Okwes Cache Traditional Geocache
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òkwës (pronounced auk-wes) is the lenape language word for fox.
The Lenape are an algonquian group of native americans from the northeastern woodlands. They are also called Delaware indians. At the time of European contact in the 16th and 17th centuries, the Lenape lived in roughly the area around and between the Delaware and lower Hudson rivers. This encompassed what is now New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, the north shore of Delaware, and southeastern New York, particularly the lower Hudson valley, Upper New York Bay, Staten Island, and western Long Island. Trade with the Dutch initially thrived, but a combination of the decline in the beaver population, disease, and conflict with settlers and the Iroquoian speaking Susquehannock soon pushed the Lenape westwards. Today’s populations reside primarily in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Canada.
This cache is a small lock-n-lock hidden within Cascade Lake Park, a quiet little area in the town of Warwick, NY, along the New Jersey border. It is open to all users. Parking is at the end of Cascade Lake Road, an offshoot of Cascade Road. There are several marked trails. The light blue trail heads southeast, past the dam, and eventually heads uphill to terminate at the Appalachian Trail, with a fantastic view of Greenwood Lake. The red trail heads south along the lake and river side to a foot bridge crossing the river. From there, a woods road continues south to the Appalachian Trail again in New Jersey.
p.s. There is no need to bushwack to here from Maxkw or Xanikw. Head northeast to pick up the blue trail
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Nobhg 10 srrg oruvaq gur ynetrfg yrnavat gerr. Haqre n 12 vapu fgbar fyno.