IT’S TIME FOR A RENDEZVOUS
America’s early settlers would brave the elements to find freedom in the wilderness, to establish a better place to live. Along the way, fur trade posts were set up, and meetings were established in the wilderness, called rendezvous. This is where Native Americans, fur traders, voyagers, settlers, and those needing supplies would trade their goods.
Today people enjoy re-creating these events. All types of characters of the time period between 1700 to the 1840’s are seen wandering camp to camp. Tipi’s, marquis tents, wedge tents, and primitive shelter align an area where camps are set up and participants carry on duties of re-living the time of old.
Rendezvous are usually set up with a black powder, and a tomahawk/knife throw competition, but that is not all that attracts people to them. There are nighttime campfires with traditional music and sing-alongs, the smell of fresh cooked bacon and eggs in the morning on someone’s primitive grill, and crafts galore from traders who use their skills on items that are now lost through modern progress. It is fun for all ages to enjoy. This is a family atmosphere that promotes entertainment, skills to be learned of our ancestors, and the old way of life.
On Friday, October 10th the first annual Waynedale Rendezvous will begin to set up on the Southwest Conservation Club grounds and in the front yard of the historical Chief Richardville House, 5703 Bluffton Road. The public is invited to step back into the wilderness life on Saturday, October 11th from 10am-5pm and on Sunday, October 12th from 10am-4pm. The event is free. This will be a pre-1840’s encampment. There will be no flea market items, plastic or rubber. There will be a blackpowder shoot, hawk and knife throw, round robin, bow shoot, and skillet toss, and many more activities, to include a counsel fire on Saturday night. On Sunday morning a Primitive Church Service will be held at 9:30am. To whet your appetite, ham and beans, fry cakes, and chicken dinners will be served. Come experience a Rendezvous.
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