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Chief Kisco LbNA #29590

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Mar 31, 2007
Location:
City:Mt. Kisco
County:Westchester
State:New York
Boxes:1
Planted by:suzietoots
Found by: Lilac721
Last found:Jun 27, 2015
Status:FFFFFFFFFaFFFF
Last edited:Mar 31, 2007
Chief Kisco-The Legend
The village of Mt Kisco has its own local legend about an Algonken chief, who is commemorated by a bronze statue in the town square. As the legend goes, a young warrior by the name of Cisqua, now changed to Kisco, roamed the land of the Algonken tribe and one day he happened upon a beautiful maiden and her sister. As Kisco watched the maiden and the girl, a giant black bear came upon them, snatched the baby girl, and ran up a mountain. Kisco immediately chased the bear and finally caught up with them on top of what is now called Kisco Mountain. There was a horrible fight, but in the end, Kisco killed the bear and saved the baby girl from certain death. When the Indian maiden saw that her little sister was saved, she wept with joy and instantly fell in love with Kisco, who had risked his life. The young warrior Kisco was named Chief and lived many happy years in the forest, which is now part of the Hudson Valley. He wore the black bear's claws around his neck for the rest of his days. Now, every once in a while, visitors and local residents can find arrowheads or pottery in the forests or along the nature trails. Who knows, some of them may have belonged to Chief Kisco.

Kisco-The name
Most people believe that the name Kisco is a form of the Indian word "Cisqua" which means muddy place.

On an island in the middle of Jeff Feigl Square, surrounded by the continual flow of traffic, stands the painted zinc-alloy statue of an Indian. The Indian gazes east. His left hand grips an unstrung bow, and his left foot is slightly advanced. He ears buckskin breeches and a headdress of three up right feathers, and has a cape tossed over his naked shoulders. The statue was donated in 1907 by a longtime Mount Kisco resident and temperance leader, David Fletcher Gorham. Water used to gush from its base, beneath a plaque proclaiming "GOD'S ONLY BEVERAGE FOR MAN AND BEAST." It Soon became the town's best-known landmark. Travellers were told to turn left or right, or to go straight, at the Indian. An oil truck knocked it from its pedestal in 1925; it was restored. According to local legend, Greta Garbo placed a wreath about its neck in 1932, and it somehow managed to appear in the seventeenth series of "Ripley's Believe It or Not."

The letterbox sits behind the statue. On the right side of Chief Kisco. You will see a tree and 3 rocks that slope down to the stream below. The box is located in the "cave" that faces the stream. You will find a "geocache" in the same "cave". The sturdier container holds the hand carved stamp. The land slopes here. Be careful if you have young children. Please stamp up in your car. This is a heavy traffic area. Please rehide well.