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Chief Benge Rock Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 3/12/2009
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Dont let Benge get you.At place called Chief Benges Rock. Part way up Norton side of High Knob. Dot try when wet. Bring a friend along to take pictures and help if need be.

Cache is a pre form BYOP.The story was printed in the "Jacksonian", a paper published at Abingdon, VA., in 1846:"


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"If you don't watch out, Captain Benge will get you"

Robert Benge was born circa 1760 probably in the Cherokee village Toquo to John Benge and Wurteh, a Cherokee. Robert grew up to be the most notorious Cherokee in history. He was so feared in the central Appalachian areas of present-day Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee, that the settlers admonished their children by saying, "if you don't watch out, Captain Benge will get you

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Raq

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)