From left: J.J. "Sunfish" Garmatter, Austen "Feared Bear" Herron, Nick "Little Deer" Luke, Casey "Little Squirrel" McGuire, Clay "Whispering Blue Jay" Burkholder, Misha "River Trout" Groman and Christian "Red Fox" Groman.
The Bluffton Boy Scouts, under the direction of Assistant Scoutmaster Gary Wetherill, had made authentic costumes and learned about the Eastern Woodlands Indians which lived in our area from the mid-1700s through early 1800s.
The creek was originally known as "Tawa Creek." "Tawa" is the Ottawa Indian word for "Deer." Deer Creek was renamed "Riley Creek" when Captain and Deputy Surveyor James Riley's son accidently fell in the creek and almost drowned while being surveyed in 1820.
The scouts discussed Indian life and played Indian games with the public who visited the Schumacher Home during Bluffton's Fall Festival.
