Jupiter Inlet Midden 1-Jupiter,FL
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N 26° 56.594 W 080° 04.527
17R E 591777 N 2980483
Site of an Indian village in the 1600s
Waymark Code: WM5T9H
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/09/2009
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This is the site that the Jeaga Indians held the survivors of the Dickinson shipwreck in 1696.The plaque rads as follows,its all in caps and I will follow that format.
JUPITER INLET MIDDEN 1
JUPITER INLET MIDDEN 1 IS AN
ANCIENT SHELL MOUND BUILT
BY INDIANS KNOWN AS JEAGA.A
DESCRIPTION OF THESE INDIANS
BY JONATHAN DICKINSON WAS
FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1699.THIS
SHELL MOUND IS THE SITE OF
THE VILLAGE OF HOBE WHERE
THE DICKINSON SHIPWRECK
VICTIMS WERE HELD CAPTIVE BY
THE JEAGA INDIANS IN 1696
Marker Number: NO NUMBER
Date: 2008
County: Palm Beach
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: PBCO Parks & recreation dept.
Website: [Web Link]
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