While driving around we came upon an attractive sign that read "Indian Valley Farm." It is owned by Radford and Jackie Cagle Fuller. We started to discuss the beautiful hilly area of what at one time was known as the community of Onega. Our minds went back to the period of the 1830's and 1850's when this area was being settled by remnants of the Cherokee tribe as they were changing their nationality to Black Dutch. This area was attractive to the native Americans as trouble and hard times was their middle name.

The one time settlement of Cherokee Indians was located from the forks of the Big Elm Creek and Clear Creek to the Sandtown area that is about four miles to the south of present day Aubrey. The old deed records called this area Onega; many of these deeds were filed in Fannin County, because Denton County was not in existence until 1846.

After Jackie and I saw this beautiful sign "Indian Valley Farm," I had to shift into low gear because my old Ford was beginning to crawl down to a creep. After I got the old Ford into low gear, I started up to the top of the famous Cagle Hill, when we reached the entrance to "The Cagle Hill Farm" at the top of the hill. It was at this time that Jackie suggested that we contact Shawn Cagle and see if he would allow us to meet on his farm for the annual gathering.

I called Shawn. He invited me to the Cagle Hill Farm where he showed me his farm. Shawn and Traci invited me in as it had been raining. After I walked in, I noticed a very large display of arrowheads that he and Traci and been collecting. This was the largest, nicest collection of arrowheads that I have ever seen. The collection is made up of large arrows for big game to smaller ones for the small birds.

Shawn said, "Bouncer, could you imagine and wonder if some of this collection is some of what the Plunks and Cagles and other ancestors used?" I could readily agree as we went outside, Shawn picked up four more arrowheads and showed them to me. The rain brings them to the top of the soil.