In August 1971, the 5 mile Chief Ca-Ha-Qua Nodaway Scout Trail, built by Troop 74, opened at Nodaway Lake, with the Mic-O-Say dancers commemorating it. AI used to colorize black-and-white photos often makes them brown. The sign was white.
While not discussed in the article, there is a story about Ca-Ha-Qua being involved with a lake in Nodaway County near Clearmont.
Ca-Ha-Qua (“Red Fox”) was said to be chief of the Sac/Fox in the Platte Purchase Treaty of 1836, which was negotiated by William Clark (of Lewis & Clark fame) at Fort Leavenworth. There are 15 Sac/Fox names who could not read the treaty that put an X on it. The signatories are identified as “chiefs, warriors, and counsellors.” Mo-hos-ca (“White Cloud”) is reported to have been chief of the Ioways, but 12 Ioways signed with an X.
Caption on the Forum of September 11, 1971 says:
Approximately 30 Girl Scouts from Troop 336, around the lake for about five miles, and the hiking time is Maryville, and their leaders, Mrs. Max Harris, Mrs. Dave Sawicki, Mrs. Don Swartz and Mrs. James Holt and at the Nodaway Community Lake on M-136 Friday to hike the Chief Ca-Ha-Qua Nodaway Scout Trail built by Boy Scout Troop 74, The trail extends around the lake for about five miles and the hiking time is set at 2½ hours. Numbered post along the trail help guide hikers. Scouts built six bridges crossing creeks and ditches.
