mascoutins” (The Meadow of the Mascoutin). In 1764, Captain
Thomas Morris explored this newly acquired British territory, and
met the prophetic dreamer Chief Katapelleecy here. General Anthony
Wayne’s troops victoriously returned from the Battle of
Fallen Timbers in 1794 and burned “Prairie de Masque.”
The Treaty of Detroit in 1807 created a hunting reservation to the
east, allowing settlers to acquire the surrounding lands. Ethnic
tensions climaxed in 1812 when an American Captain Logan was
mortally wounded near here. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 caused
the remaining tribes to move west.
To acquire the final coordinates to this cache, you will need to
add up the seven digits on the bottom line of the historical
marker. Take this number in the form of (.XX0)
and subtract it from the following North and
West coordinates:
N 41° 24.783(-.XX0)
W 084° 00.524(-.XX0)
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